Browsing Faculty of Arts by Author "Williams, Quentin"
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Beyond difference: A textual and interactional analysis of Afrikaner’s language use and identity in Cape Town
Roets, Carla Trudie (University of the Western Cape, 2022)In a post-national South Africa, spaces are transforming to accommodate multilingualism and address structures of sociolinguistic isolationism and exclusion. In such a transformative society embracing multilingualism is ... -
The identity construction and negotiation of 1.5 generation Congolese migrant youth in Cape Town, South Africa
Mayoma, Jaclisse Lorene (University of the Western Cape,, 2018)Globalization has evidently led to an increase in the flow of immigrants across the world, a fact that has and continues to play a significant role in the development of studies on immigration, immigration patterns and ... -
Schooling superdiversity: Linguistic features as linguistic resources in two Manenberg classrooms in the Western Cape
Madell, Madelynne (University of the Western Cape, 2017)This thesis takes on a non-essentialist view of language by studying the borrowing of linguistic features across languages as natural, everyday language practices. More specifically, this research identifies the need for ... -
A social semiotic approach to multimodality in the Vagina Varsity YouTube campaign series
Roux, Shanleigh Dannica (University of the Western Cape, 2019)This study investigated the semiotic resources used by Vagina Varsity, a campaign by sanitary towel brand Libresse on the social media platform YouTube to construct meanings around the female body. Vagina Varsity is a South ... -
Talk and play as interactions among bilingual children in Beacon Valley, Mitchell’s Plain
Baatjes, Mullisa (University of the Western Cape, 2022)This study investigates talk and play as interactions in a “small context” among so-called coloured bilingual children and their interactions amongst themselves in the community of Beacon Valley (Mitchell’s Plain). One of ... -
The visual representation of female masculinity in Marvel and DC comic books
McCullum, Yannick (University of the Western Cape, 2020)This thesis seeks to understand the visual representation of female masculinity in Marvel and DC comic books, and further contribute to the fields of linguistics and gender studies. The subject matter discussed issues ... -
Youth multilingualism and discourses of disability: An intersectional approach
Richardson, Jason (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Disability, as a topic of investigation, is considerably overlooked in the discipline of sociolinguistics. This thesis aims to bridge the gap between disability and sociolinguistics studies, as I critically explore the ... -
Youth multilingualism and popular culture interactions at His People Pentecostal Church
Cornelissen, Tara-Leigh (University of the Western Cape, 2017)Youth multilingualism is an overarching notion that accounts for the dynamic macroand micro-linguistic practices and interactions in contexts and spaces redefined by cultural practices. It makes contributions to interactional ...