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A multimodal discourse analysis of the material culture of multilingualism at three Western Cape universities
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The advent of semiotic/Linguistic Landscapes (LL) as a new sociolinguistic enquiry has received considerable attention in the field of Language and Communication Studies. Although LL studies have been done in South Africa, ...
Semiotic assemblages and the manifestations of material culture in selected chicken licken advertisements
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
With advances and information technology innovation, and the rise of revenue through advertisements, producers and content creators have become creative in the selection of cultural and semiotic materialities, and linguistic ...
A study of the ideational metafunction in Achebe’s things fall apart: A monogeneric corpus-based analysis
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
This study investigates the ideational metafunction in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in order to explore the characterisation of Okonkwo, Unoka, Ezinma, Ekwefi and Mr. Brown. The study confines itself to the following objectives, ...
An exploration of texture in Ghanaian undergraduate students’ essays
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
As an official and second language in Ghana, English is used as a medium of instruction in the Ghanaian educational setting, especially at the university level. Therefore, for Ghanaian students to go through their university ...
A social semiotic analysis of mini-bus taxis as mobilescapes in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Linguistic Landscape (LL) is a rapidly growing area of investigation that concerns itself with the attention to language, cultural objects and images displayed in public spaces. Prompted by caveats of the earlier traditional ...
A Linguistic and textual analysis of Arab first language speakers’ academic writing skills in English in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Research on EFL students has received increased interest in recent years (Elachachi, 2015; Al- Zubaidi, 2012; Awad, 2012; Eldokali, 2007; Wahba, 1998). Although much research attention has focussed on the EFL classes and ...
Multilingual playground: An ethnographic early childhood development study of diverse learners at Philippi children’s centre, Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Early Childhood Development (ECD) prioritizes the foundation for children aged 0-9 years old. This program focuses on the cognitive, physical, emotional, or holistic development of a child for the child to thrive and be a ...
The visual representation of female masculinity in Marvel and DC comic books
(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 ...
A sociolinguistic and multisemiotic analysis of mobility and identities in Hangberg, Hout bay
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The thesis is titled a Sociolinguistic and Multisemiotic Analysis of Mobility and Identities in Hangberg, Hout Bay. The guiding idea of this research project is to explore the contesting social and semiotic processes of ...
Exercising linguistic citizenship through Coloured narratives
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This project explores the negotiation of shifting racial identities within a transforming post-Apartheid context, in particular, the negotiation of what it means to be ‘coloured’. Twenty-seven years into South Africa’s ...