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Imagining multilingual spaces through scripted 'codeswitching' in multilingual performance: a case study of '7de Laan'
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This thesis examines how multilingual spaces in South Africa are imagined and reconstructed through the use of scripted codeswitching in 7de Laan. It explores how the socio-political discourses and other ideologies from ...
A discourse analysis of a personal narrative told by an adolescent boy in a Cape Town children's home.
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Storytelling serves many purposes. People often tell stories as a coping mechanism, as a way of self-representation, and as a means for self-reflection. Through stories, narrators construct identities and gain perspective ...
Analysing the discourse on corruption in presidential speeches in Nigeria, 1957- 2015: Systemic functional linguistics and critical discourse analysis frameworks
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Corruption as a concept is viewed differently by various disciplines, but there seems to be
consensus that it relates to the misuse of public office for private gain. Studies in the social
sciences, mainly political ...