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Investigating changing notions of "text": comparing news text in printed and electronic media
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This research aimed to give an account of the development of concepts of text and discourse and the various approaches to analysis of texts and discourses, as this is reflected in core linguistic literature since the late ...
Appraisal, identity and gendered discourse in toilet graffit : a study in transgressive semiotics
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This research is interested in the linguistic choices people use to express and negotiate subjective, inter-subjective and ideological positions through the graffiti within the confines of selected men's and women's toilets ...
A discourse analysis of narratives of identities and integration at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
In the thesis, I endeavour to create a platform on which to construct an understanding of 'integration' in a multilingual and multicultural setting, post-apartheid. I have selected UWC as the research site as it is an ...
Language, identity and nationhood: language use and attitudes among Xhosa students at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)
This thesis is a study of patterns of language attitudes and use among Xhosa home language speakers at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Speakers of Xhosa, according to Statistics South Africa 2000, form ...
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 ...
Language, migration and identity: Exploring the trajectories and linguistic identities of some African migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This study is an exploration of the different trajectories of a selected number of African migrants into and around South Africa, focusing on the effects of these different trajectories on their language use patterns and ...
The identity construction and negotiation of 1.5 generation Congolese migrant youth in Cape Town, South Africa
(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 ...
Revitalization of the Urhobo language across physical and virtual spaces
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
There is increasing interest in finding an effective revitalization system for safeguarding small and endangered languages. Therefore, this study explores the revitalization of Urhobo, an endangered minority language spoken ...
Archaisms of Kinyarwaanda: a sociolinguistic study
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
This is a socio-historical study of the Kinyarwaanda language. On the basis of the method
of internal reconstruction and the method of the Principal Components Analysis (PCA),
the study analyses linguistic variations ...
A comparative analysis of phonological and morpho-syntactic variations in Lungu, Mambwe and Namwanga languages in Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The study compares the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Lungu, Mambwe, and
Namwanga (LuMaNa) languages which are less documented, and very little is known about their
grammar. The purpose is to account for their ...