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Semiotics of spatial citizenship: Place, race and identity in post-apartheid South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This thesis uses the work of Frantz Fanon as a perspective to anchor an analysis of semiotic
material deployed by students during the #Shackville protests at the University of Cape Town
in 2016. Through the notion of ...
Beyond difference: A textual and interactional analysis of Afrikaner’s language use and identity in Cape Town
(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 ...
History of southern sotho literature as system, 1930-1960
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)
Distinct from the traditional text analysis whereby little or no attention is paid to
factors controlling the emergence and being of a text and their possible input, and
studying certain recognised authors and recognised ...
Doing friendship: storytelling and playfulness in casual conversational discourse
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
This study explores the linguistic construction of interpersonal relationships, specifically friendship. Although we have no control over which families we are born into, we can choose who can be our friend and unlike ...
The semiotics of the mosque and its impact on self-perceptions of the feminine body
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
From its inception, the primary focus of the field of Linguistic Landscape Studies has been the interplay between language and space, or language on display. Recently, however, scholars have begun to consider the human ...
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 ...
Multilingualism in late-modern Cape Town : a focus on Popular Spaces of Hip-Hop and Tshisa-Nyama
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
In highly mobile societies, the voice and agency of speakers will differ across contexts depending on the linking of forms and functions. This thesis is thus about the complexities introduced to the notion of (form-function ...
Kaapse Afrikaans
(University of the Western Cape, 1983)
This study entails an analysis of the inherent grammatical and phonological variation which are characteristic of Cape Afrikaans. On the basis of the inherent variation which is documented in the preliminary part of this ...
“We shouldn’t stay in our little bubble… we need to go and swim a bit in other bubbles” an exploration of the theoretical, pedagogical and social dimensions of functional multilingual learning in a Brussels primary school.
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
Background: I begin this thesis by completing the original quotation that lends itself to the title. It came from Myriam (a pseudonym), a ten-year-old girl born in Brussels to Ethiopian parents. She used a mix of French, ...
Inter- and intralingual translations of complainants’ police sworn statements: a co-construction of a legal text in a South African context
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)
English is the dominant language of record in the South African criminal justice system, despite the constitutional provision that affords all twelve languages equal status and usage. As a result of English hegemony, sworn ...