Browsing Faculty of Arts by Subject "Ethnic identity"
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Assessing patterns of language use and identity among Cameroonian migrants in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This study explored Cameroonian migrants language use and the various language forms they use to manifest their identity. It also dealt with multicultural/multilingual people in an equally multicultural/multilingual society ... -
Exploring the micro-social dynamics of intergenerational language transmission: a critical analysis of parents's attitudes and language use patterns among Ndamba speakers in Tanzania
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)The study has several implications; for general theoretical traditions it highlights the point that ambivalent attitudes and incomplete language use are responsible for gradual language decline. Previous studies while ... -
Negotiating coloured identity through encounters with performance
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)In this study the theatre as staged performance and as text was used as exploratory and discursive tools to investigate the negotiation of identities. The aim was to explore this theme by examining the responses to four ... -
"War in the home'' marriage and mediation among the Gurage in Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Ethiopian ethnic groups exhibit highly autochthonous cultural norms and values that are embedded in their traditional beliefs, systems, and religions. This study shows how, at the grassroots level, the Gurage ethnic group ...