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Mobility, identity and localization of language in multilingual contexts of urban Lusaka
(University of Western Cape, 2014)
This study explores Mobility, Identity and Localization of Language in Multilingual Contexts of Urban Lusaka. By examining data from different sites of language practices of Lusaka urbanites, that include, casual and formal ...
Social structuring of language and the mobility of semiotic resources across the linguistic landscapes of Zambia: A multimodal analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The current study framed as Social Structuring of Language and the Mobility of Semiotic Resources across the Linguistic Landscapesof Zambia: A Multimodal Analysis, is situated in Lusaka and Livingstone and their selected ...
Signal to noise: sonic reflections on the South African transition period (1984-1998)
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
This dissertation is set against the backdrop of my involvement with Shifty Studios, a small independent mobile recording studio based in Johannesburg, between 1983 and 1997. Most of this content is drawn from a wide range ...
A critical analysis of three selected themes in the isixhosa literary text: ngenxa yesithembiso
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
This study chooses to be contemporary and relevant by systemaically, and carefully locating pertinent themes from a selected isiXhosa text titled Ngenxa Yesithembiso. In so doing, themes of corruption and money laundering, ...
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 ...
The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (1999): A Comparison of the implied positions of Simon Maimela and Klaus Nürnberger
(2021)
The Protestant reformation in the 16th century led to some of the major and long-lasting
schisms in global Christianity. The doctrine of justification was at the core of Lutheran schism
which was triggered by the papal ...
Negotiating identity in multilingual parliamentary discourses in the Western Cape: a discourse analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
South Africa transitioned from an apartheid system of government, with one ruling party to a new democracy; a transition that is still currently in progress. With this transition came many new freedoms, such as the ability ...
The hand and the head: the handspring puppet company and the arts archive
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
My Doctoral dissertation, titled The hand and the head: The Handspring Puppet Company and the arts archive, is focussed on the hand as it appears variously in the production, performance and reception of puppetry as a ...
“I am a queen”: (Re)fashioning African female identities in everyday storytelling
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This study aims to add to the rich body of work which explores our understanding of identity
performances in narratives. It explores how a close knit group of five female friends use
narrative structure and strategies ...
Poverty, wealth and ecology”: A critical analysis of a “world council of churches project (2006-2013)
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Long-standing ecumenical debates on the relationship between “Faith and Order” (what the church is) and “Life and Work” (what the church does) exist. Although these dimensions are inseparable, the emphasis is often placed ...