Browsing Magister Artium - MA (Linguistics, Language and Communication) by Author "Dyers, Charlyn"
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Biliteracy and academic success: The experiences of selected Libyan students.
Shibani, Fathia El (University of the Western Cape, 2019)This study is an investigation into the biliteracy skills (in Arabic and English) employed by Libyan students at the University of the Western Cape to gain their academic success. Nowadays, international students form a ... -
Crossing linguistic and cultural barriers: an analysis of intercultural communication between Chinese traders and South Africans in Cape Town
Thompson, Miché Chanelle (University of the Western Cape, 2015)In recent years South Africa has seen a significant growth in the number of migrants entering its borders. The country has opened its doors to not only migrants from the African continent, but also to immigrants from the ... -
A discourse analysis of code-switching practices among Angolan migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
Da Costa, Dinis Fernando (University of the Western Cape, 2010)In this thesis, I explore the code-switching practices of long-term Angolans migrants in Cape Town when they interact with those who have been here for a much shorter period. In my Honours research essay, I revealed a ... -
An ethnographic study of the barriers to intercultural communication in Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
Wankah, Foncha John (University of the Western Cape, 2009)Intercultural communication (ICC) is one of the most relevant fields for investigation in post-colonial Africa and post-apartheid South Africa, given the movements between people from African countries and the wide range ... -
An exploration of the link between selected women’s discourses and literacy resources in the working class township settlement of Wesbank, South Africa
Slemming, Fatima (2010)South Africa became a globally recognised democratic country in need of a development agenda after its first democratic elections were held in 1994. Democratising South Africa, however, requires rigorous attempts to open ... -
Incorporating indigenous African languages in higher education: Student attitudes towards learning materials in isiXhosa at the University of the Western Cape
Sawula, Sabelo (The University of the Western Cape, 2017)There have been extensive studies conducted on the language attitudes of students or their parents at primary, secondary as well as tertiary levels of education in South Africa. Many scholars have found that African ... -
Language ideologies and attitudes of Francophone learners towards English in Yaoundo, Cameroon
Abongdia, Jane-Francis Afungmeyu (University of the Western Cape, 2009)English is the most widely spoken language in the world and for this reason it would be of advantage for everyone to learn it. This thesis reports on the language ideologies and attitudes of Francophone learners towards ... -
A language in decline ? :a constrastive study of the use of, and motivation and de-motivation for, learning Afrikaans among two groups of learners at an English medium high school in Cape Town, South Africa
Govender, Manisha (University of the Western Cape, 2010)Afrikaans in practice replaced Dutch and became one of South Africa's official languages (along with English) from 1925. It reached the apex of its development and influence during the years of Nationalist party rule and ... -
The language of forms: A discourse analysis of municipal application forms.
Geldenhuys, Natasjia (University of the Western Cape, 2019)This thesis focuses on the genre of municipal documents (application forms) and the variety of written and visual languages that make up their corpus to reveal the various lexical semantics used in the forms as communication ... -
Language, migration and identity: exploring the motivations of selected African migrants in learning isiXhosa in Cape Town, South Africa
Nchang, Doreen (University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study is an exploration of the motivations of a particular group of Cameroonian and Nigerian migrants in Cape Town for learning isiXhosa. South Africa is a multilingual and multicultural country with eleven official ... -
Reading the linguistic landscape: women, literacy and citizenship in one South African township
Williams, Meggan Serena (2011)The purpose of this study was two-fold: firstly, to do a multimodal analysis of the multilingual signage, advertisements and graffiti present on different surfaces in the main business hub of a multicultural community ... -
Reading the Linguistic landscape: Women, literacy and citizenship In One South African township
Williams, Meggan Serena (University of Western Cape, 2011)The purpose of this study was two-fold: firstly, to do a multimodal analysis of the multilingual signage, advertisements and graffiti present on different surfaces in the main business hub of a multicultural community ... -
Spinning the truth on social media: A textual analysis of health-related television advertisements
Isaacs, Nicole (University of the Western Cape, 2015)The theory of multimodality (Kress 2010; Kress and van Leeuwen 2006) has impacted major research fields like Linguistics and Education by significantly extending our understanding of what is meant by communication through ... -
The transformation and reshaping of South African languages via cell-phone messaging: sms speak as a local practice
Davids, Gaironesa (University of the Western Cape, 2013)South Africa is a diverse, multilingual country with a majority of its youth owning or using cellular phone technologies. The cell phone interaction between multilingual individuals from different linguistic and cultural ... -
Twitter as an influence on the quality of online interpersonal relationships and language use
America, Kirby (2013)Social networking sites are used on a daily basis, to communicate with friends we have known for quite some time as well as make new friends from all over the globe - a global phenomenon. According to Aparicio (2011) the ...