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The language of forms: A discourse analysis of municipal application forms.
(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 ...
Violence against lesbians and (IM) possibilities for identity and politics
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
In 2006 South Africa extended marriage rights to gay and lesbian citizens, further signposting their legal inclusion in the post-apartheid order. This inclusion is marked by homophobic murder, signifying the continued ...
Nature as children's space : considerations for children's subjective well-being
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The emerging interest in 'spaces of childhood' over the past two decades can be identified in a number of disciplines. A substantial body of research has indicated that children's active engagement within the natural ...
A multisemiotic discourse analysis of race in apartheid South Africa: The case of Sandra Laing
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
In this thesis I investigate the reconstruction of the life history of Sandra Laing
and the recreation of the apartheid context by analyzing two artefacts. These
main artefact for investigation is the movie Skin, by ...
Social networking among UWC students: instant messaging genres and registers
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Contemporary research has pointed to the importance of social media in the lives of young people today. This project aims to explore the emerging discourse conventions and generic structures of chat conversations on social ...
Language, migration and identity: exploring the motivations of selected African migrants in learning isiXhosa in Cape Town, South Africa
(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 ...
Face-work and identities in a discussion about xenophobia
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
International students arriving at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) from other African countries find themselves in a position of having to negotiate their identities and positions with their South African counterparts. ...
Female students’ experiences of power dynamics as reflected in the negotiation of condom use
(2008)
In this study, the two most dominant sexual discourses were the male sexual drive discourse and the have/hold discourse. These discourses, together with traditional gender constructions, made condom negotiation difficult ...
An exploratory study of the emotional experiences of a parent of a transgendered child
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
This qualitative, exploratory study comprises a discourse analysis of the emotional experiences of the parent of a transgendered child. The primary aim of the study was to detail the emotional experiences encountered by ...
Xenophobia and the media: an investigation into the textual representation of black ‘foreigners’ in the daily sun, a South Africa tabloid (February 2008 - December 2008)
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This mini-thesis is a discourse analysis of the representations of black ‘foreigners’ in the media with reference to xenophobia. In this specific context, the study investigates and analyses the textual representations of ...