Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Linguistics, Language and Communication)http://hdl.handle.net/11394/772024-03-29T07:29:00Z2024-03-29T07:29:00ZInter- and intralingual translations of complainants’ police sworn statements: a co-construction of a legal text in a South African contextLesch, Laurian Teslynehttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/106712024-03-14T00:09:02Z2024-01-01T00:00:00ZInter- and intralingual translations of complainants’ police sworn statements: a co-construction of a legal text in a South African context
Lesch, Laurian Teslyne
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 statements are constructed through the medium of English and in some cases in Afrikaans. In cases where the accused, the witness or the complainant has limited understanding of either of these languages, the retelling and rewriting of complainants’ legal narratives is done by police officers, who translate such narratives from the source text (ST) into the target text (TT) to facilitate and benefit the legal process. Hence, both interlingual and intralingual translation may take place. Of note is that a sworn statement lays the foundation for the administration of justice. Its value lies in its accuracy, whether it is an inter- or intralingual translation. This study investigates the problem of inter- and intralingual translations with specific reference to legal translation of complainants’ sworn statements by police officers within the South African Police Service (SAPS).
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2024-01-01T00:00:00Z“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.Foster, Nellhttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/105222023-11-14T00:02:34Z2023-01-01T00:00:00Z“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.
Foster, Nell
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, Amharic and Tigrinya with her parents and three siblings at home, although her preferred and strongest language was French, the language she used everyday at school. Her statement was in
response to my question about whether it was more important for her to share her languages with her peers or to learn and find out about theirs; her answer isemblematic of many of the questions I seek to address in this research.
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2023-01-01T00:00:00ZA comparative analysis of phonological and morpho-syntactic variations in Lungu, Mambwe and Namwanga languages in ZambiaSiame, Pethiashttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/104992023-08-23T00:01:35Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZA comparative analysis of phonological and morpho-syntactic variations in Lungu, Mambwe and Namwanga languages in Zambia
Siame, Pethias
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 linguistic structure to outline their grammar and
design their orthographies. The study is informed by descriptive and comparative Bantu
phonological and morpho-syntactic theories. Data were collected using comparative, elicitation,
and document analysis methods to account for grammatical variations in the three languages.
The study shows that LuMaNa languages have more phonological similarities than variations in
terms of vowel quality. Regarding consonants, LuMaNa languages have twenty (20) consonantal
segments which display minimal variations in terms of form. The nominal structure of the three
languages also shows more similarities than differences.
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2022-01-01T00:00:00ZDoing friendship: storytelling and playfulness in casual conversational discourseAwungjia, Ajohche Nkemnguhttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/104682023-08-11T00:02:03Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZDoing friendship: storytelling and playfulness in casual conversational discourse
Awungjia, Ajohche Nkemngu
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 relationships formed within the workplace, there is no specific institutional context within which friendships can develop. There is also no legally binding agreement between friends as between married people, and there are no conventionalized roles that friends must play as is the case in parent-child relations. Nevertheless, friendship remains one of the most important relationships in people’s lives. Researchers have even argued that within a globalizing and increasingly mediatized world, friendships have gained more significance as more flexible and diverse ways of constructing one’s personal life become available (Spencer & Pahl 2006; Rawlins, 2017; Byron, 2021; Allan & Adams, 2007). This makes the study of the dynamics and processes of friendship within contemporary society fertile ground for harvesting insights into the ways in which the social fabric of the world is being (re)constituted.
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