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Reading the linguistic landscape: Women, literacy and citizenship in one South African township
(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 ...
Bibliography Islam & biological evolution exploring classical Sunni sources and methodologies
(2010)
This research investigates, within the framework of classical Sunni Islamic scholarship,what we might expect an Islamic opinion about evolution to be,bringing together an accurate and detailed understanding of evolutionary ...
Challenges and opportunities/possibilities of implementing the Western Cape language policy
(UWC, 2014)
The principle aim of this thesis is to investigate all the challenges and opportunities/possibilities involved in realising the implementation of the
official Western Cape Language Policy (finalised in 2002). These ...
The conceptualization and application of Qabīlah (Clan) in the Somali context: A linguistic, social and political analysis of Somali media and online resources
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This thesis examines the concept of qab?lah (tribe/clan) and its social and political influence on
Somali society. It firstly looks at the general meaning of qabīlah in Arab culture and its more
specific meaning in Somali ...
The concept of the Sufi Saintly Miracle: A literary approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This study analyses the concept of al-Karāmah al-Sūfīyah (the Sufi Saintly Miracle) in both its religious and literary dimensions. The researcher will shed more light on this genre of narrative literary phenomena by ...
The female protagonist’s intersection with the African world of actuality in Beyala’s novel Tu T’appelleras Tanga
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
In order to overcome the silence that had been instilled by colonialism, several postcolonial
female writers employ fiction to restore their local culture and reflect on their representation
in historical writings. For ...
The female protagonist’s intersection with the African world of actuality in Beyala’s novel Tu t’appelleras Tanga
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
In order to overcome the silence that had been instilled by colonialism, several postcolonial
female writers employ fiction to restore their local culture and reflect on their representation
in historical writings. For ...
A translation, with critical introduction, of Shaykh al-`Alāwī’s al-Risālah al-Qawl al-Ma`Rūf fī al-Radd `alā man Ankara al-Tasawwuf (a kind word in response to those who reject Sufism)
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The objective of this thesis is the translation of an original defence of Sufī practice titled al-
Risālah al-Qawl al-Ma`rūf fī al-Radd `alā man Ankara al-Tasawwuf (A Kind Word in
Response to those who Reject Sufism) by ...
"Grammatical controversy on the temporality of the imperfect tense in the Qur’ānic text" Is it Mu’rab (declinable) or Mabnī (indeclinable)?
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This research discusses the temporality of Al-Fi’l Al-Moḍāri’ (present tense) in
Arabic in terms of structure and case endings. It also focuses on the time of the imperfect
tense and how it is affected by the Adawāt ...