Browsing Magister Artium - MA (Linguistics, Language and Communication) by Title
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“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 ... -
“I felt like the words became a part of me”: South African feminist live poetry and the affective encounter
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Live poetry exists as a powerful channel through which to protest against oppressive mechanisms prevalent in society. The platform – a safe space for the voices that are often silenced in other discursive spaces – has grown ... -
The identity construction and negotiation of 1.5 generation Congolese migrant youth in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape,, 2018)Globalization has evidently led to an increase in the flow of immigrants across the world, a fact that has and continues to play a significant role in the development of studies on immigration, immigration patterns and ... -
Imagining multilingual spaces through scripted 'codeswitching' in multilingual performance: a case study of '7de Laan'
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)This thesis examines how multilingual spaces in South Africa are imagined and reconstructed through the use of scripted codeswitching in 7de Laan. It explores how the socio-political discourses and other ideologies from ... -
Incorporating indigenous African languages in higher education: Student attitudes towards learning materials in isiXhosa at the University of the Western Cape
(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 ... -
Investigating a proposed standardised method for authorship attribution in l1/2 english texts
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Authorship attribution is a method of revealing the obscure or unknown individuals who may have played a part in the creation of texts (Kotze, 2007). The purpose of authorship attribution is both to test claims of authorship ... -
Investigating changing notions of "text": comparing news text in printed and electronic media
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This research aimed to give an account of the development of concepts of text and discourse and the various approaches to analysis of texts and discourses, as this is reflected in core linguistic literature since the late ... -
Language attitudes, medium of instruction and academic performance: a case study of Afrikaans mother tongue learners in Mitchell's Plain
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The purpose of this study was to determine the implication for learning for learners whose home language is different from the medium of instruction at school.The study is focused on a group of Afrikaans learners for whom ... -
The language factor in students’ experience of assessments: A case study from the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Recent statistics show that 25% of university students in South Africa drop out in their first year of study (Stats SA, 2018). This figure is all the more worrisome when older but still relevant statistics are considered, ... -
Language ideologies and attitudes of Francophone learners towards English in Yaoundo, Cameroon
(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
(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.
(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
(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 ... -
Lencwadzi ibhalelwe bantfwana belibanga lesitsatfu Grade Ill lasebakwati kufundza nekubhala
(University of the Western Cape, 1976)Tsine bantfwana bemaSwati siyahlonipha. Kuhlonipha sikufundziswa emakhaya. Asidzingi kufundziswa kuhlonipba esikolweni. Umntfwana makangahloniphi uyashaywa. Nasihlangana nemuntfu lomdzala endleleni siyaphambuka. Sicolela ... -
A Linguistic and textual analysis of Arab first language speakers’ academic writing skills in English in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Research on EFL students has received increased interest in recent years (Elachachi, 2015; Al- Zubaidi, 2012; Awad, 2012; Eldokali, 2007; Wahba, 1998). Although much research attention has focussed on the EFL classes and ... -
The literacy orientation of preschool children in a multilingual environment: the case of post-apartheid Manenberg
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)This thesis is the result of an ethnographic study of the multilingual literacy practices of a group of families in their particular spaces within the urban context of the community of Manenberg, with the specific view of ... -
Media representations of reporting techniques of four news houses related to two mediated events during the Trump administration
(2020)Media representations, embedded in reported media events, play a pivotal role in the propagation of beliefs, ideologies and establishing the status quo. The media events are given coverage by news reports on newsworthy ... -
Metaphorical extensions as a basis for grammaticalization with special reference to Zulu auxiliary verbs
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)In this thesis certain notions such as grammaticalization metaphors, semantic field analysis, categorization, proto-type theory and topology are used in order to explore the nature and the development of the auxiliaries ... -
A multi-semiotic discourse analysis of feminine beauty in selected True Love magazine advertisements
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Advertising and media imagery shape attitudes about race and ethnicity, which means that advertising media play an influential part in constructing the frame through which individuals perceive racial differences and negotiate ... -
Multilingual electronic glossing: Implementing and evaluating an alternative reading aid for students at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Vocabulary knowledge is an indicator of language competence. There is a positive relationship between literacy levels and the medium of instruction. Research has shown that reading comprehension is largely dependent on ...
