Browsing Magister Artium - MA (Linguistics, Language and Communication) by Subject "South Africa"
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A phenomenological discourse analysis of harassed female 'skinscapes' in select public spaces in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Street harassment refers to the unsolicited verbal remarks and nonverbal gestures that women are subjected to by men when moving through (public) spaces. The dominant discourse sees this phenomenon as firstly a gendered ... -
Assessing patterns of language use and identity among Cameroonian migrants in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This study explored Cameroonian migrants language use and the various language forms they use to manifest their identity. It also dealt with multicultural/multilingual people in an equally multicultural/multilingual society ... -
Choice of language for learning and assessment: the role of learner identity and perceptions in informing these choices
(2009)South Africa, like many ex-colonial contexts finds itself confronting difficult decisions about multilingualism. The South Africa constitution recognizes eleven official languages and provides for education in these ... -
Choice of language for learning and assessment: the role of learner identity and perceptions in informing these choices.
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)South Africa, like many ex-colonial contexts finds itself confronting difficult decisions about multilingualism. The South Africa constitution recognizes eleven official languages and provides for education in these ... -
Discourse analysis of narratives of Malay heritage in gentrified Bo-Kaap, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Bo-Kaap (BK) is a neighbourhood in Cape Town which has long been home to a predominantly Muslim community with deep ties to the area’s colonial and slave history. In recent years, BK has become a hotbed for developers ... -
Exercising linguistic citizenship through Coloured narratives
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This project explores the negotiation of shifting racial identities within a transforming post-Apartheid context, in particular, the negotiation of what it means to be ‘coloured’. Twenty-seven years into South Africa’s ... -
Exploring digital literacy practices of 12- to 15-year-old children from Philippi and Khayelitsha townships in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Despite the spread of digital communication technologies and the integration of mobile phones into everyday life, young children's literacy practices are changing rapidly, and schools are struggling to address the potential ... -
A functional terminological analysis of a “Multilingual parliamentary/ Political terminology list” of the Department of Arts and Culture
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)South Africa’s National Language Policy Framework was formulated in 2003. The framework was designed to create an enabling environment for the development of instruments and initiatives intended to promote multilingualism ... -
A hashtag analysis of racial discourses within #ColouredExcellence: Case of Wayde van Niekerk
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The research study takes into account the apartheid legacy of racial hierarchization and ‘separate development’ (cf Raynard, 2012) which penetrated all aspects of social life. Particularly, it is the sporting domain and ... -
Semiotic remediation as discourse practice in three Woolworths branded spaces
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Woolworths is known as one of South Africa’s largest retailers with over 400 retail chains across South Africa, while also expanding into other African countries and the Middle East. This study aims to analyse the ... -
A social semiotic analysis of healthcare signage at selected public and private hospitals in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)The study focuses on the application and use of linguistic landscapes in health institutions. Furthermore, the research is centred on a social semiotic analysis of the healthcare signage at selected public and private ... -
The social semiotics of hair: Re-constructing cape coloured South African female identities- the transition
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Cape Coloured women have been misrepresented and misunderstood for generations as a result of apartheid and the deeply rooted ideologies at play during that time. The Coloured body was subjected to the colonial ideals of ... -
Stylisation of identities in online discourses related to The Spear on Sowetan LIVE
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study focuses on a story featured on Sowetan LIVE, one of South Africa’s online newspapers. The flexibility of the mode in which the newspaper is produced, enables users to comment on its articles as they are published. ... -
‘Taking hold’ of mobile phone stories in a Cape Flats reading club
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)This ethnographically-orientated intervention explored how members of a Cape Flats reading club “took hold” (Street, 2009) of digital literacy in their engagement with online fictional stories accessed by a mobile phone. ...