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Literator, 2008 Working with corpora in the South African Bantu languages has up till now been limited to the utilisation of raw corpora. Such corpora, however, have limited functionality.
E. Taljard +3 more
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Die beeld van afwesigheid en die politiek van naamgewing in Shona-oorlogsfiksie
Literator, 2013 Tydens Zimbabwe se bevrydingsoorlog het duisende jong mense die grense van buurlande oorgesteek om wapens op te neem teen kolonialisme. Daar bestaan voldoende getuienis dat baie van hierdie jong mense vroulik was.
Willie L. Chigidi, Davie E. Mutasa
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Strategies for building wordnets for under-resourced languages: The case of African languages
Literator, 2017 The African Wordnet Project (AWN) aims at building wordnets for five African languages: Setswana, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho sa Leboa (also referred to as Sepedi or Northern Sotho) and Tshivenda.
Sonja E. Bosch, Marissa Griesel
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An acoustic study of vocal expression in two genres of Yoruba oral poetry
Frontiers in Communication, 2022 This pilot study proposes an acoustic study of the vocal expressions in Ìjálá and Ẹ̀sà, two genres of Yorùbá oral poetry. For this study, we conducted an experiment, involving the vocalization of an original poem in speech mode, Ìjálá and Ẹ̀sà.
Samuel K. Akinbo +3 more
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Integrating Tshivenḓa proverbs in digital education platforms: Enhancing Indigenous language learning through technology [PDF]
Journal of Education and Learning TechnologyAfrican Indigenous languages, such as Tshivenḓa, have been marginalized in formal education institutions, which has reduced their visibility in online learning environments.
Makhado Avhatakali Jonathan +2 more
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Classification of Setswana short stories
Literator, 2007 The aim of this article is to reclassify Setswana short stories according to their treatment of female characters. Critics such as Ranamane have classified Setswana literary works according to year of publication, without giving any valid reasons for ...
M.J. Mojalefa, M.M. Makgato
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Mongwalelo wa sefela sa Serote: 'A re thabeng re rete' (Difela t�a kereke, 2010)
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2015 Bangwadi ba Bathobaso ba difela t a kereke ba huedit we ke bangwadi ba baruti (ba Matoit hi ba Kereke ya Lutere ya Berlin) ge ba tlo ngwala difela. Ka go realo ke ba mathomo ba go ngwala poleloopelwa ya Sepedi. Ka lebaka la gore baruti ba Matoit hi ba be
Deborah Mampuru, Jerry Mojalefa
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The technique of flashback in selected Northern Sotho literary texts
Literator, 2005 This article aims at investigating and explaining the application of the technique of flashback in selected Northern Sotho literary texts. Five kinds of flashback are distinguished, namely external retrospection, internal retrospection, mixed ...
M.J. Mojalefa, R.S. Phala
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Ìgbélárugẹ Èdè: Akinwumi Isola’s Model for Promoting African Languages
Yoruba Studies Review, 2021 The ever-popular discussion in African literary circles is critically about language choices that African writers make in their creative endeavors. This is part of this write-up’s focus plus the plight of African languages with attention to the benefit ...
Akinloye Ojo
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Zenobia’s story: how a victim of abuse uses isiXhosa to account for her actions
Literator, 2008 This article explores the theoretical work in articulating the motivations and conditions for account-giving in isiXhosa in relation to image restoration.
M. Dlali, S. Mokapela
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