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Determiner spreading in Rukiga

Linguistics, 2023
Determiner spreading, the phenomenon whereby adnominal modifiers carry an ‘additional’ determiner, has been studied extensively for a variety of languages, most notably Greek, Semitic, and Scandinavian languages. Interestingly, the same phenomenon occurs
Asiimwe Allen, Kouneli Maria, van der Wal Jenneke   +2 more
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T.T. Cloete as literêre kritikus, teoretikus en literatuurhistorikus (Deel 1): Rubrieke, bloemlesings en literêre kritiek

Literator, 2016
In die eerste gedeelte van hierdie artikel in twee dele word gefokus op die narratiewe benadering in die wetenskap. Narratiewe navorsing is selde verklarend, maar eerder beskrywend en het ’n sogenaamde emansiperende inslag deurdat dit fokus op vergete of
Hendrik van Coller
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The Ramifications of the Neglect of Indigenous South African Languages by the South African Government: COVID-19 as a Case Study

African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies, 2023
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 towards the end of 2019 and its proliferation across the globe, the lives of many populations have been disrupted, causing intense turbulence in social, economic and political dimensions.
Mlamli Diko
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On being a discontinuous person: Ontological insecurity, the wounded storyteller and time in Daniel Keyes’s Flowers for Algernon

Literator, 2015
This article explores ontological security and insecurity in Daniel Keyes’s novel, Flowers for Algernon. It opens with a very brief overview of the 1960s counter-culture to contextualise not only Keyes’s novel but also Laing’s theories of ontological (in)
Tony Ullyatt
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Catastrophe and beauty: Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda’s novel of the transition

Literator, 1997
This article explores Zakes Mda's novel, Ways of Dying (1995), as an example of transitional literature. Ways of Dying (1995) deals with the period between 1990, when negotiations for change in South Africa started, and 1994, when South Africa became a ...
J. van Wyk
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’n Perspektief op ’n periode van kontak tussen Khoi en Afrikaans

Literator, 2013
In ’n soeke na die wortels van Afrikaans het vroeë taalkundiges op die raakpunte tussen Afrikaans en Nederlands gefokus. Die invloed van die nie-Europese tale het min aandag gekry.
Christo van Rensburg
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Crampton and Engerth: The ‘mechanical brides’ of J-K. Huysmans

Literator, 2020
This article explores the startling comparison Huysmans introduces early in Á Rebours (1884) between two French steam locomotives, Crampton and Engerth, and representations of the female form.
Laurence Wright
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New approaches and strategies for teaching African children initial reading

Literator, 2021
In the 1990s, during investigations at primary schools, the author tested the ability of Grade 2 African children to read, finding that about 80% of them could read.
Martha M. Cronje
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A Sociological Perspective on Drug Mishandling in Contemporary Sesotho Literature: An Analysis of Brian Makara’s Poem ‘Sethethefatsi’ [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This study examines the social representation of drug abuse in Brian Makara’s poem “Sethethefatsi.” The prevalence of drug abuse among South African township youth has increased dramatically.
Soyiso Khetoa
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References to Gauguin paintings in Somerset Maugham’s The moon and sixpence

Literator, 2014
It has not before been noticed that in describing works of art painted by his fictional anti-hero,Charles Strickland, in the novel The moon and sixpence, which is loosely based on the life of Paul Gauguin, Somerset Maugham drew on actual works by Gauguin
Laurence Wright
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