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Symbolic values of the dog in Afrikaans literature
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2018 The dog is a universal, archetypical symbol of fidelity and loyalty. However, in literature—and especially in South African literature—the dog (as well as the hyena and the wolf) often symbolises the diabolical. In some instances the dog is also symbolic
Gerda Taljaard-Gilson
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Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, 2013 This paper explores the textual-linguistic norms evident in the translation of culturally specific material in a sample of translated South African children's books in Afrikaans and English, with a view to investigating the tensions between domestication and foreignisation, particularly as related to different types of books, such as primers, local ...
Haidee Kotze
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Aboriginal Southern African Storytelling and the Shaping of Early Afrikaans Literature
Journal Des Africanistes, 2010 This article explores the changing perceptions of Afrikaner folklorists and literary critics on the origins of selected indigenous southern African oral tales during the past century. It is common knowledge that in colonial southern Africa indigenous storytellers frequently performed local tales to settler children.
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Transgressive body in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah
Literator, 2023 In a society where colour is a major reason for social stratification, the black identity is burdened with the perceived negativities generated by its colour.
Omotola T. Adeyelure, Alwyn P. Roux
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Esterhuizen en die gladde stiltes van die digkuns
Literator, 2021 No abstract available.
Ihette Senekal
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Literator USAN-uitgawe voorwoord
Literator, 2017 No abstract available.
Louise Viljoen, Amanda Lourens
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Literator USAN edition editorial
Literator, 2017 No abstract available.
Louise Viljoen, Amanda Lourens
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Using frames to determine ordinary meaning in court cases: the case of “plant” and “vermin”
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2016 The South African judicial system has a variety of ways to determine the ordinary meaning of words, ranging from preceding court cases and academic publications to expert witnesses.
Terrence R Carney
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Dias en Da Gama, Van Wyk Louw en Camões (her)besoek
Literator, 2014 Dias and Da Gama, Van Wyk Louw and Camões (re)visited. Although he was the first Portuguese explorer who rounded the southernmost cape of Africa, world history does not herald Bartholomew Dias as an important figure.
Johan L. Coetser
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