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A Sesotho news headlines dataset for sentiment analysis [PDF]
Data in BriefSentiment Analysis (SA) is a subset of Natural Language Processing (NLP) which has become a promising research area enabling the provision of language specific services.
Refuoe Mokhosi +2 more
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Linguistik Online, 2008 Address forms constitute an integral part of Basotho sociolinguistic etiquette. They are regarded as a kind of emotional capital that may be invested in putting others at ease. They are indicators of deference, politeness and markers of social distance. (
Dele Femi Akindele
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Sesotho is an indigenous cereal-based fermented drink traditionally produced in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho, Southern Africa. The present study sought to examine the microbial (bacterial and fungal) community composition of Sesotho at five ...
Olga De Smidt +2 more
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The Narrative Past Inflection in Sesotho Child and Child-Directed Speech
Frontiers in Communication, 2019 This study investigates a low-frequency verbal inflection called the “narrative past” in child and child-directed speech in the Bantu language Sesotho. Since the function of the Sesotho narrative past is not well-described, this study aimed to illuminate
Kristina Riedel +2 more
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Health literacy of Sesotho-speaking patients diagnosed with chronic conditions in South Africa [PDF]
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2022 Background: Health literacy influences patients’ health outcomes, as their ability to read, interpret and apply health information associated with health-related decision-making.
Mita S. Mofoken +3 more
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Orality in Translating Biblical Hebrew Proverbs in Sesotho
ReligionsThis paper evaluates how Sesotho translators have translated Biblical Hebrew proverbs in the 1989 Sesotho translation of the Bible. Because this 1989 translation is undergoing revision by the Bible Society of South Africa, it is important to determine ...
Tshokolo J. Makutoane
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The Status of Tone in Sesotho: A Production and Perception Study
Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2017 Sesotho is generally described as a tonal language. This paper describes an investigation into the ability of a group of young speakers of Sesotho to perceive and produce tonal distinctions in Sesotho.
Daan Wissing, Justus C. Roux
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Filling the Gap between Formal and Informal Language in the Classroom: The Case of Lesotho’s Sesotho sa Seterateng [PDF]
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 2023 This paper explored Sesotho sa seterateng (an informal Sesotho language in Lesotho) to establish the traditional function of Sesotho in the 21st century at schools.
Mamamello Anastacia Ntseli +1 more
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South African Journal of Education, 2021 A recently published interview-based test, known by its partly German acronym, MARKO-D SA, is introduced in this article by way of a narrative of its development through various cycles of research. The 48-item test, in 4 South African languages, captures
Elizabeth Henning +3 more
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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2023 No ...
Riedel, Kristina, Lee, Seunghun J.
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