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A Critical Evaluation of Three Sesotho Dictionaries

Lexikos, 2020
This article gives a perspective on Sesotho lexicography and a critical analysis of the macrostructures and microstructures of three selected Sesotho dictionaries.
Mmasibidi Setaka, D.J. Prinsloo
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‘The people divided by a common language’: The orthography of Sesotho in Lesotho, South Africa, and the implications for Bible translation

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022
The Basotho of Lesotho and South Africa speak the same language, namely Sesotho. However, the two countries do not use the same orthography when writing Sesotho.
Tshokolo J. Makutoane
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Compiling a Bidirectional Dictionary Bridging English and the Sotho Languages: A Viability Study

Lexikos, 2011
: The aim of this article is to investigate the viability of the compilation of a single bidirectional dictionary with a single lemma list for the Sesotho sa Leboa, Setswana and Sesotho ?
D.J Prinsloo
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Self-completed patient-reported outcome measures in adults with epilepsy: A review. [PDF]

Epilepsia Open
Abstract Epilepsy affects 65 million people worldwide, and is a World Health Organization priority disease as highlighted in their 2022–2031 Intersectoral Global Action Plan (IGAP) on Epilepsy and other Neurological Disorders. IGAP's objectives include improving epilepsy treatment and care.
Conquest AL, O'Brien TJ, Kwan P, French JA, Malpas CB, Foster EC.   +5 more
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Negation of subject with nominal modifiers in Sesotho

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2018
This article examines constituent negation in Sesotho, focussing on negation of the subject with nominal modifiers of matrix clauses. Sesotho is an African language that falls under the Bantu family.
Malete, Elias Nyefolo
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Sethantšo sa Sesotho and Sesuto–English Dictionar: A Comparative Analysis of their Designs and Entries

Lexikos, 2020
This article seeks to establish the relationship and extent of similarity between two Sesotho dictionaries, published in the 1800s and 2005 respectively. The two dictionaries under discussion are the Sesuto–English Dictionary by Mabille and Dieterlen and
T.L. Motjope-Mokhali, I.M. Kosch, Munzhedzi James Mafela   +2 more
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Echoes of lithoko in modern Sesotho poetry: An intertextual perspective

Literator, 2021
It is the view of this article that since its inception in the early 1930s, modern Sesotho poetry (MSP) has played host to other literary genres; amongst them lithoko. This article therefore regards some of the content in MSP, reflective of and traceable
Ketlalemang C. Maimane, Nhlanhla Mathonsi   +1 more
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An evaluation of the opinions of students enrolled in Sesotho modules at the University of the Free State

Perspectives in Education, 2021
The lack of equivalence between African languages on the one hand and Afrikaans and English on the other hand under the governments that ruled South Africa until the collapse of apartheid has seriously undermined the status of African languages ...
Soyiso Khetoa, Sara Motsei
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Adaptive translation of medieval morality plays for contemporary African audiences: A case study of the morality play Everyman in Sesotho

Acta Theologica, 2023
Morality plays such as Everyman were first produced in England during the latter half of the 15th century. Their fictional nature, however, clothed moral truths in line with Catholic doctrines.
T.J. Makutoane
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Lumela/Lumela: A Socio-Pragmatic Analysis of Sesotho Greetings

Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2007
This paper is a study of a very significant aspect of day-to-day interactional discourse of the Basotho sociolinguistic community of Southern Africa: the phenomenon of greeting.
Dele Femi Akindele
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