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, 2020 This study explores the formation of Sesotho compounds from descriptive and theoretical perspectives. Attention is specifically given to the compounds’ combinatorial patterns, morphological structure, number, agreement, headedness and properties which ...
Mokoaleli, Maseanakoena Amina
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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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Borrowing and Loan Words: The Lemmatizing of Newly Acquired Lexical Items in Sesotho sa Leboa
Lexikos, 2011 <p>ABSTRACT: The influence of foreign languages in Sesotho sa Leboa, or Northern Sotho, results in borrowing, which ultimately leads to an increase in the vocabulary of Sesotho sa Leboa.
V.M. Mojela
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Challenges in Intellectualizing Sesotho for Use in Academic Publications
Journal of Electronic PublishingThis paper explores challenges in intellectualizing Sesotho for academic works beyond literary-based theses. It also overviews resources for the intellectualization of official Indigenous languages of South Africa, focusing on national translation ...
Johannes Sibeko, Mmasibidi Setaka
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Lexikos, 2011 <p>Abstract: In this research article an in-depth investigation is presented of the lexicographictreatment of the demonstrative copulative (DC) in Sesotho sa Leboa.
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver +3 more
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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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Natural Science and Technology Terminology in the Sesotho sa Leboa Monolingual Dictionary
Lexikos, 2011 <p>Abstract: The main purpose of this article is to make a comparative analysis of the structural and the lexical differences between coinage and transliteration, as methods for the acquisition of foreign natural sci-ence and technology lexical ...
W.M. Mojapelo, V.M. Mojela
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Family Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Caregiver–adolescent relationships are essential for healthy development, yet how meaningful engagement is defined and enacted in low‐income settings remains underexplored. Objective This qualitative study investigates meaningful engagement between caregivers and adolescents living in low‐income households from eight Southern ...
Jonathan M. Klapwijk +8 more
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Sesotho syllabification systems
, 2022 This package contains two syllabification systems for Sesotho (rule-based and TeX-based)
van Zaanen, Menno, Sibeko, Johannes
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The Gendered Ideologies of Naming Traditional Male Aphrodisiacs in Lesotho
Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2022 This article examines the naming practices employed for traditional male Sesotho aphrodisiacs with the aim of unveiling the ideologies reflected and promoted by these names.
Lipuo Motene
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