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Diglossic Principles in Shona Lexicography [PDF]
Lexikos, 2011 <p>Abstract: This article looks at diglossia in Shona dictionaries. Diglossia is seen here as the differential and preferential use of a language or a dialect in dictionaries. The main language spoken in Zimbabwe is Shona.
Esau Mangoya
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Topologies of Air: Shona Illingworth’s art practice and the ethics of air [PDF]
, 2022 This essay examines Shona Illingworth's video and sound installation, Topologies of Air (2021), and relates it to the artist's broader art research practice. By focusing on key features and methodology, this essay demonstrates Illingworth's decentralised
Albano, Caterina
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The African Journal of Information and Communication, 2023 Through an examination of the linguistic practices encountered and used by Shona language-speakers in the Zimbabwean city of Gweru, this study explores intersections between language use, language change, and perceptions of the COVID pandemic—as caused ...
Vincent Jenjekwa
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Dialectics of Ethnicity and Youth Political Participation in Zimbabwe. Case of Gukurahundi Incident (1982-1987) [PDF]
Analele Universităţii din Oradea. Relaţii Internaţionale şi Studii Europene, 2022 This study sought to analyse how ethnicity contributes towards youth political participation in Zimbabwe. This study examines how Gukurahundi incident between the Ndebele and Shona ethnic groups affect youth political participation in Matabeleland ...
Kudzai Cathrine BINGISAI
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Lexikos, 2011 <p>Abstract: This article examines the impact of current lexicographical work in Zimbabwe on some sectors of Shona language use, namely education, media, medicine and local government.
S. Nyota, J. Mapara
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Ethnicity and Matriarchal Protest: A Case of Dialoguing Shona Personal Names
Names, 2008 This paper examines the role of Zimbabwean (Shona) women in the naming of children in the patriarchal Shona society. The corpus of two thousand Shona personal/given names under review was gathered from Zimbabwe's seven predominantly Shona-speaking ...
Livingstone Makondo
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The Dyke, 2022 This research paper sought to provide a deeper understanding of the conceptualisation of depression and its symptoms in students of the Shona Culture in a higher education institution.
Songile Mhlanga, Ennie Manyumwa
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Urbanisation, Shona culture and Zimbabwean literature [PDF]
, 2011 This thesis examines the impact of urbanisation on Zimbabwean culture, particularly the Shona culture as it is represented in Zimbabwean literature. My main argument in this thesis is that Zimbabwean literature suggests that urbanisation is harmful and ...
Mancuveni, Melania
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The rephonologisation of Shona loanwords from English: an optimality theory analysis
Acta Academica, 2012 In their quest to respond to scientific and educational demands, speakers of Shona, a Southern Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe, have expanded its lexical stock by borrowing mainly from the English language. The two languages have different phonologies,
Maxwell Kadenge
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The Contribution of Missionaries to Shona Lexicography*
Lexikos, 2011 <p>Abstract: The article discusses the developments in Shona lexicography during the colonial eraand the contribution made by the missionaries in general and Father M.
Advice Viriri
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