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The Lexicographic Treatment of Xitsonga Kinship Terminologies in Selected Bilingual Dictionaries [PDF]
African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary StudiesKinship terminologies, which vary across cultures and languages, present challenges for lexicographers in creating bilingual dictionaries. Effective bilingual dictionaries must accurately and comprehensively reflect kinship terms and their equivalents ...
Respect Mlambo, Muzi Matfunjwa
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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2017 Vowel hiatus is dispreferred in many languages of the world. Xitsonga, an understudied cross-border southern Bantu language spoken in South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, employs a set of four hiatus resolution strategies: glide formation ...
Vratsanos, Alyssa , Kadenge, Maxwell
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Aspectual auxiliary verbs in Xitsonga
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2016 In Xitsonga, certain Aspectual Auxiliary verbs (AA verbs) appear with double subject agreement. While these AA verbs have been reported in the description of Xitsonga (Baumbach 1987: 250-252), a systematic morphosyntactic study of these constructions has
Seunghun J Lee, Crous Hlungwani
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Nghozi na Nxungeto Ku valanga nhlamuselo hi tihlo ra tindzimi ta Afrika (Dzonga): Mhaka ya Xitsonga eka mbulavulo wa khombo [PDF]
JàmbáDisaster and Risk! Exploring meaning through the lens of (South) African languages: A case of Xitsonga language in disaster communication. Even though there is a difference between the disaster management-related terms disaster itself, crisis, and ...
Norman Mathebula +8 more
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Recursivity and Focus in the Prosody of Xitsonga DPs
Languages, 2023 This paper explores the prosodic patterns of complex DP structures in Xitsonga by looking at penultimate lengthening in DPs with marked and unmarked word orders of different types.
Seunghun J. Lee, Kristina Riedel
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Distribution of conjunctive and disjunctive forms in Xitsonga
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2017 The conjunctive and disjunctive forms in Xitsonga are examined with the purpose of presenting the distribution of these forms. While verbs in the conjunctive form are followed by some elements, the disjunctive is used when no element follows the verb ...
Lee, Seunghun J., Hlungwani, Crous
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Pre-nominal DP modifiers and penultimate lengthening in Xitsonga
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2021 Bantu languages generally have noun-initial DP word order but they typically allow for demonstratives, and in some languages also the quantifier meaning ‘each, every’, to precede the noun.
Lee, Seunghun J., Riedel, Kristina
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Headedness and structure of Xitsonga compound words
LiteratorCompound words, formed by combining two or more morphemes, play a significant role in Xitsonga’s lexicon. This study employs a descriptive qualitative approach to examine how the head and modifier(s) interact to contribute to the overall structure and ...
Respect Mlambo +2 more
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Sociocultural Factors Affecting Vocabulary Development in Young South African Children [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Sociocultural influences on the development of child language skills have been widely studied, but the majority of the research findings were generated in Northern contexts.
Frenette Southwood +11 more
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A socio-ecological analysis of parents’ experiences of stillbirth in Limpopo, South Africa [PDF]
South African Family PracticeBackground: Stillbirth is a profoundly personal experience shaped by sociocultural norms, healthcare systems, and policies. Limited research exists on parents’ lived experiences in South Africa.
Lunghile Shivambo, Dumile Gumede
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