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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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A qualitative study of stakeholder and researcher perspectives of community engagement practices for HIV vaccine clinical trials in South Africa

Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 998-1015, April 2023., 2023
Abstract Community engagement increases community trust of research and improves trial participation. However, there is limited documented appraisal of community engagement practices. Several HIV vaccine efficacy trials have been conducted in South Africa, the country most affected by HIV, predominantly in collaboration with the HIV Vaccine Trials ...
Janan J. Dietrich, Jessica Munoz, Gugulethu Tshabalala, Lerato M. Makhale, Stefanie Hornschuh, Francisco Rentas, Mamakiri Mulaudzi, Fatima Laher, Michele P. Andrasik   +8 more
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A comparative assessment of the L1 and L2 reading performance of Grade 7 learners in English

Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 2008
The role of English and the indigenous languages in South African schooling is highly contested. Research endorses the mother tongue (L1) as the most appropriate language of learning and teaching (LoLT) and the basis for the addition of a second language
Manyike, Tintswalo V., Lemmer, Eleanor
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Contrastive analysis of word-formation strategies in the translated South African Constitution

Literator, 2022
When translating texts into a language that lacks relevant terminology, translation equivalence is difficult to achieve, and the accuracy, accessibility and effectiveness of communication of the translated texts may be compromised.
Respect Mlambo, Muzi Matfunjwa, Nomsa J. Skosana   +2 more
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Advancing Xitsonga Language Education: The Use of Translanguaging in Literacy Development Practices [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
The purpose of this study was to investigate how translanguaging advanced Xitsonga language education through literacy development practices in Limpopo schools. It focused on how learners and teachers used multiple languages, mainly Xitsonga and English,
Billy James Chavalala
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Dataset for comparable evaluation of machine translation between 11 South African languages

Data in Brief, 2020
This data article describes the Autshumato machine translation evaluation set. The evaluation set contains data that can be used to evaluate machine translation systems between any of the 11 official South African languages.
Cindy A. McKellar, Martin J. Puttkammer
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Ethnolinguistic vitality in Thulamela Local Municipality: A case of Xitsonga

Literator
The use and status of a language in a given speech community can reveal the prospects of its elevation or lack thereof. Furthermore, one can determine whether a language will be elevated or undermined in a community by exploring the perceptions of its ...
Rhulani S. Mashwele, Itani P. Mandende, Moffat Sebola   +2 more
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Delphi Participant as an Ancestor: Introducing the Ubuntu Intergenerational Primer for Mitigating Future Discounting Bias in Southern Africa Collectivist Culture

FUTURES &FORESIGHT SCIENCE, Volume 8, Issue 2, August 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper introduces the Ubuntu Intergenerational Primer (UIP), a culturally grounded cognitive debiasing intervention designed to mitigate future discounting bias among Real‐Time Delphi (RTD) participants in Southern Africa. Learning from prior research engagements and informed by the region's cultural settings, we innovated around the Rip ...
Simbarashe Nhokovedzo, Norbert Kolos, Petri Tapio, Geci Karuri‐Sebina   +3 more
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The influence of nominal prefixes on the formation of compound words in Xitsonga

Literator
Nominal prefixes play a crucial role in Xitsonga grammar by shaping word formation, categorisation and meaning. These affixes that are attached at the beginning of nouns convey crucial information about number, possession and noun class.
Respect Mlambo, Muzi Matfunjwa
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LEGISLATION AS A CRITICAL TOOL IN ADDRESSING SOCIAL CHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA: LESSONS FROM MAYELANE V NGWENYAMA [PDF]

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2015
Several changes have occurred in South Africa within the customary law system to ensure gender justice, including the enactment of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998.
Rita N Ozoemena
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