Ethnolinguistic vitality in Thulamela Local Municipality: A case of Xitsonga [PDF]
LiteratorThe 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 +2 more
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Coping with stillbirth: Insights from parents in rural Limpopo, South Africa [PDF]
Journal of Public Health in AfricaBackground: Stillbirth continues to be a significant global public health issue. Effective coping mechanisms are essential for parents to process their grief and heal after a stillbirth.
Lunghile Shivambo, Dumile Gumede
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An analysis of homonymy and polysemy in Xitsonga
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language StudiesCertain words are often presumed to be understood by speakers, which creates an assumption that all listeners understand their meanings. These terms may have two distinct meanings, referred to as homonyms, or more than two related meanings, known as polysemes. This can lead to ambiguity and misinterpretation when extra contextual information is lacking.
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The Lexicographic Treatment of Xitsonga Kinship Terminologies in Selected Bilingual Dictionaries
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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A Manifesto for (De)growth. Disruptive (De)Growth Repository of Southern Ecosystems [PDF]
ARQ, 2022 Hunguta formed after the open call for the 2019 Oslo Architecture Triennale, taking the Xitsonga word for ‘decrease’ as its name. The multidisciplinary collective engages with degrowth practices in the context of the Global South.
Hunguta
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Some notes on the early history of the Tembe, 1280 AD-1800 AD
Contree, 2017 The Tembe tribe, which resides south of Maputo Bay, originates from the present day Zimbabwe and is also linked through archaeological evidence to the ancient state of Mapungubwe. It migrated to Mozambique and later occupied the land south of Maputo Bay,
Mandla Mathebula
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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 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 +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 SciencesThe 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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