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Thematisations of Child Abuse by Xitsonga Music Composers

Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies, 2023
Abuse in its multifarious manifestations, for example, physical, sexual, emotional, economic, verbal and psychological abuse, as well as harassment, stalking, and property vandalisation, is currently treated as both a global and national crisis. This malady permeates a variety of spaces.
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Structural ambiguity in Xitsonga

South African Journal of African Languages, 2018
This article discusses structural ambiguity in Xitsonga. As a point of departure, structural ambiguity is examined from the theoretical perspective of transformational grammar, which is premised on the understanding that in all human languages, every sentence can be read at two levels: the surface and the deep structure.
Kubayi, S.J., Chauke, O.R.
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A descriptive analysis of Xitsonga contemporary music

South African Journal of African Languages, 2023
Indigenous music and dance can help one to vividly fathom the behaviour, values and morals of particular cultural groups, who perform its music and dance for various reasons. The indigenous music and dance of the Vatsonga also play a vital role in the lives of not only the Vatsonga, but also others who enjoy indigenous Xitsonga music and dance. However,
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MANAGEMENT WISDOM IN XITSONGA PROVERBS

Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies, 2015
Proverbial wisdom is a powerful tool that is used by the Vatsonga in their communications to instil cultural norms and values that have a powerful impact on people’s lives. This article focuses on the management ideas contained in some Xitsonga proverbs.
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Xitsonga in South Africa

2017
This chapter aims to provide a factual, socio-historical and linguistic description of the Xitsonga language—a cross-border language spoken among others, in South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Swaziland. Historically, many variously spelt names have been used to refer to this language, among them ‘XiTsonga’, ‘Shangaan’, ‘Changaan’, ‘Xichangana ...
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Phonological words and syntactic constituents in XiTsonga

South African Journal of African Languages, 1992
The distinction between phonological and syntactic words, most evident in cases of discord between the domain of the Dokean phonological word and constituent structure, is considered. The integrity of the unit noun class prefix + stem, a central concept in Bantu morphosyntax, is questioned.
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Embracing Tourism and Hospitality through Xitsonga Proverbial Expressions

Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies, 2021
Proverbial expressions have for years been transferred from one generation to the other for different purposes including rebuking actions that are not acceptable in society, encouraging good behaviour and giving guidance. This article addresses how Xitsonga proverbial expressions can promote tourism and hospitality in the sector.
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Semantic features in English print advertisements: a Xitsonga translation perspective

South African Journal of African Languages, 2023
Authors’ writing styles and diction applied in advertisements give the language a specialised aspect in translation. The translation of advertisements from English into Xitsonga is still undervalued, based on the observation that Xitsonga newspapers prefer to advertise in English. This article explores a corpus of two print advertisements and employs a
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Intransitive psych verbs and nominalisation in Xitsonga

South African Journal of African Languages, 2014
Although scholars generally agree that there are some similarities between verbs and their associative derived nominals, they are yet to find common ground as to the extent of the verbal properties that are shared by their nominal counterparts. In this article the extent of similarities between psych verbs and their associated derived nominals in ...
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Cumulative effects in Xitsonga: high-tone spreading and depressor consonants

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 2015
Depressor consonants in Xitsonga block high-tone spreading. These voiced obstruents and breathy voice consonants do  phonetically lower pitch, but phonological blocking of H-tone spreading is not common. This paper reports new findings in which depressors allow H tone to spread into toneless words in Xitsonga, contrary to what we expect if depressor ...
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