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Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Globally and in South Africa, the beauty industry, which includes high‐involvement products such as skincare, fragrance, makeup, and haircare products, is experiencing robust growth, something partially attributed to the rapidly growing influence of beauty social media influencers.
Ayesha L. Bevan-Dye, Mahmaod Alrawad
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Repair strategies in labial dissimilation: Diminutive formations in Xitsonga
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2014 This paper presents phonological processes in Xitsonga diminutives. The round vowels /u/ and /o/ are changed into the glide [w] to avoid vowel hiatus. When the glide [w] is preceded by labial consonants, then other processes occur: either the labial nasal [m] corresponds to a velar, or the glide [w] deletes when preceded by labial obstruents.
Lee, Seunghun J., Burheni, Clementinah
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Mental Illness, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Severe mental disorders are chronic and disabling conditions marked by serious functional impairments. As a result, persons with severe mental disorders require long‐term care from their family, relatives, or friends. Providing care is accompanied by negative experiences that result in distress for the caregivers, and as such, they require support to ...
Olindah Silaule +3 more
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The Modern Language Journal, Volume 109, Issue 2, Page 479-487, Summer 2025.
Susan Coetzee‐Van Rooy
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The use of Xitsonga at the University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus)
South African Journal of Higher Education, 2016 This article examines the acceptability of Xitsonga as a medium of instruction and learning at the University of Limpopo. Currently, English dominates the higher education environment because almost all the universities in South Africa utilise it as a medium of instruction for teaching and learning.
Delina Nkwashu +2 more
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Ethnolinguistic vitality in Thulamela Local Municipality: A case of Xitsonga
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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Effects of morphology in the nativization of loanwords: The borrowing of /s/ in Xitsonga
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2020 This article argues that the nativisation of loanwords in Xitsonga results from a pressure from morphology. In Xitsonga, a southern Bantu language, the /s/ in /sC/ clusters of English is always realised as [s] in non-initial positions. This /s/ is realised with variations when it appears in the initial position: either faithfully with an alveolar ...
Lee, Seunghun J. +1 more
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Developing a Code-Mixed Sentiment Analysis Dataset of Xitsonga-English Music Reviews
Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA)Sentiment analysis is the process of classifying text emotions as positive, negative or neutral. Code-mixed sentiment analysis refers to the classification of text’s sentiments that contains two or more languages.
B. Nkuna, T. Modipa, Simon P. Ramalepe
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Examining Relationships Between Sub-Components of Reading in Xitsonga
Journal of Language Teaching and ResearchReading is developed over time and involves the interaction of both simple and complex skills characterised by a hierarchical sequence of foundational reading skills.
Martha Khosa
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Nicknaming and Nicknames in Xitsonga Culture: An Onomastic Study
Journal of Social Sciences, 2016 This paper deals with nicknames and their significance among Xitsonga speaking people. Vatsonga have the tendency of giving nicknames, which act as tokens of appreciation or disapproval.
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