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The rejection of terminology: observations from the African languages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Linguistics • Authors: DawieJ. Fourie --- Department of Languages and Communication, Republic of South AfricaIn hierdie artikel word die redes vir die verwerping van Afrikataal-terminologie ondersoek. Twee tipes redes word onderskei, maar nie van mekaar geïsoleer nie. Die eerste tipe behels geredelik vermybare onakkuraathede in die terminografiese proses, terwyl die ander tipe verwant is... -
'n ALTERNATIEWE TEORIE VIR DIE INTERPRETASIE VAN FIGUURLIKE TAALGEBRUIK
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Linguistics • Authors: Rhona Retief --- Departement Afrikaans, Dawid Spangenberg --- Departement Afrikaans,Die hoofdoel van hierdie artikel is om 'n uiteensetting te gee van Sperber en Wilson (1981, 1986) se alternatiewe teorie vir die interpretasie van figuurlike taal, nl. die “eggo-noem”-teorie (Echoic Mention Theory). Volgens hierdie teorie is die korrekte interpretasie van... -
The functions of classroom code-switching in the Siyanda District of the Northern Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Dawid Uys --- Department of General Linguistics, South Africa Ondene van Dulm --- Department of General Linguistics, South AfricaThis paper reports on the findings of a study conducted in four secondary schools in the Siyanda District of the Northern Cape province of South Africa, with the aim of identifying the functions of code-switching in classroom interactions. Code-switching in... -
Is khat-chewing associated with HIV risk behaviour? A community-based study from Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Abebe Dawit Asfaw Debella Amare Dejene Almaz Abebe Yared Mekonnen Ambaye Degefa Lemma KetemaThis study examines the possible association between the stimulant khat and risky sexual behaviour that might aggravate the spread of HIV. A community-based cross-sectional survey involving 4 000 individuals and focus group discussions were conducted to assess the attitudes and... -
Young Malawians on the interaction between mental health and HIV/AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jerome Wright Fred Lubben Mac Bain MkandawirePrevious research has identified high levels of mental health problems among people affected by HIV. This study surveys specifically adolescents in southern Malawi on their experience of the impacts of living with HIV or AIDS on one's mental health. At... -
BREEDING HABITS AND NESTING SUCCESS OF THE REDCHEEKED CORDON BLEU
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Dawi Musa Hamed --- , Sudan S.M. Evans --- Department of Zoology, U.K.Hamed, D. M. & Evans, S. M. 1983. Breeding habits and nesting success of the Redcheeked Cordon-bleu Ostrich 54:41-49. -
Diet of pipits in South African grassland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Grzegorz Kopij DawidH. de Swardt RickJ. Nuttall -
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Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Dawie Kok --- (Dawie Kok is a zoologist, previously associated with University of the Free State and now a parasitologist at Clinvet International (Pty) Ltd, -
Food abundance explains the breeding season of a tropical shorebird, the Crab Plover Dromas ardeola
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Giuseppe De Marchi --- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente, Italy Giorgio Chiozzi --- Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Italy Dawit Semere --- Research Division, Eritrea Yohannes Mebrahtu --- Research Division, Eritrea Farhad Hosseini Tayefeh --- Department of the Environment Provincial Office, Iran Mohammed Almalki --- Department of Biology, College of Science, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mauro Fasola --- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente, ItalyThe timing of breeding in birds is a life-history trait that generally depends on food availability, but other factors may play a role, particularly in tropical areas where food availability is less seasonal than in temperate or polar areas. We... -
Intercroping of Butterfly Pea and Forage Sorghum at Different Planting Patterns and Seed Rates
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: R.S. Modawi --- Faculty of Agricultural Science, Sudan A.B. Mohamed --- Faculty of Agricultural Science, Sudan R. Abdelrahman --- Faculty of Agricultural Science, Sudan -
Sorghum production systems and constraints, and coping strategies under drought-prone agro-ecologies of Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Beyene A Amelework --- African Centre for Crop Improvement, South Africa Hussein A Shimelis --- African Centre for Crop Improvement, South Africa Pangirayi Tongoona --- West African Centre for Crop Improvement, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, Ghana Fentahun Mengistu --- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia Mark D Laing --- African Centre for Crop Improvement, South Africa Dawit Getnet Ayele --- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, South AfricaSorghum is one of the most important cereal crops worldwide after wheat, rice, maize and barley. Examining the present socio-economic conditions of sorghum-producing farmers in different agro-ecologies in Ethiopia is of importance for the design of improvement strategies. The objectives... -
The struggle for marriage: elite and non-elite weddings in rural Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Julia Pauli --- Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Hamburg, Germany Francois Dawids --- Master of the Post Office, NamibiaNamibian weddings have become lavish and expensive rituals. Recent studies have discussed how these marriage transformations are linked to late capitalism and the spread of modernisation ideologies. Much of this research concludes that marriage has become a middle class institution,... -
Towards a new model to benchmark firms’ operating efficiency: A data envelopment analysis approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Merwe Oberholzer --- Accounting Sciences, South Africa Dawie Mong --- Accounting Sciences, South Africa Jan van Romburgh --- Accounting Sciences, South AfricaThe purpose of the study was to construct two similar data envelopment analysis (DEA) models. The first contains only published accounting-based data and the second added weighted average cost of capital (WACC), a primary market-based determinant, as an input variable... -
Determinants of risky sexual behaviours among adolescents in Central African Republic, Eswatini and Ghana: evidence from multi-indicator cluster surveys
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Joseph Kangmennaang --- Department of Geography and Environment, Canada Paul Mkandawire --- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Human Rights Program, Carleton University, Canada Isaac Luginaah --- Department of Geography, CanadaDespite the declining HIV/AIDS prevalence globally, nearly half of all new HIV infections still occur among youth, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. While determinants of risky sexual behaviour have received copious attention in the literature, we still lack multi-country studies that... -
Informal transit, socio-spatial exclusion, and changing geographies of HIV/AIDS in urban Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Paul Mkandawire --- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Human Rights Program, Carleton University, Canada Godwin Arku --- Department of Geography, Canada Isaac Luginaah --- Department of Geography, Canada Josephine Etowa --- University of Ottawa School of Nursing, CanadaThe role played by the transport sector in the regional spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is well known, yet attention has remained confined to entertainment hotspots and stopping places along long-distance highways and cross-border transport corridors. This paper draws... -
Effect of lime source, fineness and granulation on neutralisation of soil pH
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Dawid JJ du Toit --- , South Africa Pieter A Swanepoel --- , South Africa Ailsa G Hardie --- , South AfricaLittle information is available regarding the liming efficiency of various local lime sources and products currently available in South Africa. Recently, granulated micro-fine limes are being widely marketed as being superior to class A limes. Therefore, the aim of this... -
THE OCCURRENCE OF THE GALL BLADDER TREMATODE, EUPARADISTOMUM, IN SOME LIZARDS OF THE GENERA CORDYLUS AND PSEUDOCORDYLUS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: DAWIEJ. KOK --- University of the Orange Free State, LEON FOURIE --- University of the Orange Free State, STEPHAN DU TOIT --- University of the Orange Free State, -
Evaluation of in situ and ex situ forage germplasm collections reveals the first occurrence and seed-transmission of alfalfa mosaic virus and southern bean mosaic virus in Urochloa species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Woubit Dawit --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia Fikerte Mulatu --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia Yesuf Eshete --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia Alemayehu Teressa Negawo --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia Alok Kumar --- Haramaya University, Ethiopia Alice Muchugi --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia Chris Stephen Jones --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), KenyaGrasses of the genus Urochloa (Urochloa species syn. Brachiaria species) are among the most important tropical forage grasses of African origin. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Forage Genebank maintains 671 Urochloa grass accessions, belonging to 28 species, of which... -
The ‘why’, ‘what’ and ‘how’ of pragmatics pedagogy in EFL/L2: meta-analysis review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Mihretu Yihunie Yalew --- Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia Dawit Amogne --- Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Birhanu Simegn Chanie --- Bahir Dar University, EthiopiaThis study reviewed the theoretical assumptions and empirical study evidence of pragmatics and the significance of incorporating pragmatic instruction (PI) in EFL/L2 to learners’ communicative competence (CC) development. Research indicates that communicative language teaching (CLT) has faced challenges of theoretical...