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Uninterpretable features in comprehension: Subject-verb agreement in isiXhosa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Mantoa Rose Smouse --- School of Languages and Literatures, South AfricaThe generally held belief in language acquisition is that comprehension precedes production. As such, it is generally expected that a child will first learn the rules associated with a certain construction before producing it. Whereas this is the logical way... -
A textual analysis of the African language expressions used during the #RhodesMustFall campaign
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Mantoa Motinyane --- School of Languages and Literatures, South AfricaThe #RhodesMustFall is a student and staff movement that resulted in the removal of Rhodes' statue from the University of Cape Town in 2015. Language, in particular the #AfrikaansMustFall movement, took centre stage as one of the discourses that emerged... -
A critical discourse analysis of Maphalla’s selected poems: South Africa’s pre-democratic election messages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Mantoa Motinyane --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThe years 1990 to 1994 were the most critical years in the lives of all South Africans. For writers, this period presented an opportunity for expressions that have long been suppressed due to the censoring of writers in South Africa... -
A semiotic reading of Thomas Mofolo’s Chaka: a structuralist approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Refiloe Felicia Makibi --- Central University of Technology, South Africa Mantoa Molete --- Central University of Technology, South Africa Sephiri Hlohlolo --- Central University of Technology, South AfricaThis article explores the impact of various semiotic signs as they appear in the novel Chaka by Thomas Mofolo. The article aims to analyse the signs in the novel and how they contribute to bringing meaning to the novel and...