Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 233-253). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 233-253). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2007. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 205 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179).

Thesis (MA (General Linguistics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / ENGLISH SUMMARY: This sociolinguistic study examines selected aspects of the linguistic behavior of a rural language community in South Africa. The general aims are to establish first, whether this "coloured" community in the historically Afrikaans town of Beaufort West is still predominantly Afrikaans, second, whether there is evidence of language shift in the community, specifically following more use of English in other formerly Afrikaans communities after the change of government in 1994, and third, what the nature of such language shift may be. An overview of pertinent aspects of the social and political history of South Africa generally and of Beaufort West specifically, is presented in order to contextualise the language dispensation – past and present – addressed in this study. History reveals that the town in question was first named Hooyvlakte and only later acquired the name of Beaufort West. Hooyvlakte is currently the name of one of the suburbs in which a section of Beaufort West's "coloured" community resides. For the purpose of this study the larger Beaufort West community which is in focus here, is also referred to as the Hooyvlakte community The study is mainly of a qualitative nature. The respondents were 184 members of the Hooyvlakte community, they included individuals of both genders and were aged between 16 and 87 years. The only requirement for participation in this study was that the respondent should have been a Beaufort West resident for at least 15 years. Each respondent completed a questionnaire from which his/her language proficiency, language use and language preference could be assessed. The questionnaire also allowed respondents an opportunity to express their opinion on the value and practice of multilingualism in their community. The results of this study indicate that the Hooyvlakte community remains predominantly Afrikaans. There is, however, an increase in the knowledge and use of English, and despite possible limits in actual English proficiency, the residents in the Hooyvlakte mostly view themselves as balanced Afrikaans-English bilinguals. This view is related to the gradual change in linguistic identity, from an almost exclusively (often stigmatized) Afrikaans identity to a (mostly proud) Afrikaans-English bilingual one. The stigmatized "coloured" and Afrikaans identities appear to be products of South Africa's sociopolitical history of ethnic and cultural categorisation and segregation. Stigma, on the one hand, and exclusion, on the other, have led to a desire in the Hooyvlakte community to associate with a language other than Afrikaans as well. This shift to an Afrikaans-English bilingual identity contrasts with the shift from predominantly Afrikaans monolingualism to virtual monolingualism in English found in other Coloured communities studied in the Western Cape's and Eastern Cape's metropoles (see Anthonissen and George 2003; Farmer 2009; Fortuin 2009). / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie sosiolinguistiese studie ondersoek geselekteerde aspekte van die talige gedrag van 'n landelike taalgemeenskap in Suid Afrika. Die algemene doelstellings van die studie is eerstens, om vas te stel of die "bruin" gemeenskap in die histories Afrikaanse dorp Beaufort- Wes steeds hoofsaaklik Afrikaans is, tweedens, of daar aanduidings is van taalverskuiwing, spesifiek een wat neig na 'n toenemende gebruik van Engels, soos gevind is in ander histories Afrikaanse gemeenskappe na die regeringsverandering in1994, en derdens, wat die aard van so 'n taalverskuiwing sou wees. 'n Oorsig word gegee oor beduidende aspekte van die sosiale en politieke geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika in die algemeen, en meer spesifiek van Beaufort-Wes, om die huidige en voormalige taalsituasie soos dit in hierdie studie aan die orde kom, te kontekstualiseer. Geskiedkundige verslae wys daarop dat die dorp eers die naam Hooyvlakte gehad het voor dit verander is na Beaufort-Wes. Hooyvlakte is tans die naam van een van die dorp se woonbuurte waar 'n gedeelte van Beaufort-Wes se "bruin" gemeenskap woonagtig is. In hierdie studie benoem "Hooyvlakte" die "bruin" gemeenskap van die hele dorp. Dit is in húlle wat hierdie tesis geïnteresseerd is. Die studie is hoofsaaklik kwalitatief van aard. Die respondente was 184 lede van die Hooyvlakte gemeenskap, en deelnemers het individue van beide geslagte tussen die ouderdomme van 16 en 87 jaar ingesluit. Die enigste vereiste vir deelname aan die studie was dat informante reeds 15 jaar in Beaufort-Wes woonagtig moes wees. Elke informant het 'n vraelys voltooi op grond waarvan sy/haar taalvaardigheid, taalgebruik en taalvoorkeur vasgestel kon word. Die vraelys het ook die informante geleentheid gegee om hul mening te lug oor die waarde en gebruik van veeltaligheid in hul gemeenskap. Die bevindinge van die studie toon aan dat die Hooyvlakte gemeenskap steeds hoofsaaklik Afrikaans is. Daar is egter 'n toename in hul kennis en gebruik van Engels, en ten spyte van moontlike beperkinge in hul Engelse taalvaardigheid wat formele toetse sou kon uitwys, beskou deelnemers hulself steeds as gebalanseerde tweetalige sprekers van Afrikaans en Engels. Hierdie siening hou verband met 'n verskuiwing in talige identiteit, van 'n oorwegend eksklusiewe (meestal gestigmatiseerde) Afrikaanse identiteit na 'n (grootliks trotse) Afrikaans en Engels tweetalige identiteit. Die gestigmatiseerde Bruin en Afrikaanse identiteite blyk neweprodukte te wees van die (etniese en kulturele) klassifiseringsgebruike uit die vorige Suid-Afrikaanse sosio-politiese bestel. Stigma, enersyds, en uitsluiting, andersyds, het 'n begeerte in die Hooyvlakte gemeenskap laat ontstaan, om te assosieer met 'n ander taal benewens Afrikaans. Hierdie verskuiwing na 'n tweetalige Afrikaans-Engelse identiteit kontrasteer met die verskuiwing van hoofsaaklik Afrikaanse taalidentiteit na feitlik uitsluitlik eentalig Engelse identiteit, wat onlangs in "bruin" gemeenskappe elders waargeneem en opgeteken is (vgl. Anthonissen en George 2003; Farmer 2009; Fortuin 2009).

Thesis (MA (History))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / Since the twenties the dynamic disposition of white and Coloured human relations was remarkably influenced by specific political, social and economic phenomena and change. In the social life a healthy mutual relationship prevailed. Particularly in the town centre of Stellenbosch white and Coloured residents lived side by side in undisturbed harmony. Within this rather enclosed town society, both religious and educational institutions played a vital role in the colligation and cementation of peaceful white and Coloured co-existence. Apart from this, fixed political thoughts revolving around the maintenance of “white superiority” and the supposition of “Coloured inferiority” became a severe handicap for the constancy of the relations over the long term. During the thirties economic depression, radical political ideologies and particularly an enduring tendency towards racial separation – or segregation, also made inroads into Stellenbosch. White residents mostly embraced segregation as an attempt to safeguard and maintain white control whereas most Coloured people rejected it outright. In 1938 the influence of Afrikaner nationalism and the Great Trek centennial further stimulated the political consciousness of the towns’ people. As a result of increased tension between the different groups in Stellenbosch and the social impact of the outbreak of the Second World War the entire town community became divided between two irreconcilable camps. Together with this political division, internal racial friction mounted and became inevitable. In July 1940, this racial friction reached its pinnacle when a severe town riot between white students and Coloured people erupted. Historically this was one of the most tragic events in the history of Stellenbosch. Thereafter the white and Coloured relations gradually improved despite the ongoing poor socio-economic conditions of Coloured people and the continuation of segregation at the end of the war in 1945.

Submitted by Natalia de Souza Gonçalves (natalia.goncalves@ufpe.br) on 2016-10-10T12:27:45Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Tese - Na cor da pele, o negro - Gian Carlo.pdf: 1495281 bytes, checksum: 8fd60a23dce9bfa14622eaaf306acf93 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-10T12:27:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Tese - Na cor da pele, o negro - Gian Carlo.pdf: 1495281 bytes, checksum: 8fd60a23dce9bfa14622eaaf306acf93 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-21 / A presente pesquisa busca compreender a sociedade colonial a partir da gente de cor, um grupo composto por homens e mulheres demarcados como cabras, crioulos, pardos, pretos, negros e também o africano, uma gente que tinha ascendência com o universo cativo e por mais longínqua que esta fosse, carregavam na cor da pele as marcas da escravidão. Nossa documentação tem por base os registros de batismo da freguesia do Santíssimo Sacramento de Santo Antônio do Recife no final do século XVIII, que são associados a outras fontes manuscritas, cronistas, a legislação da época e a historiografia, uma junção que nos possibilita uma melhor análise dos dados coletados. Entre os apontamentos destacamos a necessidade de compreender quem eram as pessoas de cor na sociedade em tela, os conceitos que emergem através dos dicionários e cronistas são a possibilidade que encontramos em nossa narrativa. A partir disso o emaranhado social começa a ser desvendado com o conhecimento das suas regras e conceitos quando estudamos os batismos ocorridos. Foi possível identificar a ocorrência de batismos coletivos de africanos, a presença de parteiras e o papel dos padrinhos das crianças expostas, todo este cenário composto por pessoas de várias origens, que conviviam cotidianamente com os processos de trocas ocasionados pelas mestiçagens culturais e biológicas que se processaram na colônia. Os principais resultados apontam para a existência de um processo que denominamos de pardialização, no qual encontramos os homens e mulheres classificados como pardos possuindo as melhores condições dentro da sociedade escravista, seja no acesso as alforrias ou aos padrinhos livres. Essa gente vivia cotidianamente com estratégias sociais para garantir sobrevivência, angariar recursos e afastar do seu caminho um passado que remetia ao cativeiro expresso pela tez. / This research aims to understand the colonial society from people of color, a group of men and women demarcated as goats: creole, mulatto, black, black African and also people who had ancestry in the captive universe by far it was, carried on skin color marks of slavery. Our documentation is based on the baptismal records of the Santissímo Sacramento de Santo Antônio do Recife, in the late eighteenth century, which were associated with other manuscript sources, chroniclers, historiography and the law of that time. A junction that allows us to better analyze the data collected. Among the notes, we highlight the need to understand who were people of color in such society. Concepts that emerge from dictionaries and chroniclers are the possibility that we encountered in our narrative. From that, this social tangle began to be unveiled with the knowledge of its rules and concepts when studying the baptisms occurred. It was possible to identify the occurrence of collective baptisms of Africans, the presence of midwives and the role of godparents of children exposed. This whole scene composed of people from various backgrounds, who lived daily with the interchange processes caused by cultural and biological miscegenation which taken place in the colony. The main results point to the existence of a process that we called “pardialização”, in which we find men and women classified as mulatto, having the best conditions within the slave society, in the access to free manumission or groomsmen. These people lived daily using social strategies to ensure survival, raising funds and avoiding the reminiscence of a past captivity expressed by their skin color.

M.Ed. (Curriculum Studies) / The aim of this study was to throw light on the communicative needs of Afrikaans-speaking pupils at secondary level at Westbury (and by implication, of similar socio-economic communities), and to establish whether the present approach to achieve the level of communication competence expected from them. The investigator's hypothesis is that the current approach ignores the need of the older pupil to gain a cognitive insight into the rule structure of the target language, and proposes that the failure to address this need may very well contribute to poor communicative ability. Current views on second and foreign language acquisition are examined. These are related to present syllabus requirements and current methodologies in the light of the constraints operating in the particular community. Tests are designed to cognitive insight into a English, the Tenses, plays establish' empirically whether poor particular set of syntactic rules in a significant role. In the final chapter the insights: gained from both the theoretical and the empirical investigation are discussed, followed by a recommendation that the need for revising second language teaching methodology be explored in the light of these insights. It is claimed that sufficient evidence exists to suggest that more attention to a cognitive approach in second language teaching at secondary level will have a positive impact on the level of communicative skills achieved.

D.Litt. et Phil. (Psychology) / The generalizability of scores obtained on the General Scholastic Aptitude Test (GSAT) was investigated for a number of subpopulations. It was shown that acceptable procedures for limiting bias against certain subpopulations had been implemented in the course of test development. In order to facilitate an empirical investigation of the GSAT, random samples of Afrikaans-speaking whites, English-speaking whites, Afrikaans-speaking coloureds, English-speaking coloureds and English Speaking Indians were tested. The nature and intensity of cognitive stimulation as well as the direction of intellectual development differed from group to group and had definite implications for achievement in a test such as the GSAT. All the groups contained persons who could be regarded as fully integrated into an advanced technological society, but their average level of development, measured against this criterion, differed considerably. The test displayed a one-factor structure with respect to all the groups. On the basis of the content of the subtests this factor can be equated with Spearman's g factor. The ecological validity of test scores was studied on the basis of Berry's model for the generalization of behaviour aeross various environmental contexts. The nature of the differences between the groups with respect to both the internal and external structure of the test scores was investigated by means of conceptual as well as statistical analyses. The extent to which test scores could be generalized was indicated for different combinations of groups. On the basis of regression models it was shown that could to a large extent be used as a substitute for group membership as regards the explanation of GSAT scores. Differences in functioning found between the groups could often be attributed to differences in levels of achievement. Within Berry's experimental context the test was found to be almost equally valid for all the groups and it measured developed general scholastic ability equally well. With respect to most of the pupils in the white groups, the Indian group and the English-speaking coloured group, the test results could be generalized similarly in the behaviour context. The test measured general reasoning ability with scholastic symbol material almost equally well for these four groups, so that cross-cultural comparisons witp respect to this type of reasoning ability could be made reasonably reliably. However, most of the Afrikaans-speaking coloured subjects were probably handicapped by a lack of relevant experience. There are substantial differences between the groups as regards the generalizability of scores to intellectual achievements in the ecological context. In respect of the majority of white pupils such generalization is probably acceptable, as they could be regarded as fully integrated into an advanced technological society.

Doctor Educationis / The primary task of this thesis is to explain the establishment of the 'correctional institution', the Ottery School of Industrues, in Cape Town in 1948 and the programmes of rehabilitation, correctional and vocational training and residential care that the institution developed in the period until 1968. This explanation is located in the wider context of debates about welfare and penal policy in South africa. The overall purpose is to show how modernist discourses in relation to social welfare, delinquency and education came to South Africa and was mediated through a racial lens unique to this country. In doing so the thesis uses a broad range of material and levels from the ethnographic to the documentary and historical. The work seeks to locate itself at the intersection of the fields of education, history, welfare, penalty and race in South Africa. / South Africa

Die ondersoek handel oor onderwysaangeleenthede in die vier Karoo-distrikte Aberdeen, Graaff-Reinet, (wat Adendorp insluit), Jansenville-Klipplaat en Murraysburg. Die ondersoek wil ten aanvang wys op n verskynsel waaroor Morton hom soos volg uitlaat: "There is an inevitable time-lag between the evolution of an educational system and the society and the culture that it serves, and from which it stems". Chapter 1, p. 1.