Sub-cultural languages in South Africa – languages which do not enjoy official status amongst other qualities – have not received much attention academically. Existing theories of maintenance and shift accommodate mainstream languages in their role and function within dominant society. However the sub-cultural languages, in which Fanagalo will later be categorised, and their role and function in society are unclear. This may be the result of the inefficiency of current theories of maintenance and shift to explain the functionality of sub-cultural languages and the process they undergo leading to either maintenance or shift. Furthermore, failure to recognise the role and function of such sub-cultural languages may be attributed to their non-official status as they are not officially supported by language policies. The purpose of this study is therefore to understand the process of maintenance or shift a sub-cultural language undergoes. This process is accommodated by developing a theoretical model related to maintenance or shift for sub-cultural languages. This model, specifically based on Fanagalo, will expand on the boundaries set in existing theoretical models of maintenance and shift in order to accommodate sub-cultural language. It is important to stress that the period during which the data was collected on site at Mine X in Rustenburg, is volatile in nature. The unrest in the social context concerning the mine workers themselves during the period in which this data was gathered alludes to the value of the data and provides a unique insight not achievable under non-adverse circumstances. The unrest began in 2012 during which a “strike over pay ha(d) escalated into alleged turf war between unions” (Smith & Macalister, 2012) in Marikana, Rustenburg where more than thirty people were killed on the 17th of August, 2012. A year later, an agreement between Amcu (Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union) and Lonmin was signed which, according to Mathunjwa, president of Amcu, was quoted as saying, ‘This shows that the victims did not die in vain and we pledge to continue with their fight for a living wage” (Mathunjwa, 2013, quoted by Steyn, 2013). This pledge was upheld as on 28 August, 2013, Amcu was, “asking for increases as high as 150%, and Solidarity are still engaging” (Nicolson, 2013). As the interviews as part of the data collection process for this study were conducted on 14 August 2013, the value of the data should not go unrecognised. / MA (English), North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2014

In my master graduation paper I researched the sub-cultural peculiarities effects of information and communication technologies for children of 5 – 7 years old. The effects for children groups upbringing conditions and their remit expression, comparing two different abilities while using computer. Estimated that, rapid process of information society, information and communication technology development necessitate preschool children age, capable using information technologies, becoming phenomenal in Lithuanian educational space. The upbringing quantity and quality of children information technologies are determined by their upbringing conditions in the family and institution, which are directly dealt with family materially conditions, educational level of their parents, resource of institutions, and professional readiness of educators to adapt technologies in children upbringing process. Estimated significant, statistic reliable computer technologies, children cognitive, their creatively contemplation and communicating connection trend, which stimulate their cognitive interests, motivate later life research in different ways and means. It gives specifications to children’s creative process and spread. It also develops linguistic, contemplation skills and the development of social interplay. Computer technologies, as a mean of 5 -7 year old children motivation expression, creates contemporary, modernised upbringing environment, which stimulates children scopes’ process and... [to full text]

Sub-cultural languages in South Africa – languages which do not enjoy official status amongst other qualities – have not received much attention academically. Existing theories of maintenance and shift accommodate mainstream languages in their role and function within dominant society. However the sub-cultural languages, in which Fanagalo will later be categorised, and their role and function in society are unclear. This may be the result of the inefficiency of current theories of maintenance and shift to explain the functionality of sub-cultural languages and the process they undergo leading to either maintenance or shift. Furthermore, failure to recognise the role and function of such sub-cultural languages may be attributed to their non-official status as they are not officially supported by language policies. The purpose of this study is therefore to understand the process of maintenance or shift a sub-cultural language undergoes. This process is accommodated by developing a theoretical model related to maintenance or shift for sub-cultural languages. This model, specifically based on Fanagalo, will expand on the boundaries set in existing theoretical models of maintenance and shift in order to accommodate sub-cultural language. It is important to stress that the period during which the data was collected on site at Mine X in Rustenburg, is volatile in nature. The unrest in the social context concerning the mine workers themselves during the period in which this data was gathered alludes to the value of the data and provides a unique insight not achievable under non-adverse circumstances. The unrest began in 2012 during which a “strike over pay ha(d) escalated into alleged turf war between unions” (Smith & Macalister, 2012) in Marikana, Rustenburg where more than thirty people were killed on the 17th of August, 2012. A year later, an agreement between Amcu (Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union) and Lonmin was signed which, according to Mathunjwa, president of Amcu, was quoted as saying, ‘This shows that the victims did not die in vain and we pledge to continue with their fight for a living wage” (Mathunjwa, 2013, quoted by Steyn, 2013). This pledge was upheld as on 28 August, 2013, Amcu was, “asking for increases as high as 150%, and Solidarity are still engaging” (Nicolson, 2013). As the interviews as part of the data collection process for this study were conducted on 14 August 2013, the value of the data should not go unrecognised. / MA (English), North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2014

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:32:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sonia Maria dos Santos Guernelli.pdf: 6370519 bytes, checksum: 14753b597a17ed9717efde03e6b046e5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-09-04 / This study refers to a research carried at Carlos Gomes State School in Campinas, S?o Paulo, Brazil; with the objective of producing knowledge about the way High School teenagers see their school. The research subjects were 12 teenagers, aged between 18 and 20 with different characteristics concerning their behavior related to clothes, study activities, language which are out of the socially expected standards. The investigation was based on Case Study methodology and the procedures of data assessment were observation and interview. The data analysis exposes the views that the students have about: The School, the Principal, the Coordinator and the teachers. Also the way they see phenomena such as discrimination and prejudice. The analysis also aims at contributing to the change in educational relations at School. / O presente estudo refere-se a uma pesquisa efetuada na Escola Estadual Carlos Gomes, na cidade de Campinas, cujo objetivo foi produzir conhecimentos sobre a compreens?o que jovens do Ensino M?dio t?m em rela??o a essa Escola. Selecionamos como sujeitos da pesquisa 12 jovens com idade entre 18 e 20 anos, que se apresentam com posturas diferenciadas em rela??o a vestu?rio, linguagem, atividades de estudo e que se afastam do padr?o at? agora esperado socialmente. O trabalho investigativo fundamenta-se na metodologia de Estudo de Caso, e os procedimentos para a coleta de dados consistiram em observa??o e entrevista. A an?lise de dados revela a compreens?o que esses alunos t?m de: escola, dire??o, professor, discrimina??o e preconceito, e pretende oferecer uma contribui??o para a mudan?a nas rela??es educacionais que ocorrem no interior da Escola.

The aim of this thesis is to describe the users visiting the syringe exchange clinic in Malmö with respect to what characterises the group, how they utilize the services of the clinic and how their patterns of participation relate to risk behaviour, physical and mental health and social development. The heterogeneity of the group has been captured by the use of Stimsons dimensions “integration in majority society” and “involvement in sub-culture”, yielding four different groups of syringe exchangers: “stables”, “loners”, “two-worlders” and “junkies”. The study rests on two sources of data: a register from the clinic including all syringe exchangers that have visited the clinic between 1989 and 2003, altogether 3660 individuals, and an interview of visitors at the clinic during 1995, including 496 persons. The results show that syringe exchangers, compared to other persons with severe addiction in Malmö, to a larger extent use amphetamine as their drug-of-choice, are older and inject more irregularly. The population visiting the clinic is heterogeneous with respect to integration in society and involvement in sub-cultures. The group classified as junkies do, as expected, display the highest inclination to share syringes and needles with other and hence have the most advanced risk behaviours. As to utilization of the programme, the results show that the longer the syringe exchangers stay in the programme, the more frequent they visit it. Also with respect to utilization-patterns, we find substantial variations within the studied group. Five categories are discernible: drop-in visitors with only one or two visits, sporadic visitors who in spite of contacts over a number of years never really establish a regular contact, intermittent visitors who have had contact over several years but display a very irregular visiting pattern, regular visitors who relatively fast establish a consistent contact with visits between uniform time intervals and frequent visitors who tend to stay longer than others and visit the clinic more often. Another aspect of utilization is to what extent the distribution of needles and syringes cover the needs of the visitors. With a strict definition of need, only a minority manages to cover their needs, but if we accept a more extensive individual re-use, around 90 percent of the average need is covered. Data also reveals that a very high proportion of the users on at least one occasion have visited the programme without syringe exchange taking place or any complementary service delivered. Basically these visits seem to be of a more social nature, reinforcing the contacts between the staff and the visitors. Data do not give any clear support for the basic assumption that syringe exchange reduce the incidence of HIV or hepatitis. Recent sharing of utensils or low coverage of syringe need through the programme do not predict a higher infection risk. Instead we find that the social contacts with the staff (without syringe exchange) function as a predictor of lower incidence. This indicates that the mechanisms may be more complex than just related to the provision of clean needles and syringes. The result shows that integration increase over time while sub-cultural involvement decreases. However, the patterns for different groups are very diverse and we find no evidence that more frequent contacts as such are related to increased integration. There is however, some evidence that social visits are positively related to increased integration. No support could be found for the assumption that the programme increases the number of severe addicts.