Tlhotlhomisi e e ikaegile ka lemorago la botshelo jwa ga mokwadi Melato Recias Malope, modibelapuo yo o itsegeng wa puo ya Setswana, morutabana le mokwadi yo o manontlhotlho wa ditlhangwa le dibuka tsa thutapuo. O kwadile buka ya thutapuo ya motlhakanelwa le Moporofesara Setshedi, e e bidiwang ‘Thutamedumopuo ya Setswana’ e e phasaladitsweng ka 1978. Maiteko a gagwe mo bokwading ke a padi ya Matlhoko, Matlhoko, e e phasaladitsweng ka ngwaga wa 1980, le ngatana ya dikgankhutshwe tsa Mmualebe, e e phasaladitsweng ka 1982. Mooko wa tlhotlhomisi e o thaetswe mo ntlhakemong ya batlhotlhomsi ba tshwana le Welleck et al (1961:90) le Rosenburg (1982:91) e e reng ditiragalo tse di anelwang ke mokwadi mo setlhangweng sa gagwe, di tletse tshusumetso e e maatla ya maitemogelo a lemorago la botshelo jo a bo tshetseng. Bakwadi ba, ba dumela gore mokwadi o anela ka ga se a se itemogetseng mo botshelong jwa nnete, jaaka ditiragalo mo loagong; tse a di buisitseng; tse a di boneng ka matlho; jalo le jalo. Ditlhangwa tsa ga Malope tse di kaetsweng fa godimo, ke tsona metswedimegolo e e tlhotlhomisiwang le go sekasekwa go sedisisa seabe se lemorago la ga Malope le nnileng naso mo tlhagisong ya maitshetlego a ditlhangwa tse. Matshego a tlhotlhomisi e ke botshelo jwa nnete jwa ga Malope, ka maitlhomo a go leka go tlhotlhomisa gore maitemogelo a gagwe a nnile le seabe sefe mo bokwading jwa ditlhangwa tse di tlhotlhomisiwang tse. Maitlhomo a, a rotloeditswe ke bakwadi jaaka ga Allen (1963:27), Moleleki (1988:13) le Mothiba (2014:92), ba ba dumelang gore bokwadi bo tlholega mo lemoragong la mokwadi, le go tlhotlheletswa ke botshelo jo mokwadi a bo tshetseng. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2020. / NRF / African Languages / PhD / Unrestricted