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Nxopaxopo wa theme ra nemesis (memesis) eka tinovhele ta ntlhanu leti hlawuriweke eka XitsongaMtebule, Gebuza Gilbert 09 1900 (has links)
MA (Xitsonga) / M.E.R. Mathivha Centre for African languages, Arts and Culture / See the attached abstract below
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Some repair strategies in XitsongaVratsanos, Alyssa Vida Castrillon January 2018 (has links)
A dissertation submitted to the University of the Witwatersrand in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts in Linguistics, March 2018 / Every language has its own unique set of preferred phonological structures, along
with an array of strategies that it can employ to ensure that these structures are
maintained. This study examines repair strategies used in Xitsonga in relation to
syllable structure and Prosodic Word (PWord) minimality. Evidence gleaned from
loanword adaptation supports claims by previous work (Vratsanos and Kadenge,
2017) that Xitsonga prefers a CV syllable structure. When words from English and
Afrikaans are adapted to suit the Xitsonga phonological structures, several repair
strategies may occur: segment substitution ensures that the phonemic inventory of
Xitsonga is adhered to; vowel epenthesis is used to eliminate codas and break up
consonant clusters; diphthongs are repaired using glide epenthesis and, in some cases,
monophthongisation; and prenasalisation resolves NC consonant clusters. Secondly,
Xitsonga requires words to be minimally disyllabic, and uses the epenthesis of a
semantically null morpheme in order to achieve this.
The analysis is couched within Optimality Theory (OT: Prince and Smolensky, 2004),
with additional insights gleaned from Feature Geometry (FG: Clements and Hume,
1995). OT allows for strategies to be accounted for by means of constraint interaction,
and for variation to be accounted for by means of constraint rerankings. The aim of
this study is to present what is thought to be the first comprehensive account of repair
strategies used in Xitsonga syllable to maintain preferred phonological structures,
highlighting the importance of the syllable as a level of phonological analysis in this
language and others like it. Additionally, the results of this analysis are compared to
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those of other Southern Bantu languages in an effort to situate Xitsonga within its
language family, thereby contributing to linguistic typology.
Key words: repair strategies, loanwords, rephonologisation, prosodic word
minimality, Optimality Theory, Feature Geometry, constraints, candidates, input,
output, Bantu languages / GR2019
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Nxopanxopo wa ndlela leyi Khosa T.H a paluxaka hayona vukungundwana eka tsalwa ra Mulunguntima / An analysis of corruption in Mulunguntima by T.H KhosaMkhatshwa, M. A . January 2014 (has links)
Thesis ( M.A. (African Languages)) --University of Limpopo, 2014
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The portrayal of women in Xitsonga literature with special reference to South African novels, poems and proverbsMachaba, Rirhandzu Lillian 09 1900 (has links)
The new dawn that brought about democracy in South Africa in 1994 and the social and political experiences have since changed the expectations of women’s roles in society. Literature is the important part of this experience because it mirrors and interprets the experience from the point of view of those who write about it. This study, therefore, attempts to examine the image of women in Xitsonga literature, to investigate whether there is a link in the expected cultural roles of Vatsonga women and their roles as characters in Xitsonga literature; and whether there is a shift in the way women characters are portrayed to represent the current social and political reality.
The study employs African feminist literary criticism as a tool in critically analysing the various literary genres. It also adopts purposive sampling of Xitsonga novels, poetry and proverbs that have women characters in them and analyse how these women characters have been portrayed. The naming of female characters is examined in relation to their roles in the texts and the titles of the texts are also investigated and critically analysed to establish whether they portray any gender stereotypes. The themes of the selected texts are also examined to establish if there is any gender biasness. Both male and female-authored texts have been investigated to explore whether male authors depict women differently from their female counterparts.
The study concludes that there is gender-biasness in the manner in which women characters are depicted that do not reflect the current political and social order, however, some women authors, unlike their male counterparts do not reflect gender-biasness in their depiction of female characters. / African Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (African Languages)
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The portrayal of women in Xitsonga literature with special reference to South African novels, poems and proverbsMachaba, Rirhandzu Lillian 09 1900 (has links)
The new dawn that brought about democracy in South Africa in 1994 and the social and political experiences have since changed the expectations of women’s roles in society. Literature is the important part of this experience because it mirrors and interprets the experience from the point of view of those who write about it. This study, therefore, attempts to examine the image of women in Xitsonga literature, to investigate whether there is a link in the expected cultural roles of Vatsonga women and their roles as characters in Xitsonga literature; and whether there is a shift in the way women characters are portrayed to represent the current social and political reality.
The study employs African feminist literary criticism as a tool in critically analysing the various literary genres. It also adopts purposive sampling of Xitsonga novels, poetry and proverbs that have women characters in them and analyse how these women characters have been portrayed. The naming of female characters is examined in relation to their roles in the texts and the titles of the texts are also investigated and critically analysed to establish whether they portray any gender stereotypes. The themes of the selected texts are also examined to establish if there is any gender biasness. Both male and female-authored texts have been investigated to explore whether male authors depict women differently from their female counterparts.
The study concludes that there is gender-biasness in the manner in which women characters are depicted that do not reflect the current political and social order, however, some women authors, unlike their male counterparts do not reflect gender-biasness in their depiction of female characters. / African Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (African Languages)
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Nxopaxopo wa theme ra poetic justice eka tinovhele ta nhungu leti hlawunweke ta Xitsonga / An analysis of the concept poetic justice in eight selected Xitsonga novelsMabaso-Nkuna, Raesebe Florah 18 September 2017 (has links)
PhD (Xitsonga) / Ehansi ka Senthara ya MER Mathivha ya Tindzimi ta Afrika, Vutshila na Ndhavuko / See the attached abstract below
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A Morula tree between two fields : the commentary of selected Tsonga writersMaluleke, Samuel Tinyiko 06 1900 (has links)
The thesis of this study is that indigenous Tsonga literature forms a valid
and authoritative commentary on missionary Christianity. In this study, the
value of literary works by selected Tsonga writers is explored in three basic
directions: (a) as a commentary on missionary Christianity, (b) as a source
of and challenge to missiology, and (c) as a source of a Black missiology of
1 i berat ion. The momentous intervention of Swiss missionaries amongst the
Vatsonga, through the activities of the Swiss Mission in South Africa (SMSA)
must be granted. Similarly, its abiding influence formerly in the Tsonga
Presbyterian Church (TPC), now the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South
Africa (EPCSA), the Vatsonga in general and Tsonga literature in particular
must be recognized. But our missiological task is to problematise and explore
both missionary instrumentality and local responses variously and creatively.
The first chapter introduces the thesis, central issues of historiography and
ideology as well as an introductory history of the SMSA. In the second
chapter, the commentary of Tsonga writers through the media of historical and
biographical works on missionary Christianity is sketched. Selected Tsonga
novels become the object of inquiry in the third chapter. The novels come
very close to a direct evaluation of missionary Christianity. They contain
commentary on a wide variety of issues in mission. The fourth chapter
concentrates on two Tsonga plays and a number of Tsonga poems. In the one
play, missionary Christianity is likened to garments that are too sho· ~'
whilst in the other, missionary Christianity is contemptuously ignored and
excluded - recognition granted only to the religion and gods of the Vatsonga.
The fifth and final chapter contains the essential commentary of indigenous
Tsonga literature on missionary Christianity as well as the implications for
both global and local missiology. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th. (Missiology)
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A Morula tree between two fields : the commentary of selected Tsonga writersMaluleke, Samuel Tinyiko 06 1900 (has links)
The thesis of this study is that indigenous Tsonga literature forms a valid
and authoritative commentary on missionary Christianity. In this study, the
value of literary works by selected Tsonga writers is explored in three basic
directions: (a) as a commentary on missionary Christianity, (b) as a source
of and challenge to missiology, and (c) as a source of a Black missiology of
1 i berat ion. The momentous intervention of Swiss missionaries amongst the
Vatsonga, through the activities of the Swiss Mission in South Africa (SMSA)
must be granted. Similarly, its abiding influence formerly in the Tsonga
Presbyterian Church (TPC), now the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South
Africa (EPCSA), the Vatsonga in general and Tsonga literature in particular
must be recognized. But our missiological task is to problematise and explore
both missionary instrumentality and local responses variously and creatively.
The first chapter introduces the thesis, central issues of historiography and
ideology as well as an introductory history of the SMSA. In the second
chapter, the commentary of Tsonga writers through the media of historical and
biographical works on missionary Christianity is sketched. Selected Tsonga
novels become the object of inquiry in the third chapter. The novels come
very close to a direct evaluation of missionary Christianity. They contain
commentary on a wide variety of issues in mission. The fourth chapter
concentrates on two Tsonga plays and a number of Tsonga poems. In the one
play, missionary Christianity is likened to garments that are too sho· ~'
whilst in the other, missionary Christianity is contemptuously ignored and
excluded - recognition granted only to the religion and gods of the Vatsonga.
The fifth and final chapter contains the essential commentary of indigenous
Tsonga literature on missionary Christianity as well as the implications for
both global and local missiology. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th. (Missiology)
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