Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research work has put into practice the theoretical framework of text construction
advanced by Grabe and Kaplan (1996) for the analysis of South African female celebrities'
texts in Xhosa. Theoretical elements employed in this study includes linguistic elements
and the elements that are applicable to the structure of narrative texts. This framework
can be included in teaching methods and approaches for the development of the learners'
analytic skills in analyzing the discourse structure of written texts. These skills are to be
acquired by learners, are part of the Curriculum 2005 and are meant specifically for the
teaching and learning of languages.
This study has employed a range of textlinguistic strategies for analyzing written genre
texts on issues relating to female music artists and actresses. It is imperatively
recommended that language teachers with the incorporation of Curriculum 2005
methodology can use these strategies in order to produce learners that are able to analyze
texts successfully and who have an awareness about how language is used in text
construction as a reflection of social activities. For the purpose of analysis in this thesis,
texts from the Xhosa Bona magazine with contents ranging from acting careers and music
artists has been collected. This study demonstrates that text analysis involves to a larger
extent, an investigation of generic factors such as the communicative purpose, the culture
and the community, and as well as the traumatic and exciting human experiences
encountered by people in the society in which the text is produced.
A broad definition of a narrative and a text will be established in the discussion of the
generic features of texts. The text-linguistic construction, the analysis of linguistic
structures, and the elements of the overall structure of narratives will be demonstrated in
the analysis of Xhosa texts with emphasis on the discussion of the parameters of the
ethnography of writing as proposed by Grabe and Kaplan (1996). The following questions
are addressed by these parameters of the ethnography of writing: "Who writes what to
whom. for what purpose. why. when and how?" In addition to these parameters the
study addresses the elements of narratives based from the overall structure of narrative
texts as proposed by Labov (1972). In Labov's framework the following elements are
addressed: "the orientation section. the complication. the evaluation. the resolution
and the coda". In addition to these elements examined the move structures will be
explored as a way of summarising the facts and the message carried by the content of each Xhosa text written for the purpose of analysis. This study explores the implications
and rationale for the incorporation of text analysis in language teaching and learning, as
well as to explore the relationship between the theoretical underpinning of this study with
the learning outcomes of Curriculum 2005 which have to be applied in language
pedagogy.
Finally, this study has proved that the theoretical framework of Grabe and Kaplan (1996)
and the elements of the overall structure of narrative texts of Labov (1972) as employed in
the written text construction, will introduce language teachers and learners into an effective
language learning and teaching. This implies that the strategies acquired in this study can
be employed in any analysis of written text in any language study as it has been explored
in the analysis of Xhosa genre texts of South African female celebrities from a Xhosa
Bona magazine. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie navorsing doen 'n praktiese toepassing van die teoretiese raamwerk van
tekskontruksie soos voorgestaan deur Grabe en Kaplan (1996) in die analise van Xhosa
tekste oor vroulike bekendes. Teoretiese elemente wat aangewend word in die navorsing
sluit in tekslinguistiese elemente en die elemente wat toepaslik is tot die struktuur van
narratiewe tekste. Hierdie raamwerk kan gebruik word in taalonderrigmetodes en
benaderings gerig op die ontwikkeling van leerders se analitiese vaardighede in die
analise van die diskoersstruktuur van skriftelike tekste. Hierdie vaardighede wat verwerf
moet word deur leerders, is gespesifiseer in Kurrikulum 2005 vir die leerarea tale.
Die studie wend 'n verskeidenheid tekslinguistiese strategieë aan in die analise van
geskrewe genre-tekste oor vraagstukke rakende vroulike musiekkunstenaars en aktrises.
Daar word aanbeveel in die studie dat taalonderwysers, deur die toepaslike metodologie in
Kurrikulum 2005, hierdie strategieë aanwend ten einde leerders te lewer wat in staat is om
tekste suksesvol te analiseer, en wat 'n bewussyn het van hoe taal gebruik word in
tekskonstruksie as 'n refleksie van sosiale en kommunikatiewe doelstelling. Vir die doel
van die analises in hierdie studie, is 'n verskeidenheid Xhsoa tekste oor bekende vroulike
musici en aktrises gekies uit die BONA tydskrif. Hierdie studie demonstreer dat teksanalise
'n ondersoek behels na die teks-generiese faktore, die kommunikatiewe doelstelling, en
die sosiale en kulturele konteks en die traumatiese en opwindende ervarings ervaar deur
mense in die gemeenskap waarin die teks geproduseer word.
'n Breë definisie van narratief en teks sal gegee word in die bespreking van die generiese
kenmerke van tekste. Die tekslinguistiese konstruksie, die analise van linguistiese
strukture, en die elemente van die geheelstruktuur van narratiewe, sal gedemonstreer
word in die analise van die Xhosa-tekste met klem op die parameters in die etnografie van
skryf soos voorgestel deur Grabe en Kaplan (1996): Wie skryf wat aan wie vir watter
doel, waarom, wanneer. Bykomend tot hierdie parameters, ondersoek hierdie studie die globale elemente van narratiewe gebaseer op Labov (1972), die orientasie, die
komplikasie, die evaluasie, die resolusie, en die koda. Bykomend sal die kognitiewe of
retoriese skuifstrukture ook ondersoek word.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/50250 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Jali, Nomfundo |
| Contributors | Visser, M. W., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of African Languages. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 289 p. : ill. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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