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Understanding character naming in Khaketla’s Mosali a Nkhola: a literary onomastic analysis

Sol ChapholeDivision of Languages Literacies and Literatures, Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Madira ThetsoDivision of Languages Literacies and Literatures, Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 386-391 | Published online: 10 Mar 2024

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