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Abstract
This article explores the usefulness of the speech act theory in specifying the semantic features of the Southern Sotho ideophone. The semantic categories distinguished within the perlocutionary framework were problematic and remain preliminary. However, the act shows substantial potential for further investigation.
Hierdie artikel verken die bruikbaarheid van die spraakhandelingteorie om die semantiese eienskappe van die ideofoon in Suid-Sotho nader te omskryf. Die onderskeiding van die semantiese kategorieë binne die perlokusionēre raamwerk is problematies en bly steeds voorlopig. Hierdie spesifieke handeling blyk nietemin ruim moonttikhede te bied vir verdere ondersoek.