South African Journal of African Languages, Volume 43, Issue 2 (2023)

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South African Journal of African Languages, Volume 43, Issue 2 (2023)

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Research articles

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Ubugqirha: healing beyond the Western gaze
Zethu Cakata
Pages: 93-97
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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Expressions from Zulu proverbs on the uniqueness of motherhood in mitigating the adverse effects of orphanhood
Mfundo Mandla Masuku, Nomusa M Mlondo & Tholakele Henrietta Chiliza
Pages: 98-104
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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Gender stereotyping in Indlela yababi and Kuxolelwa abanjani?: a corpus linguistics approach
Lungile Mncwango, Jacomien van Niekerk & Elsabé Taljard
Pages: 105-112
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
AbstractforGender stereotyping in Indlela yababi and Kuxolelwa abanjani?: a corpus linguistics approach | References | PDF (528.2 KB)
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COVID-19 crisis communication in Sepedi: the quality of translation by the Limpopo Department of Health
Napjadi Letsoalo & Tshepho Justice Kgasago
Pages: 113-121
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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Morphophonological realisation on inflected verbal roots with initial vowel sounds in Sepedi
Napjadi Letsoalo
Pages: 122-130
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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Exposing impropriety and the degeneration of ubuntu through satire in selected isiZulu poems
Isaac Mndawe
Pages: 131-137
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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The categorisation of questions in the assessment of language subjects for multilingual learners in South African primary schools
Nonhlanhla Ntuli & Ramona Kunene Nicolas
Pages: 138-145
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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Ukushayisana kwesiko nemfundo enovelini ethi lmpi yabomdabu isethunjini
Melusi Msomi
Pages: 146-155
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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Malawian and Nigerian migrants’ perceptions of the isiZulu interlocutors’ values and the effects on their willingness to acquire isiZulu
Shoaib Mzoma
Pages: 156-160
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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Lexical change: a case of the Hehe language
Ernest Mapunda & Chrispina Alphonce
Pages: 161-170
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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Personal names and naming theoretical concepts in selected texts of Yvonne Vera and Petina Gappah
Tendai Mangena
Pages: 171-176
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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The impact of poor reading skills on Grade 12 isiXhosa Home Language exam results
Pumla Cutalele-Maqhude
Pages: 177-182
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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Future-time markers in expressing English future time by Sesotho L1 speakers
'Matšitso Eugenia Morato-Maleke & Francina Liako Moloi
Pages: 183-188
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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Advanced tongue root effect in Igbo affixation: perspectives from Èwùlù
Don Chukwuemeka Utulu
Pages: 189-196
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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Book review

Book Review
In India and East Africa/E-Indiya nase East Africa: a travelogue in isiXhosa and English
DDT Jabavu. 2020. In India and East Africa!E-Indiya nase East Africa: a travelogue in isiXhosa and English (paperback edition). Translated by CW Manona. Edited by T Steiner, MW Jadezweni, C Higgs & EM Mwangi. Johannesburg: Wits University Press. 320 pages. ISBN 9781776144761
Lukhanyo Elvis Makhenyane
Pages: 197-199
Published online: 13 Oct 2023
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