http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2 2013-06-17T09:42:02Z http://hdl.handle.net/10386/864 Title: Register as determinant of identity : A case of Northern Sotho Seshate language Authors: Mphahlele, Daniel Matlape Abstract: This research study is divided into five chapters and they are as follows: Chapter one is the introductory chapter of this study and it covers the background of this study problem, aim of the study, rational of the study, significance of the study, study methodology, and literature review. Chapter two covers the analytic study of discourse at mošate looking at the use of figurative speech patterns such as idioms, proverbial utterances as gestures of speech in control by the domain, purpose, and setting. Chapter three covers politeness and related gestures of speech as used by Northern Sotho language speakers during gatherings at mošate and other discourse conventions. Chapter four covers the study of Sešate as a restricted code as opposed to elaborate code and its appropriateness, discourse theories and the purposefulness of Sešate. Chapter five is the concluding chapter of this study. Description: Thesis (M.A. (African Languages )) --University of Limpopo, 2008 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10386/860 Title: A historical exploration of the internal political factors in the fall of apartheid : The case of Lebowa Bantustan,1970-1994 Authors: Mokgawa, Amos Pheeha Abstract: Refer to document Description: Thesis (M.A. (History)) --University of Limpopo, 2008 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10386/849 Title: Myth as a tool of literary, socio-economic, cultural and political liberation in selected works of Naguib Mahfouz, Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Zakws Mda Authors: Mashau, Godani Samuel Abstract: Refer to document Description: Thesis (Ph.D. (Literature)) --University of Limpopo, 2011 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10386/818 Title: Reading comprehension strategies among biliterate grade 7 learners in Limpopo Province, South Africa Authors: Phokungwana, Pheladi Florina Abstract: Reading achievement in South Africa is generally cited as one of the lowest in the world. Whereas general reading challenges and lower reading proficiencies have been adequately expressed in the literature, very little is said about the information-processing strategies between learners who juggle between two distal language systems. In order to fill in this void, this study sought to investigate strategies used in processing-processing strategies among 7th graders when reading both English and Sepedi texts in rural Limpopo and to examine the anaphoric interpretation in Sepedi and English texts, to assess the application of inferencing reading strategies in Sepedi and English text, to determine the role of working memory (recall) in processing texts, to examine the differential comprehension levels in two Sepedi dialect; and also to ascertain recall achievement relationship between these languages. Based on data deduced from self-developed equivalent tests for recall, inference and anaphoric resolution among a research population of 150 (n=150) seventh graders from three geographically dispersed schools in Limpopo Province, both descriptive statistics and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to analyse central tendencies, measures of dispersion, and mean differences. The results of the study show a relatively low reading achievement in both languages, with the majority of the participants scoring below 50%. However, there was a differential performance, with statistically significant differences in favour of the Sepedi text. These results thus challenge the commonly held assumption that readers developed higher proficiency in English than they did in African languages (see Pretorius and Mampuru, 2007; Pretorius and Currin, 2010). Moreover, the results showed no statistically significant differences between the schools and Sepedi dialects used in the communities around the schools. In the end, implications for threshold hypothesis and suggestions for bi-literate development, emphasising reading achievement in the home language are offered for adaptations in comparable contexts. Description: Thesis (M.A. (English Studies)) -- University of Limpopo, 2012 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z