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Issues of Ambiguity in Sesotho: Meaning Retrieval
Get PDFPublished ArticleThis paper is based on the findings from a study conducted to examine issues of ambiguity in Sesotho.
This is a qualitative study in which two experiments were conducted to collect data from 30 Sesotho native
speakers. The respondents were purposefully selected from language users in Motheo district in South Africa. The
results from these experiments showed that native speakers are able to distinguish a dominant meaning of a word
from a subordinate meaning. They are able to assess the role of context in determining the meaning(s) of words.
The implications of these findings are discussed. This paper provide an insight as to how context should be regarded
as crucial in meaning retrieval. That in the absence of ‘context’, or if it is less restrictive, the most frequent
occurring meaning will be activated
A Comparative Study of Requests amongst Second Language Speakers of English
Get PDFPublished ArticleThis paper is based on the findings from a study that investigated the analysis of requests produced by
second language (L2) speakers (that is, 15 Afrikaans-speaking (L1) and 17 Sesotho-speaking (L1) learners) of
English and how these requests are received by English first language (L1) speakers. The aim of this study is to
compare the manners in which Afrikaans first language (L1) and Sesotho first language (L1) speakers make requests
when speaking English. The Cross Cultural Speech Act Realization Project (CCSARP) framework of Blum-Kulka
was utilized to analyze the requests made by these two groups. The outcomes revealed that Afrikaans speakers used
fewer politeness and alert markers as compared to Sesotho speakers who utilized more. The implications of these
findings are also discussed
An Analysis of the Sesotho Folktale Kgubetswana Le Talane Using the Binary Opposition Approach
Get PDFPublished ArticleThis study is based on an analysis of the Sesotho folktale Kgubetswana le Talane. The folktale is analysed using the theory of binary opposition. This theory is also consolidated with Vladimir Propp’s approach to folktales, which is used to analyse the meanings of symbols and character roles in the story. The implications of the differences and similarities of Kgubetswana le Talane with other folktales are discussed. Efforts to interpret the meanings of symbols in the story were also made by analysing the animal characters and examining these animal symbols through the understanding of the Basotho culture. The paradox between the protagonist and the antagonist is essential in the creation of the story and its themes
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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