| dc.description.abstract | A. Functional framework: The tenor and focus form the imagery, while the mediator, comparative and bolster play a supporting role. Thus only the tenor and focus are delt with in this summary. 1. Tenor The tenor covert (hidden) in 58 (61,7%) of the examples of imagery. It seems that the standard of imagery with a covert tenor, should be of a better quality, but isn't necessarily the case. In 36(38,3%) of the examples the tenor is avert (present). It has not been possible to evaluate imagery in the presence or absence of the tenor. 86 (91,5%) of the examples of imagery have a noun as tenor and the res have verbs. The following conclusions can thus be made: (i) the presence or absence of the tenor has a small influence on the quality of the imagery; (ii) the noun or verb as tenor has no influence on the quality of the imagery. 2. Focus In 86 (91,5%) of the examples of imagery, the focus in a noun and in the rest a verb. The following important conclusions can be drawn: (i) the fact that the focus is a noun or verb, has little influence on the quality of the imagery; 242 (ii) the comparative and mediator sometimes decrease the value of the imagery; (iii) the bolster may increase or decrease the value of the imagery; (iv) it is impossible to determine the value of imagery by only looking at the functional framework. B. Structural framework The verb is the most important part of speech when forming sentences, but the tenor as a verb is found in only 8 (8,5%) of the examples. The focus is a verb in only 26 (27,7%) of the examples. If the focus is a verb, it often also forms a part of the parallelism. In such examples the verb as focus diminishes the quality of the imagery. The following conclusions can be drawn: (i) the functional framework cuts across the structural framework so that it would be better to incorporate only the parts of speech with the functional framework; (ii) the verb as focus, decreases the quality of the imagery; (iii) by definition according to the structural approach, imagery depends on figurative parallelism; (iv) the mediator is often formed by a verb. C. TG framework: The selection rules of the TGG may also be omitted in Setswana because a noun cannot be used as a verb in Tswana. The same conclusions can be drawn when applied to the structural and TG frameworks. The inherent characteristics of words reproduced by the matrix are important in the formation and identification of image ry. They must be kept and used. The conclusion drawn is that the basis and case relationships of the TGG should be maintained and supplemented by the semantic inherent characteristics of the lexical items. The TGG with its inherent characteristics must be used in conjunction with the functional frame. 243 The transgression of the rules in the TGG is shown by the following matrix in the collection: concrete 19 G,7 temporal 21 4,7 material 21 4,'7 object 31 10,9 collection 12 4,2 being (living) 36 12,6 human 59 20,7 ·animal 43 15,1 thing 39 15,7 divine 4 1,4 locative 0 The following deductions can be made: (i) the transgression of rule human is the most important because the whole human is involved ; (ii) locative has no transgression of the rule within the TGG; (iii) the transgression of the rules with regard to object, living, animal and thing play an import | |
