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The nature of religious language in the Hebrew Bible – a philosophical reassessment
(Unisa Press/SASNES (South African Society for Near Eastern Studies) / Sabinet, 2010) -
The nature of religious language in the Hebrew Bible – a philosophical reassessment
(Unisa Press/SASNES (South African Society for Near Eastern Studies) / Sabinet, 2010) -
Natuur en (skrywende) mens: Petra Müller se verhaalkuns binne die raamwerk van letterkunde as kulturele ekologie
(Tydskrif vir letterkunde Society, University of Pretoria, 2010)Petra Müller’s collection of narrative works, Desembers (“Decembers”, 2007), allows for an investigation into the portrayal of identity aspects that occupy a central position in her oeuvre: the relationship between man ... -
Nawerkings van Herman Gorter se Mei (1889) en Verzen (1890) in die Afrikaanse digkuns
(Taylor & Francis Routledge and Unisa Press, 2016)The epic-lyric poem Mei and the collection of sensitivistic verse Verzen are deemed, in both the Dutch and Afrikaans literary systems, to be the central achievements of Gorter's oeuvre - as of the work of the Dutch Literary ... -
Ná honderd jaar: die Afrikaans van die eerste taalkommissie
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017)After a hundred years the Afrikaans of the first Taalkommissie (Language Commission) of 1917 differs radically from the Afrikaans that is covered by the rules contained in the eleventh issue of the Afrikaanse Woordelys en ... -
The necessity of an intergral Christian woldview: reconnoitring of the challenges for influencing the unbelieving world
(Buro vir Wetenskaplike Tydskrifte, Potchefstroom, 2009)Christians often conclude from the apostle Paul's warning : "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers" (2 Cor. 6 :14), that he condemns all contact with non-Christians and advocates total withdrawal from the world. However, ... -
A needs analysis for communication by pharmacists in a multilingual setting: first steps towards syllabus and materials design
(University of Stellenbosch, 2015)Despite the efforts to manage South Africa s language and culture diversity, in practice, the linguistic landscape has become increasingly English. This is problematic in contexts such as rural areas where people are not ... -
'Never one thing. Always one thing and another': 'n inleidende poëtikale vergelyking van Ivan Vladislavic en Etienne Leroux
(AOSIS, 2012)As a language student at Wits in the 1970s, Ivan Vladislavić’s main subjects were English and Afrikaans. His interest in Afrikaans literature has since been expressed in interviews during which he acknowledged the ... -
New developments in neuroscience can benefit the learning and performance of music
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)As advancements in neuroscience increasingly illuminate the traditional understanding of the human mind, many of the new insights are also of relevance to musicians as well as to music pedagogy. Especially the greater ... -
The nexus between the rights to life and to a basic education in South Africa
(2015)This article aims at exploring the nexus between the fundamental rights to life and to a basic education within the ambit of the legal framework created by both the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and ... -
Nice or Naughty? The role of emotions and digital media use in explaining adolescents online prosocial and antisocial behavior
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)The opportunities and mostly the risks of digital communication technologies for adolescents have been documented extensively in the last two decades, but less is known about how adolescents interact with each other online, ... -
Nicholas oldisworth and william davenant: Moors and slaves in early modern england
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Nigeria and conflict resolution in the sub-regional West Africa: the quest for a regional hegemon?
(Sage, 2017)The role of Nigeria in conflict resolution and peacekeeping efforts in Africa and other parts of the world cannot be overemphasised. The country has contributed more than 200,000 soldiers to peacekeeping missions around ... -
Nigerian women embrace gender equality but dislike the social change that follows
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2017)At a particular level of analysis, the focus of gender activism is to reverse and change the status quo in which men in the society are deemed to be superior to women in certain issues and have more opportunities to do ... -
“No more going to Nandos”: Rudimentary statistics and venal public servants in tender adjudication
(SAAPAM, 2014)This paper advances the notion that corruption in public service is perpetrated by the corruptibility of functionaries. The psychopathology of corruption demonstrates that hominids are inherently venal and will thus ... -
Non-profit organisations and government's pro-poor spending: the case of health and development in Gauteng
(North-West University, 2011)Globally, there is growing recognition of participatory public expenditure management(PPEM). PPEM is seen as the process whereby citizens and civil society organisations participate in the management of public expenditures. ... -
Normatiewiteit in 'n cul-de-sac: 'n Reformatoriese visie op wette, norme, waardes en deugde
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The normative sense of the concept of law part II - systematic considerations
(Sabinet, 2013)Modern philosophy left us with an unbridgeable divide between factual reality and the domain of values (normativity). This article first of all analyze modal norms, such as the principle of avoiding what is legally ... -
Nursing the cure: a phonetic analysis of /ʊə/ in South African English
(Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, 2013)This article is focused on providing the results of a partially impressionistic and partially acoustic phonetic analysis of the CURE vowel (i.e. /ʊə/ as in cure, tour, sure) in South African English (SAfE) and, in ...