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Om wêrelde te verbeel(d): tekstuele relasionaliteit in Wonderboom (Lien Botha)
(LitNet, 2017)In hierdie artikel word ondersoek ingestel na die verhouding tussen visuele tekste en die geskrewe teks, asook die wêrelde in beeld en wêrelde in woord in Lien Botha se roman Wonderboom (2015). Lara-Rallo (2009) se opvatting ... -
Omgangsvariëteite van Afrikaans in die digkuns sedert Sestig
(Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging (ALV), 2015)Employing dialectic or colloquial varieties of Afrikaans for poetic purposes has been a trend of growing importance in the history of Afrikaans literature, especially since the advent of the Movement of the (Nineteen) ... -
Omstrede kwessies en die teksinterne korrektiewe in Skilpoppe van Barrie Hough
(AOSIS, 2010)Controversial issues and text-internal correctives in Skilpoppe by Barrie Hough This article focuses on the binary relations between controversial issues and text internal correctives by making use of examples from "Skilpoppe" ... -
On being a discontinuous person: ontological insecurity, the wounded storyteller and time in Daniel Keyes’s Flowers for Algernon
(AOSIS, 2015)This article explores ontological security and insecurity in Daniel Keyes’s novel, Flowers for Algernon. It opens with a very brief overview of the 1960s counter-culture to contextualise not only Keyes’s novel but also ... -
On the moderating role of years of work experience in the job demand control model
(Sage, 2017)The present study allows for a more flexible Job Demand-Control model by introducing years of work experience as a contextual factor (i.e. moderator). Building on the processes of adaptation and diminishing returns to ... -
On the reciprocal relationship between individual job insecurity and job insecurity climate
(Emerald, 2016)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between individual job insecurity and job insecurity climate over time. Design/methodology/approach - Data were collected among readers of a Flemish ... -
On the relation of job insecurity, job autonomy, innovative work behaviour and the mediating effect of work engagement
(Wiley, 2014)European policy is focusing on innovation as a way out of the economic crisis. At the same time, job insecurity is rising as Europe is still in crisis. In this paper, we examine whether job insecurity affects the innovative ... -
"Onder my duim lê die fyn sintaksis van jou strot": Krog in gesprek met Pablo Picasso
(PSG COLLECTIVE INVESTMENTS LIMITED, 2008)In die afdeling “Skilderysonnette e.a.” in die bundel Kleur kom nooit alleen nie kom ’n reeks ekfrastiese gedigte voor waarin Krog metatekstuele kommentaar lewer op plastiese kunswerke van onder andere Marlene Dumas en ... -
Onderweg na 'n Christelik-filosofiese analise van evolusie en evolusionisme: Die bydrae van 'n konsekwent probleem-historiese metode
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2016)This article intends to gain more clarity about the philosophical presuppositions underlying evolutionary theories and evolutionism as a worldview. In the light of the wide confusion and disagreement among Christians and ... -
Onderweg na 'n Christelike samelewings-beskouing: Bybelse grondslae en historiese ontwikkeling
(Gereformeerde Teologiese Vereniging, 2008)This article is structured in the following way : The introduction asks the practical question why Christianity has such a small impact on contemporary society. This topical question is partly answered by indicating that ... -
Onderwys, die weg na lewenskwaliteit – die optimale realisering van die reg op lewe
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akad Vir Wetenskap En Kuns, Sekretaris, 2015)Against the background of the aims as expressed in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, namely to improve the quality of life of all citizens and to free everyone's potential, the perplexities of the right to ... -
One supervisor, two students: Experiences and anxieties of PhD journeys
(2017)Today, colleges and universities offer master’s and doctoral degrees in increasing numbers. Many students enrol in these programmes and, in many cases, such students are without appropriate guidance and support in ... -
“The only chance to love this world”: Buddhist mindfulness in Mary Oliver's poetry
(Routledge; Taylor & Francis; Unisa Press, 2011)The article examines selected poems by Mary Oliver from a Buddhist reader's perspective, with a particular focus on Buddhist mindfulness (smrti in Sanskrit and sati in Pali). Her personal style and use of various poetic ... -
Only real men respect women : the use of scripture in the violence against women pandemic : research article
(Institute of Afro-Hellenic Studies ; University of Johannesburg, 2013)Violence against women is disturbing, and yet it remains endemic in all societies. The South African Government passed the Domestic Violence Act into law in 1998 (Act 116 of 1998) as part of the country’s local and ... -
An ontological exploration of change and constancy
(OASIS, 2013)The history of philosophy presents a variety of viewpoints regarding the ontological primacy of either change or constancy. Some views regard change as foundational, to the point where constancy is denied (e.g. Heraclitus). ... -
Ontronding in Afrikaans?
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2011)Ontronding in Afrikaans Afrikaans word gekarakteriseer deur 'n besonder ryk vokaalsisteem. Onder die twaalf vokale tel die drie gemerktegeronde nonagtervokale /9, y, 2/, (SAMPA-simbole, wat korrespondeer met die IPA simbole ... -
Ontronding in Kharkamsafrikaans?
(2011)Derounding in Kharkams Afrikaans? Derounding of the marked (abnormal) rounded front vowels is a common, widely known phonological characteristic of Afrikaans. It is therefore quite remarkable that in his book So praat ons ... -
Ontwikkeling van 'n Afrikaanse woordnet: Metodologie en integrasie
(Buro vir Wetenskaplike Tydskrifte : Bureau of Scholarly Journals, 2008)The Afrikaans wordnet is a lexical-conceptual network in the form of an electronic lexical database, developed at the North- West University. In this article, a methodology for a semi-automatic construction of the entries ... -
Oor die eerste 50 jaar se maak aan Standaardafrikaans
(Suid–afrikaanse Akad Vir Wetenskap En Kuns, Sekretaris, 2015)Creating a standardised version of Afrikaans – the first 50 years With Steyn’s 2014 publication We are going to make a language (Ons gaan ʼn taal maak) as stimulus, the beginning of organised writing of Standard Afrikaans ... -
Oor die einders van die bladsy as konseptuele kuns
(AOSIS, 2012)This article offers a philosophical overview of conceptual art. I argue that, since the project Transgressions and boundaries of the page transgresses and conceptually extends the boundaries of the concept of the book, ...