Faculty of Humanities: Recent submissions
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"Rebelle sonder gewere": Vroue se gebruik van kultuur as versetmiddel teen die agtergrond van die Ossewat-Brandwag se dualistiese karakter
(South African Society for Cultural History, 2016)With the establishment of the Ossewa-Brandwag (OB) in 1939 a unique Afrikaner organization came into being which showed strong elements of resistance politics. The roots of the OB are embedded in the Afrikaners' struggle ... -
An integrated model for communicating within and about Corporate Social Responsibility
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives have two main objectives, namely, contributing to sustainable development; and adding strategic value for organisations. These objectives imply that organisations should ... -
Regional variation in early modern english: the case of the third-person present tense singular verb ending in Norfolk Correspondence
(Sage, 2017)A well-known example of variation in Early Modern English is found in the morphology of the third-person singular present tense indicative verb. In general terms there was a gradual shift from -th to -s (e.g., pleaseth to ... -
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 ... -
Die slag toe slim sy baas gevang het
(Stellenbosch University Library and Information Science, 2017)The day when the clever arguments misfired. Some very interesting observations can be made in describing the history of the standardising of Afrikaans. It is possible that the plans that Lord Milner had in mind for the ... -
A GF miniature resource grammar for Tswana: modelling the proper verb
(Springer, 2017)The Grammatical Framework (GF) not only offers state of the art grammar-based machine translation support between an increasing number of languages through its so-called Resource Grammar Library, but is also fast becoming ... -
A conceptual study of spirituality in selected writings of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
(Sage, 2017)Several authors have noted that one of émile Jaques-Dalcroze's aims was to dissolve the mind-body dualism, typical of Cartesianism. However, there has been little research on the spirit-body connection, as it appears in ... -
Foreign relations in the ancient near east: oaths, curses, kingship and prophecy
(UNISA Press, 2017)Oaths and curses, embedded in a covenantal context, were paramount normative mechanisms in the foreign relations between ancient Near Eastern kings. This article provides an account of the political role of covenants and ... -
Plekspesifieke digitale literatuur: samespel en wisselwerking in nuwe kontekste
(LitNet, 2017)Die snelveranderende tegnologiese omgewing bied nuwe skeppende en publikasiemoontlikhede vir skrywers en kunstenaars, soos plekspesifieke digitale literatuur, waarin multimodale tekste op 'n spesifieke plek met digitale ... -
Wat moesten de Suid-Afrikaantjies lezen? Nederlandse voorgeskrewe boeke 1938-1955
(Taylor & Francis Routledge and Unisa Press, 2016)Besides Afrikaans literature, Dutch literature was also part of the required reading in South African high school exams for the subject Afrikaans until the 1980s. This introductory article gives an overview of Dutch-language ... -
Sulzerism, Sulzermania, and the shaping of the American Cantorate
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Political thought, international relations and a Tale of Two Modernities
(University of the Free State, 2017)In their book Empire, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri develop a narrative about the transition from the mediaeval to the modern, secular, world, showing that there were two projects of modernity at first, but that one ... -
Radical land reform in South Africa - a comparative perspective?
(University of the Free State, 2017)A great deal of political rhetoric has been uttered regarding radical economic transformation that includes calls for more radical land reform proposals. This rhetoric is the source of political mobilisation in both the ... -
An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived musical experiences of three Williams syndrome individuals
(Sage, 2017)The purpose of this interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is to understand the lived musical experiences of three individuals living with Williams syndrome (WS). We are interested in their lived musical experiences ... -
True ownership of traditional medicines in South Africa
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2017)Background: Literature postulates that traditional medicines form an important part of modern-day South African healthcare. The belief is that the traditional healer and traditional medicine is a close-knit unit, with the ... -
The embedded indexical value of /s/-fronting in Afrikaans and South African English
(De Gruyter, 2017)This paper examines the indexical value of /s/-fronting in White Afrikaans and in White South African English (WSAfE). Prior research on this feature has shown that fronted articulations of /s/ in WSAfE serve as a regional ... -
To rub shoulders with the traditional health practitioner or not, that is the question for the medical doctor in the New South Africa
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2017)Background: The South African medical doctor has been well established over the years as the keeper of the holy medical grails. Entrance for newcomers to the medical domain has not been and is still not easy. The hostility ... -
The Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007): A godsend or an act that spells doom for South Africa's healthcare?
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2017)Background: South Africa's development and growth in healthcare since the 1900s is phenomenal, but certain present-day healthcare policies such as the Traditional Health Practitioners Act (Act No 22, 2007), could jeopardize ... -
Will the Traditional Health Practitioners Act (Act No 22, 2007) challenge the holy grails of South African medical doctors?
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2017)Background: The South African healthcare establishment is primarily managed and overseen by medical doctors. This powerbase was established over many years, especially after the early 1930s. World War II gave doctors the ...
