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Modelling narrativity in East African English
(North-West University, 2011)
Narratives are the product of a basic human tendency to make sense of real or imagined experiences. The research question posed in the dissertation is: how is narrativity encoded in East African English? Can the narrativity ...
Automatic genre classification of English students' argumentative essays using support vector machines
(North-West University, 2007)
Automatic text classification refers to the classification of texts according to topic. Similar to text classification is the automatic classification of texts based on stylistic aspect of texts, such as automatic genre ...
Standardising written feedback on L2 student writing
(North-West University, 2006)
The primary aim of this study is to determine whether it is possible to standardize
written feedback on L2 student writing for use in a computerised marking
environment. It forms part of a bigger project aimed at enhancing ...
The vowels of South African English
(North-West University, 2008)
This thesis provides a comparative analysis of vowel quality in South African English (SAE)
using the following data: firstly, the existing impressionistic literature on SAE and other
relevant accents of English, the ...
MarkWrite : standardised feedback on ESL student writing via a computerised marking interface
(North-West University, 2011)
The research reported on in this thesis forms part of the foundation of a bigger research project in which an attempt is made to provide better, faster and more efficient feedback on student writing.
The introduction ...
Specificity in lexical verbs : a corpus–based lexicological study
(North-West University, 2011)
Several theorists (amongst whom Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004:175) have stated that the verb (or the verbal group) is the core element in clauses and is largely responsible for the grammatical structure of language. In spite ...
Die internet as platform vir 'n nuwe Afrikaanse spraakgemeenskap en 'n nuwe variëteit : 'n korpuslinguistiese ondersoek
(North-West University, 2007)
It is generally accepted that the growing interest in the internet has opened
new horisons for language research.
The aim with this study is to explore the internet as a dynamic language
environment and to investigate ...
Reading second language subtitles : a case study of South African viewers reading in their native language and L2–English
(North-West University, 2011)
Most South African subtitles are produced and broadcast in English despite the fact that English
is the first language of only 8.2% of the entire population (Statistics South Africa, 2004).
Therefore, current English ...
Linguistiese eienskappe van propaganda
(North-West University (South Africa). Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2019)
In previous studies on the linguistic properties of propaganda, Critical Discourse Analysis is mostly used and the focus is therefore on the analysis of a specific text and power relations. The linguistic properties of ...
Laaste spore van Nederlands in Afrikaanse werkwoorde
(North-West University, 2013)
In the diachronic studies of Afrikaans in the past, the focus used to be on the origin and early development of Afrikaans from Dutch. During the twentieth century, the philological school, with a tradition of researching ...