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The implementation of a bilingual-bicultural literacy intervention programme for deaf learners in Namibia
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)The Bilingual-Bicultural approach is considered the best approach to teach deaf learners. This approach also provides the best opportunity for deaf learners to become biliterate. Namibia too has adopted the Bilingual-Bicultural ... -
The role of intersemiotic translation in multimodal communication in educational textbooks
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)Our social world is a multitude of semiotic resources which we use in combination with language to make and convey meaning. The ever-increasing integration of language with other semiotic resources is turning our social ... -
Sociolinguistics of Lesotho English in the Kingdom of Lesotho
(University of the Free State, 2021-07)This study set out to investigate Sociolinguistics of Lesotho English in the Kingdom of Lesotho. Mainly premised on the principles of the qualitative research design and methodology, this study adopted the narrative ... -
John Chrysostom’s interpretation of the rhetoric of the letter to the Colossians
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)This study aims to investigate how John Chrysostom interpreted the rhetoric of Colossians in his homilies on this letter and to compare his interpretation with the current understanding of the rhetoric of Colossians. This ... -
A long walk to freedom: charting a way for doing comparative translation studies in Africa
(University of Stellenbosch, 2021)n recognition of the work that Ilse Feinauer has done for the development of translation studies in Africa, this paper considers the position of translation studies on the continent. It proposes a comparative approach to ... -
Teaching translation at Further Education and Training Colleges: Maluti FET as a case study
(University of the Free State, 2013-10)A recent study (Erasmus 2010: 109) found there is a need for the training of both community interpreters and translators in South Africa and that this training was likely to elevate those community interpreters and translators ... -
The hermeneutics of suspicion and human empowerment: a textual and practical evaluation
(University of the Free State, 2008-11)English: Elizabeth SchUssler Fiorenza is the main and most prominent proponent of the Hermeneutics of Suspicion. This hermeneutics has as aim the liberation and empowerment of women and other subjugated groups, and starts ... -
Language and tourism in South Africa: Insights from the Xhariep
(University of the Free State, 2016-12)The success of any tourism business depends on the ability to communicate effectively with customers. Competence in English is no longer adequate to find a job in the tourism industry. The aim of the study is to address ... -
Developing a theoretical rationale for the attainment of greater equivalence of standard in the Grade 12 Home Language exit-level examinations
(University of the Free State, 2017-02)English: Disproportionately high pass rates and alarming discrepancies in the results of the South African National Senior Certificate (NSC) external examination for Home Language (HL) subjects have undermined the credibility ... -
Gebaretaaltolkopleiding in Suid-Afrika - 'n inleidende studie
(University of the Free State, 1997-12)Afrikaans: As gevolg van verskeie faktore, bestaan daar tans 'n dringende behoefte aan Gebaretaaltolke in Suid-Afrika. Indien sodanige tolkdienste wel bestaan, is die tolke grootliks onopgelei en word kwaliteittolkwerk ... -
The accessibility of a written Bible versus a signed Bible for the deaf born person with sign language as first language
(University of the Free State, 2005-11)English: This research aimed to prove that Biblical texts in South African Sign Language are more accessible than written or printed Biblical texts for deaf born people in South Africa who use Sign Language as their first ... -
The incremental validity of three tests of academic literacy in the context of a South African university of technology
(University of the Free State, 2016-07)English: This study focuses on the incremental validity of three assessments of academic language readiness, compared to Grade 12 English results: the National Benchmark Test in Academic Literacy (NBT AL), the Proficiency ... -
The influence of the translator’s culture on the translation of selected rhetorical devices in Confucius’ Analects
(University of the Free State, 2016-01)English: Aristotle and Confucius were influential philosophers in the Western and Eastern world respectively. Both of their rhetoric also made the literature of their cultures flourish. One of Confucius’ famous works, ... -
The socio-onomastic significance of American cattle brands: a Montana case study
(University of the Free State, 2015-11)English: For more than two centuries, cattle ranchers in Montana and other American states such as Texas and Wyoming have used hot iron brands as the primary means of identifying, tracking and proving ownership of their ... -
The linguistic landscape as construct of the public space: a case study of post-apartheid rural South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2016-02)English: The linguistic landscape (LL), comprised of items displaying written language in the public space, is the product of linguistic choices that are executed by a myriad of actors who are guided by numerous pragmatic ... -
Applied linguistics beyond postmodernism
(University of the Free State, 2013)Applied linguistics clearly has modernist roots, which have steadily been eroded by postmodernist views. Opposites, such as quantitative and qualitative, or positivist and postpositivist, are often used to characterise ... -
Contextualising ethics in the practice of translator education: the case of the indigenous value system of the Basotho
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: This article develops the suggestions made in recent publications on translation studies concerning the role of the translator as an agent. The article discusses agency as a central theme in translation, and points ... -
A toponymical study of place name heritage in Mossel Bay (Western Cape)
(University of the Free State, 2015-07)English: After 1994, name changes in South Africa have formed an important part in the reflection of the new democracy. The semiotic landscape needs to be representative of South Africa’s diverse inhabitants. The importance ... -
Twis om woorde: ʼn forensiese ondersoek na semantiese kwessies in hofsake
(University of the Free State, 2015-06)English: Law is dependent on language. This is seen, amongst others, in a court of law’s responsibility to interpret the meaning of words. Cases regularly revolve around words; as a result courts have to deal with lexical ... -
Implications and explications of police translation of complainants’ sworn statements: evidence lost in translation?
(University of the Free State, 2015-07)This interdisciplinary case study demonstrates that ‘retelling and rewriting’ of complainants’ legal narratives constitutes translation. The police officers’ (hereafter referred to as transpreters) exercise of translating ...
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