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MABUMABUMERI EKA XITSONGA (QUALIFICATIVES IN XITSONGA)
Author: Respect Mlambo (SADiLaR Xistonga researcher) In today’s blog, I provide a general overview of qualificatives in Xitsonga. The primary purpose of this blog is to investigate the morphology, semantics and syntax of Xitsonga qualificatives. Qualificatives are words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns in a sentence. In Xitsonga, there are three types of…
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A new English
[T]he English language will be able to carry the weight of my African experience. But it will have to be a new English, still in full communion with its ancestral home, but altered to suit its new African surroundings.[1] We ought to change the way we think about language from “what languages look like to…
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SALALS offers honorary lifetime membership of the Society award to profound researcher
Author: Deon du Plessis[1] 4 minute read The Southern African Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Society (SALALS) recently held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in a virtual format for the first time. Prof. Daan Wissing, who is affiliated with the SADiLaR node CTexT, received a very special honour in that he was awarded honorary lifetime membership…
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Using the indigenous languages at universities: Why do it and can it work?
Author: Ms Mmasibidi Setaka (SADiLaR Sesotho Researcher) I was recently invited to join a webinar hosted by the Indigenous Language Action Forum, ILAF, (https://ilaf.co.za/) in short. It is an organisation that promotes indigenous languages, with the aim to ensure the active use of these languages in important sectors such as education, criminal justice, healthcare etc.…
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SADiLaR Team: Tshivenda Researcher
SADiLaR’s Tshivenda researcher, Mr Phathutshedzo Maxwell Ramukhadi, specialises in literature and making use of digital tools. He finds the field of literature particularly interesting and continued by saying: “I want to familiarise myself with the field of Human Language Technology” In the current Covid-19 situation and national lockdown Mr Ramukhadi is working on two articles…
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