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SADiLaR Team: isiZulu Researcher
Author: Mieke Hofmeyr Ms. Rooweither Mabuya is SADiLaR’s IsiZulu language researcher. She finds computational linguistics interesting. More particularly she is interested in the development of resources for African languages. Whilst the current Covid-19 situation and national lockdown is impacting the whole of South Africa and its workforce, Ms. Mabuya is staying focused by working on…
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The Carpentries: Second Online Workshop
Author: Mieke Hofmeyr During the week of 1-5 June 2020, SADiLaR collaborated with The Carpentries again and hosted another online workshop. The daily sessions during this week started at 09:00 until 13:00 and a detailed schedule was followed to make sure that those who attended the workshop received all the knowledge and skills that the…
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SADiLaR Team: isiNdebele Reseacher
Author: Mieke Visser Ms. Nomsa Skosana is the isiNdebele researcher at SADiLaR. She finds the research fields of terminology development and lexicography very interesting, but specializes in translation (most of her research papers are based on translation). She submitted a paper for Euralex 2021 with an abstract accepted for poster presentation (which was postponed due to…
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SADiLaR Team: Siswati Researcher
Author: Mieke Hofmeyr Muzi Matfunjwa is the SADiLaR researcher, specialising in the language of Siswati. Other areas of research that interests Mr Matfunjwa includes Digital Humanities, Linguistics and Sociolinguistics. Covid-19 did not come in the way of Mr Matfunjwa and his research and he is currently working on a few different projects. “I am writing…
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The Millennials’ Language
Author: Valencia Wagner (SADiLaR Setswana Researcher) Language is not fixed, it is continuously changing and adapting to reflect the needs of its users. Today’s youth do not speak the same language as their parents. They develop their own unique slang and use it to communicate amongst themselves. Generation by generation, the vocabulary changes, pronunciation evolves…
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TINANATELO TEMASWATI
Author: Muzi Matfunjwa (SADiLaR Siswati Researcher) This blog highlights the importance and functions of clan praises among Swati communities and what they entail. In Swati culture, every clan name/ surname has a clan praise. The clan praises are part of Swati culture and historical norms. Thwala (2018:1) reaffirms that clan praises are predominantly used in…
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