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“The Gwarrie Call that they Recognise”: An analysis of the translated Sesotho poem “Ntwa ea Jeremane 1914” (War against Germany 1914) by BM Khaketla (1913–2001)
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)
This essay looks at a recently translated poem, “Ntwa ea Jeremane 1914”, written by BM Khaketla, as a lens through which to approach the feelings and attitudes of people from Lesotho towards the world wars. A poem is ...
Diagnostic assessment of academic reading: Peeping into students’ annotated texts
(MDPI, 2022)
Text annotations are literacy practices that are not uncommon in the reading experience
of university students. Annotations may be multilingual, monolingual, or multimodal. Despite
their enormous diagnostic potentials, ...
Why is inflectional morphology difficult to borrow?—Distributing and lexicalizing plural allomorphy in pennsylvania Dutch
(2021)
: In this article we examine the allomorphic variation found in Pennsylvania Dutch plurality.
In spite of over 250 years of variable contact with English, Pennsylvania Dutch plural allomorphy
has remained largely distinct ...
Corpus-based interpreting studies: Early work and future prospects
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)
This manuscript investigates to what extent the use of corpora could help translation trainees while translating from Arabic into English and vice versa. Forty Yemeni trainees, who were enrolled in an advanced course in ...
“Kom Khoi San, kry trug jou land”: Disrupting White Settler Colonial Logics of Language, Race, and Land with Afrikaaps
(Wiley, 2021)
This article offers a broad and deep discussion of critical issues in the study of language, race, and political economy through an analysis of the verbal art, aesthetics, and performances of South African hip hop artists. ...
Why is inflectional morphology difficult to borrow?—Distributing and lexicalizing plural allomorphy in Pennsylvania Dutch
(MDPI, 2022)
In this article we examine the allomorphic variation found in Pennsylvania Dutch plurality.
In spite of over 250 years of variable contact with English, Pennsylvania Dutch plural allomorphy
has remained largely distinct ...
Legitimization and recontextualization of languages: The imbalance of powers in a multilingual landscape
(John Benjamins Publishing company, 2023)
We use the uneven distribution of languages in the public spaces of the University of Zambia and the voices and narratives that emerge to argue for legitimization and recontextualization as critical components in the ...
Streaming difference(s): Netflix and the branding of diversity
(SAGE Publications, 2023)
Since 2020, Netflix has emphasised the diversity of representation the platform provides through its content. Following the publication of its diversity report, the streamer positions itself as a driver of inclusion for ...
dalawhatyoumust: Kaaps, translingualism and linguistic citizenship in Cape Town, South Africa
(Discourse, Context & Media, 2023)
In 2016 Wayde Van Niekerk, a South African athlete of mixed-race heritage won an Olympic gold medal. In South Africa, his win caused hashtags such as #proudlysouthafrican, #blackexcellence and #colouredexcellence to trend ...
From eco-jihad to politicization: A corpus-based eco-linguistic discourse analysis of the arab media coverage of the safer floating oil tanke
(Sciedu Press, 2023)
This study attempts a corpus-based discourse analysis of the coverage of the FSO Safer in Arabic media to determine the main recurrent categories and themes in the coverage produced by outlets associated with conflicting/warring ...