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Spoken word corpus and dictionary definition for an African language
Published 2020-12-01“…The preservation of languages is critical to maintaining and strengthening the cultures and identities of communities, and this is especially true for under-resourced languages with a predominantly oral culture. Most African languages have a relatively short literary past, and as such the task of dictionary making cannot rely on textual corpora as has been the standard practice in lexicography. …”
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Introducing an African Language for Teaching and Learning at Wits University
Published 2003-12-01Subjects: Get full text
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Educational Publishing in African Languages, With a Focus on Swahili in Kenya
Published 2002-06-01Subjects: Get full text
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Orthographic measures of language distances between the official South African languages
Published 2008-07-01“…We also apply the Levenshtein distance measure to the orthographic word transcriptions from the eleven South African languages under investigation. Hierarchical clustering of the distances between the different languages shows the relationships between the languages in terms of regional groupings and closeness. …”
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The Marjory Stanway Collection of African Language Materials at Trinity School for Ministry
Published 2012-11-01“…Most of the approximately 650-volume collection is comprised of African language Bibles and prayer books, with other items such as hymnals also present. …”
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Adoption of digital media by African language print newspapers: the case of Isolezwe
Published 2022“…Digital media have transformed media’s news gathering, production and news dissemination traditions. However, African language newspapers’ use of digital media has been overlooked and understudied. …”
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The motif of billboard texts of adverts in four cities: Apropos of Bantu and African languages
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Production Is Only Half the Story — First Words in Two East African Languages
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LACK OF EXCHANGE VALUE IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES FOR THE MARKETING OF TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Published 2023-12-01Subjects: “…african languages…”
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Development of African Languages as the Medium of Instruction in Higher Education: From Policy to Practice
Published 2024-02-01Subjects: “…african languages…”
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Language preferences of pre-service teachers who specialise in English and an African language
Published 2021“…The available literature revealed a negative attitude towards the use of African languages. This results in a decline of the African indigenous languages; being unsupported, which poses a challenge particularly in rural areas. …”
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Towards an 11 x 11 Array for the Degree of Conjunctivism/Disjunctivism of the South African Languages
Published 2002-06-01“… In this article a measurement instrument for the degree of conjunctivism / disjunctivism of the South African languages is presented. Following a discussion on conjunctivism versus disjunctivism, both absolute and relative approaches towards this measurement instrument are experimented with. …”
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Implementing a Dictionary Culture in South Africa: An Attempt at a General Framework for the African Languages
Published 2011-10-01Subjects: Get full text
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