Faculty of Arts and Humanities ETDs: Recent submissions
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‘Rewriting’ the Bible: its Canonical Implications and Meaning for Anglicans in the City of Harare.
(2012-09-04)The subject of ‘rewriting’ the Bible has caused considerable discussion in several forums. In theological debates this has led to the writing of a number of books. In church situations, there has been a lot of talk concerning ... -
The Concept and Practice of Diakonia in The New Testament and its Implications in the Zimbabwean Context.
(2012-09-04)Since the time of its establishment in Zimbabwe in the late 19th century, the RCZ (formerly DRC) has been involved in a number of services in the area of its operation (southern Zimbabwe). This study on diakonia has analysed, ... -
Transitivity In Kalanga
(2012-08-31)This thesis examines transitivity as a grammatical aspect of the Kalanga language. The investigation is done using two theoretical frameworks: Relational Grammar (RG) and Hopper and Thompson’s (1980) Transitivity Theory. ... -
Complementation In Chakari Nyanja: A Case Study
(2012-08-30)This study is concerned with complementation in Chakari Nyanja. Complementation is looked at as the addition of a phrase or clause to make the predicate complete. A phrase or clause that serves this function is a complement. ... -
Dynamics of Democracy and Human Rights Among the Ndebele of Zimbabwe, 1818-1934.
(2012-08-30)This thesis is at once a profound historical reconstruction of an African polity, and a deeply informed mediation on key Ndebele concepts and ideas. Throughout the thesis, the Ndebele historical experiences are consistently ... -
Environment and Culture: A Study of Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe
(2012-08-30)There is always a symbiotic relationship between the physical environment and cultural behaviour of a society. The physical environment provides resources and options for subsistence, raw materials for economic development, ... -
The Sociolinguistics of Personal Address and Reference in Urban Shona Society
(2012-07-02)This thesis examines the forms, interpersonal or social functions and patterns of terms used as address or reference resources in spoken urban Shona, integrating Hymes’s (1962) Ethnography of Communication theory and a ...
