Faculty of Arts and Humanities e-Theses Collection: Recent submissions

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    • Transitivity In Kalanga 

      Kangira, Jairos (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 

      Jakaza, Ernest (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. 

      Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo Jeremiah (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 

      Katsamudanga, Seke (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 

      Mashiri, Pedzisai (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 ...