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    A Socio-linguistic Interpretation of the Social Meanings of Kingship Terms in Shona Urban Interactions 

    Mashiri, Pedzisai (University of Zimbabwe, 2003)
    This article provides an interpretive analysis of Shona native speaker's of kingship terms of address as forms of communicative resources to invoke social meanings in non-kin relations. Two types of data were used for the ...
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    More Than Mere Linguistics Tricks: The Socio-pragmatic Functions of Shona Nicknames Used by Shona-Speaking People in Harare 

    Mashiri, Pedzisai (University of Zimbabwe, 2004)
    The article demonstrate how urban Shona- speakers often use nicknames as linguistics resources to perform a variety of social functions in everyday informal interactions. The intention of this article is twofold: to ...
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    Morpho(?) Phono (?) Logical Fuzzy Edges: The Case of {-/I/-}/{-/U/-} Semantic (?) Contrast in Shona 

    Mkanganwi, K.G. (University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2000)
    Although the Western world of Science continues to be dominated by the black and white (or 'binary')laws of logic, the binary logic has always faced doubt. (Un)fortunately, logical positisim has remained the working ...
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    Lingustic Rights in Multilingual Africa 

    Hadebe, Samukele (2005-10-27)
    Language issues have long been a problem in Africa. Language policies that have been pursued by most African countries after independence are similar in most cases as countries faced more-or-less the same linguistic reality, ...
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    Harare Shona Slang: A Linguistic Study 

    Mawadza, Aquilina (University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2000)
    This article discussed the linguistic origins and forms of the Shona language and examines words and phrases that are normally used casually in Harare. It illustrates that slang is a informal language that generally follows ...

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