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Ideophones in Shona
(Oxford University Press, 2018-03-23)
Harare Shona Slang: A Linguistic Study
(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 ...
Ethics Among the Shona
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2001)
This essay is a contribution towards an appreciation of Hunhu/Ubuntu as
the basis of African philosophy. It seeks to demonstrate, by means of a
specific example taken from an African text, that within the African ...
More Than Mere Linguistics Tricks: The Socio-pragmatic Functions of Shona Nicknames Used by Shona-Speaking People in Harare
(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 ...
A Socio-linguistic Interpretation of the Social Meanings of Kingship Terms in Shona Urban Interactions
(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 ...
This is This, and Here Are Some Examples: Verbalisers and Extensions in Shona
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2000)
After a brief discussion of the scientfic theory, especially in Linguistics, the article explores the scientifically arrived at morphological categories, 'verbaliser', 'extension' in Shona. It reveals existing descriptive ...
Lexicographical Developments in the Shona Language as Reflected in Making of the Duramanzwi Guru reChishona (DGS)
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)
This article traces lexicographical developments in Shona, one of the major languages
of Zimbabwe, with particular focus on corpus building and the role the corpus has
played in Shona lexicography in the past hundred or ...
The Language of Ethnic Contempt: Malawian-Zimbabwean Shona Rivalry
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)
The contact between the Shona and immigrants from Malawi dates back to more than six
decades ago. Throughout this period, the ethnic relations of the two groups have been
represented in fiction, drama and popular music ...
Teaching Shona In English/Shona: Ideological Challenges And Implications- Whither UZ & MASU?
(2006-05-18)
This paper investigates ideological challenges and implications associated with two models in the teaching and learning of Shona at university level. The UZ model involves the use of English as a medium of instruction ...
Saying 'No' Without Saying 'No': Indirectness and Politeness in Shona Refusals
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)
Indirect communication patterns are often a means to save the interlocutor’s face:
avoiding open refusals is a clear example of that. The Shona of Zimbabwe, like other
African peoples, sometimes avoid direct responses ...