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    Split Intransitivity in Kalanga 

    Kangira, Jairos (University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2004)
    This paper examines the intransitive verb class in Kalanga, a minority language predominantly spoken in the southwestern parts of Zimbabwe. The paper focuses on split intransitivity, a linguistic concept that describes ...
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    An Analysis of the War Metaphors Used in Spoken Commentaries of the 2004 Edition of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) Matches in Zimbabwe 

    Chapanga, Evans (University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2004)
    Soccer commentaries on television are characterised by metaphor-carrying language and expression. After introducing the Interactionist Theory of Metaphor and the classic Cognitive Metaphor Theory, this article analyses ...
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    Metaphors in Shona: A Cognitive Approach 

    Mberi, N.E (University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2003)
    This article discuses the pervasiveness of metaphors in everyday Shona language. It argues that metaphorical expressions are not mere words, but they are part of a much bigger way of conceptualising things. Examples are ...
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    Policy-makers, the Press and Politics: Reporting a Public Sector Document 

    Love, Alison (University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)
    News media often have to present public policies, originally articulated in technical civil service documents, to the public, and to contextualise and comment on them. Such situations result in ‘chains’ of intertextual ...
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    Lexical Metamorphosis of the Kalanga Language: Towards an Analysis of the Impact of Ndebele Domination of the Kalanga Language 

    Moyo, H.J. (University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)
    This article examines the lexical metamorphosis of the Kalanga language caused by the dominance of the language by Ndebele. It is based on research conducted among the Kalanga-speaking people of Bulilima-mangwe in ...
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    Mvana and Their Children: The Language of the Shona People as it Relates to Women and Womens’ Space 

    Mawema, Moreblessing.B. Chitauro (University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2003)
    Research elsewhere, within English and other languages, has shown that linguistic behaviour is one of the keys to understanding the nature and status of women in the attitudes transmitted through language (Frank and ...
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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. ...
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    The Treatment of Taboo and Offensive Words in Isichazamazwi Sesindebele (ISN): an Analysis 

    Moyo, Nobuhle (2006-03-23)
    This paper identifies and analysis taboo and offensive words in the Isichazamazwi sesiNdebele henceforth referred to as the ISN. Focus is on these headwords as they are seen as requiring special attention in their definitions ...

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