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Possible Khoe contact with Afroasiatic languages: systematic click-sibilant correspondences ...
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Possible Khoe contact with Afroasiatic languages: systematic click-sibilant correspondences ...
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A comparative study of linguistic and social aspects of personal names in Botswana and Scotland ...
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A personal name is an individual’s badge of identity in all cultures of the world although the qualities and concepts of the name will vary. This cross-cultural study of names and naming practices in two very different societies aims to reveal the overall profiles of names in each society. The study investigates personal naming in Botswana and Scotland at two levels, first the linguistic level which deals with the grammar and semantics of individual names to reveal the overall profile of a personal name in both countries in terms of meaning and grammar. Furthermore, the study compares names it terms ‘Unusual’ in both countries to highlight their meanings and grammar, and attitudes towards them. A name does not exist in isolation, it is a reflection of the society within which it exists; so second the study explores the social aspects of the names to determine how the cultures and traditions of the two societies influence their naming practices. Although the general conclusions from previous studies have been ...
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Personal names, socio-onomastics, prototype theory, Botswana, Setswana, Scotland, semantic categories, grammatical categories.
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URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.5525/gla.thesis.74387 http://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/74387
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ANALYSING THE FRAMES OF A BIBLE : The Case of the Setswana Translations of the Book of Ruth
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Are dialects markers of ethnic identity? the case of Setswana dialects and ethnic groups
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 56, Iss 0, Pp 65-77 (2019) (2019)
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Facebooking Religion and the Technologization of the Religious Discourse: A Case Study of a Botswana-based Prophetic Church ...
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What have Eastern Kalahari Khoe languages lost linguistically?
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 44, Iss 0, Pp 1-21 (2014) (2014)
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Government and Press Relations in Botswana: Down the Beaten African Track
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In: Cross-Cultural Communication; Vol 10, No 5 (2014): Cross-Cultural Communication; 139-147 ; 1923-6700 ; 1712-8358 (2014)
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Regional dynamics and local dialectics in Iron Age Botswana : case studies from the hinterland in the Bosutswe Region
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The Role of Dictionaries in the Documentation and Codification of African Languages: The Case of Khoisan
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In: Lexikos; Vol. 20 (2010) ; 2224-0039 (2011)
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"Cultural Fatigue": The State and Minority Rights in Botswana
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In: Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies (2011)
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The Role of Dictionaries in the Documentation and Codification of African Languages: The Case of Khoisan
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In: Lexikos, Vol 20, Iss 0 (2011) (2011)
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