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Politeness in language use in Tswana Kgotla meetings
(The Joongwon Linguistic Society of Korea, http://eng.jwl.or.kr/, 2021-04-30)This paper focuses on politeness in language use in kgotla meetings among the Tswana ethnic groups of Balete, Bangwato and Bakhurutshe. It investigates how interlocutors’ use of language reflects social behaviour and how ... -
The languages of Rivers State of Nigeria: An overview
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2019-11-06)This paper provides an updated overview of the languages of Rivers State of Nigeria in respect of the number, linguistic classification and features of the languages, as well as the distribution of the languages across the ... -
Verb inflectional morphology in Ikwere
(The Joongwon Linguistic Society of Korea, eng.jwl.or.kr/, 2018-07-31)Although some work has been done on Ikwere verb inflectional morphology, no comprehensive description of this aspect of the language exists. This paper aims at providing a fairly comprehensive description of the verb ... -
Cognate object constructions in Degema
(Linguistique et Langues Africaines (LLACAN); llacan.vjf.cnrs.fr/lla/, 2017)This paper provides a descriptive analysis of cognate object constructions in Degema. Cognate object constructions refer to constructions that involve a verb and a cognate nominal object that is morphologically and ... -
Cognate object constructions in Degema
(Sage publications,www.sage.com/, 2017-06)This paper provides a descriptive analysis of cognate object constructions in Degema. Cognate object constructions refer to constructions that involve a verb and a cognate nominal object that is morphologically and semantically ... -
Central Delta languages: an overview
(Stellenbosch University, https://www.sun.ac.za/, 2017)This paper presents an overview of the phonology, morphology and syntax of Central Delta languages. It also provides information on the geo-linguistic, demographic and sociolinguistic situation of these languages. It notes ... -
Investigating language vitality in some parts of North Eastern Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2017)The main objective of this article is to investigate the level of language vitality in Botswana on the basis of patterns of language use, transgenerational language transmission, language attitudes and ethno-cultural ... -
Restrictions on the attachment of verbal extensions in Degema
(The Joongwon Linguistic Society of Korea, http://submission.jwl.or.kr/sobis/jwl.jsp, 2016)This paper discusses restrictions observed in the attachment of verbal extensions to all verb bases in Degema. Kari (1995) discusses verbal extensions in Degema focusing on the number, underlying forms, and phonological ... -
On the status of subject markers in African languages
(Joongwon Linguistic Society of Korea, http://submission.jwl.or.kr/sobis/jwl.jsp, 2017)This paper discusses subject markers in African languages, noting that whereas the grammatical functions of these morphemes are fairly clear; their status as affixes or clitics is not. The unclear status of subject markers ... -
The role of dictionaries in the documentation and codification of African languages: the case of Khoisan
(http://afrilex.africanlanguages.com/homelex.html, 2010)Khoisan speech communities are found in Southern Africa, with Botswana having the greatest ethnic and linguistic diversity. Living in small communities, the Khoisan have always found themselves in a situation of being ... -
Second position clitics in Degema: a reanalysis
(West African Linguistic Society; www.westafricanlinguisticssociety.org, 2015)This paper reanalyzes so-called second position clitics in Degema as verb-adjacent clitics. The reanalysis is based on the observation that these clitics cannot be separated from the verb by intervening elements. Kari ... -
Parasynthesis in Degema: Simultaneous affixation or suffixation and concomitant prefixation
(Linguistics Association of SADC Universities, 2015-04)This paper discusses parasynthesis, also known as circumfixation, in Degema. It highlights the fact that circumfixes are controversial not only because of the possibility to analyze them as discontinuous units consisting ... -
Strategies for naming tourist sites in Botswana
(University of Botswana http://www.ub.bw, 2014)This paper aims at establishing and discussing the strategies for naming tourist sites in the languages of Botswana using a descriptive approach. In addition, the paper attempts a classification of these tourist sites in ... -
Post Africa(n) feminism?
(Routledge (Taylor and francis), www.routledge.com, 2010)The growing body of literature authored by women in Africa and the African Diaspora over the past four decades has been accompanied by vigorous debates out of which has evolved a body of theories pertaining to African ... -
“All that is fine in the human condition”: crafting words, creating Ma-Ramotswe
(Indiana University Press, www.iupress.indiana.edu, 2006)Acclaimed Edinburgh-based author Alexander McCall Smith is a professor of Medical Law and a prolific fiction writer. He has written over fifty books. It is, however, with the fictional character Ma-Ramotswe that his name ... -
Understanding the rural-urban dichotomy in Mositi Torontle's the victims and Unity Dow's far and beyon'
(Indiana University Press, www.iupress.indiana.edu, 2010)This paper examines how place is represented in two Botswana novels, Far and Beyon’ by Unity Dow and The Victims by Mositi Torontle. Conventional notions of rural as the “authentic” experience that is threatened by ... -
English pronouns in the writing of some Batswana students
(University of Botswana, Department of English, http://www.ub.bw, 2008)This paper examines the morphological and syntactic differences between English and Setswana pronouns, and how these differences manifest in students usage of English learners may be assisted to become more proficient in ... -
Intersuffixing in Setswana: the case of the perfective -ile, the applicative -ela, and the causative -isa
(University of Botswana, Office of Research and Development, http://www.ub.bw, 1996)Our motivation and inspiration to undertake this aspect of the phonology of Setswana is derived from research in Setswana phonology by Creissels (Notes, 1991-1992) and from the Bantu languages phonology by Bastin (1983). ... -
The influence of school on the choice of language learning strategies in Botswana
(University of Botswana, Department of English, http://www.ub.bw, 2008)This research seeks to examine the role that context or learning situation plays in strategy choice by comparing the strategy patterns of a private English medium secondary and a government secondary school in Botswana. ... -
An alalysis of two setswana colour terms: ntsho and tshweu
(University of Botswana, Department of English, http://www.ub.bw, 2008)This paper explores the linguistic contexts, uses and meanings of the colour terms ntsho (black) and tshweu (white) in Setswana. Using a corpus data, the paper argues that the two terms display cultural and linguistic ...
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