Browsing African Languages and Literature by Subject "Botswana"

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  • “All that is fine in the human condition”: crafting words, creating Ma-Ramotswe 

    Mekgwe, P.; Smith, A.M. (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 ...

  • Investigating language vitality in some parts of North Eastern Botswana 

    Mogara, Budzani; Kari, Ethelbert; Kadenge, Maxwell; Molefhi, Dipogiso (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 ...

  • Patterns of language use and language preference of some children and their parents in Botswana 

    Magocha, K.; Arua, A.E. (Routledge (Taylor and Francis) www.routledge.com, 2002)
    This paper examines the patterns of language use and language preference of some children aged 6–15 and their parents at the University of Botswana. The results indicate that the majority of the children speak Setswana ...

  • Politeness in language use in Tswana Kgotla meetings 

    Kololo, Peggy; Kari, Ethelbert E. (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 role of dictionaries in the documentation and codification of African languages: the case of Khoisan 

    Chebanne, Andy (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 ...

  • Strategies for naming tourist sites in Botswana 

    Kari, Ethelbert Emmanuel; Mogara, Budzani (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 ...