Pub Date : 2023-07-17DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2153709
Andiswa Mvanyashe
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Pub Date : 2023-07-17DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2148706
J. Nel
Abstract Ellipsis occurs on and above sentence level, forming a part of the discourse-internal linguistic devices that children need to access and comprehend narratives and other classroom discourse for literacy and academic literacy development A dearth exists in the knowledge about the development and mastery of ellipsis in child language, specifically for speakers of African languages regarding both first and second language acquisition timetables and contexts. This study aimed to ascertain how well Grade 1 isiXhosa first language (L1) learners,with isiXhosa as their language of learning and teaching (LOLT) compared to other Grade 1 isiXhosa L1 learners with English as their LOLT; while evaluating if gaps exist in the possible mastery and development of ellipsis with regard to the LOLT. The isiXhosa LOLT group mastered both noun and verb ellipsis by time 2, while the English LOLT group showed no mastery by time 2; although statistically significant development occurred between time 1 and 2 for the English LOLT group. A statistically significant difference is apparent in the comparison between the isiXhosa and English LOLT groups for both times and ellipsis types, which points to a lack of comprehension of ellipsis in a non-mother tongue LOLT, which may impact future literacy development.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-17DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2151479
K. Obitube, I. Ajaero, B. Odeh
Abstract This article analyses media frames employed by the Nigerian media in reporting events of the COVID-19 pandemic. It determines the linguistic choices that shaped the intentions of the media and how they aligned with the timing and effectiveness that impacted the thoughts and actions expressed by Nigerians. Agenda setting theory, framing theory and speech act theory elucidated the media practice of consciously selecting words or expressions for creating frames of news reports to achieve their desired intentions of controlling public perceptions of events regardless of the authenticity. This study adopted a mixed-method research methodology. Data were obtained from Nigerian online media reports on COVID-19, and also from a questionnaire to collect quantifiable data from 500 respondents in Nsukka metropolis in Nigeria using cluster and purposive random sampling techniques. We adopted Austin’s speech act (1962) and Bateson’s (1972) framing theories as theoretical frameworks to analyse our data. We observed the domination of frames involving assertive, declarative and directive speech acts in the Nigerian media reports to create a ‘death-sentence’ image about COVID-19 and to evoke greater belief in their stories, and fear among the public. However, with unfolding events not matching the media frames, Nigerians began to doubt the media and the government. This development showed that such media frames had outlived their effectiveness and needed to change to retain the public’s attention after their ‘optimum effectiveness duration’ had expired. The failure to change them made the public develop their counter-frames. The study, therefore, advocates a constant change of news frames to retain public attention and a review of Bateson’s framing theory to reflect societal and environmental impacts on frame effectiveness.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-17DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2128383
Rodolphe Prosper Maah
Abstract This article investigates the culturally constructed conceptualisations of schizophrenia in Cameroonian languages. Twenty languages from the four Cameroonian cultural areas were investigated using focus group discussions and individual interviews. A thematic analysis was used, and the results of these investigations indicate that the meaning attached to schizophrenia is culture specific. The sociocultural conceptualisation mainly reflects guilt in its spiritual dimension, impurity, punishment from the deity of justice, spirit possession, bewitchment, etc. Two main conceptualisations of schizophrenia or mental illnesses were discussed: the guilty type where schizophrenics are mostly considered to be under a spell as a result of their negative acts in the society; and the non-guilty types. It is assumed that the various choices made for treatment could be influenced by the culturally constructed conceptualisations revealed by the linguistic features analysed in this work. While some patients believe that their sickness is spiritual and the treatment for it should be spiritual, others go to hospital to seek medical care.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2113413
Guorong Yuan, Yisi Sun
Abstract This exploratory study conducts a bibliometric analysis of metaphor research by CiteSpace to sketch its scientific landscape based on journal articles from 2010 to 2020 on Web of Science (WoS). We retrieved metaphor-related literature and acquired 1 210 related articles. Then, we analysed time range, region distribution and the most cited authors and works in references and attempted to use keywords combined with mapping knowledge to explore the most frequently discussed research topics, hotspots and development trends in metaphor research. Our studies evinced the following results: (1) the publications showed a stable upward trend over the past decade; (2) the most productive regions in this area are United States and some European countries, while developing countries, represented by China, have been emerging as academic powerhouses; (3) Lakoff and Johnson remain significant in this area, and scholars such as Kövecses, Gibbs, Ortony, and Crisp are the most frequently cited; (4) conceptual metaphor research and its interdisciplinarity are main topics, and cognitive metaphor, the neural mechanism of metaphor and metaphor in discourse and communication are the three most popular hotspots; and (5) the comprehensive study of conceptual metaphor theory and its multidisciplinary integration, discourse analysis and experimental analysis are research contents and method trends.
摘要本探索性研究基于2010 - 2020年Web of Science (WoS)期刊文章，对CiteSpace的隐喻研究进行文献计量学分析，勾勒出其科学景观。检索隐喻相关文献，获得相关文献1210篇。然后，我们分析了时间范围、区域分布和参考文献中被引次数最多的作者和作品，并尝试使用关键词结合制图知识来探索隐喻研究中讨论频率最高的研究主题、热点和发展趋势。研究结果表明:(1)近十年来论文发表量呈稳定上升趋势;(2)该领域最具生产力的地区是美国和一些欧洲国家，而以中国为代表的发展中国家正在崛起为学术强国;(3) Lakoff和Johnson在这一领域仍然具有重要意义，Kövecses、Gibbs、Ortony和Crisp等学者被引用的频率最高;(4)概念隐喻及其跨学科研究是研究热点，认知隐喻、隐喻的神经机制和隐喻在语篇和交际中的应用是研究热点;(5)综合研究概念隐喻理论及其多学科整合、话语分析和实验分析是研究内容和方法趋势。
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Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2127412
Kristof Iipinge, Kate Huddlestone
Abstract At independence, Namibia chose English as its official language and therefore its language of learning and teaching (LoLT). Since then, both government reports and scholarly research have highlighted the poor performance of learners and the apparentfailing standards of teaching. The study reported on in this article explores Oshiwambo-speaking teachers' perceptions of the advantages of using English as a lingua franca (ELF) as LoLT in an educational setting in Namibia, and the challenges they face. The findings suggest that, for teachers, the primary perceived advantage is that learners will need this language if they are to further their studies abroad. Furthermore, teachers overcome the challenges of using ELF as LoLT by resorting to code-switching to ensure that their learners understand the concepts that they are being taught. In this article, we frame this from a translanguaging pedagogy perspective, recommending that teachers be supported and encouraged to use both languages in an integrated and coherent way to overcome the challenges of using ELF as LoLT. This requires the Namibian Language-in-Education Policy (NLiEP) to be adapted in such a way that it allows English to be used as LoLT alongside Namibia's indigenous languages, acknowledging the bilingual/heteroglossic nature of classrooms in Namibia.
{"title":"English lingua franca as a language of learning and teaching in northern Namibia: A report on Oshiwambo teachers' experiences","authors":"Kristof Iipinge, Kate Huddlestone","doi":"10.2989/16073614.2022.2127412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2127412","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract At independence, Namibia chose English as its official language and therefore its language of learning and teaching (LoLT). Since then, both government reports and scholarly research have highlighted the poor performance of learners and the apparentfailing standards of teaching. The study reported on in this article explores Oshiwambo-speaking teachers' perceptions of the advantages of using English as a lingua franca (ELF) as LoLT in an educational setting in Namibia, and the challenges they face. The findings suggest that, for teachers, the primary perceived advantage is that learners will need this language if they are to further their studies abroad. Furthermore, teachers overcome the challenges of using ELF as LoLT by resorting to code-switching to ensure that their learners understand the concepts that they are being taught. In this article, we frame this from a translanguaging pedagogy perspective, recommending that teachers be supported and encouraged to use both languages in an integrated and coherent way to overcome the challenges of using ELF as LoLT. This requires the Namibian Language-in-Education Policy (NLiEP) to be adapted in such a way that it allows English to be used as LoLT alongside Namibia's indigenous languages, acknowledging the bilingual/heteroglossic nature of classrooms in Namibia.","PeriodicalId":54152,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies","volume":"41 1","pages":"280 - 297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41991801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2023.2170896
Daniella Rafaely, Sonto Madonsela, M. Marchetti-Mercer
Abstract Migration has been theorised as an act motivated by pull and push factors often linked to structural determinants of human behaviour. This article contributes to the critical literature on migration with its examination of individual accounts of migrations to South Africa. The present study utilises conversation analysis and discursive psychology to analyse five interviews with foreign nationals currently residing in South Africa. The findings suggest that individuals constructed accounts that oriented to their migration as a non-normative act, and provided no-fault accounts that eliminated desire and preference from their decision to migrate. In particular, participants routinely use the 'had-to' device as a method for constructing normative accounts of migration. These findings are significant because they demonstrate a participant orientation to migration as an accountable action, displaying some of the interactional practices for 'doing accounts' of migration that are both embedded in, and constitutive of, a shared moral order.
{"title":"Licence to leave: the 'had-to' device as a method for producing normative accounts of migration","authors":"Daniella Rafaely, Sonto Madonsela, M. Marchetti-Mercer","doi":"10.2989/16073614.2023.2170896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2023.2170896","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Migration has been theorised as an act motivated by pull and push factors often linked to structural determinants of human behaviour. This article contributes to the critical literature on migration with its examination of individual accounts of migrations to South Africa. The present study utilises conversation analysis and discursive psychology to analyse five interviews with foreign nationals currently residing in South Africa. The findings suggest that individuals constructed accounts that oriented to their migration as a non-normative act, and provided no-fault accounts that eliminated desire and preference from their decision to migrate. In particular, participants routinely use the 'had-to' device as a method for constructing normative accounts of migration. These findings are significant because they demonstrate a participant orientation to migration as an accountable action, displaying some of the interactional practices for 'doing accounts' of migration that are both embedded in, and constitutive of, a shared moral order.","PeriodicalId":54152,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies","volume":"41 1","pages":"350 - 362"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46366265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-21DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2147087
Xiaoyun Chen, Fan Pan
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Pub Date : 2023-04-21DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2141284
L. Nikitina, F. Furuoka
Abstract This study employed a moderated mediation analysis with the aim to expand our understanding of psychological processes pertaining to learning an additional language. Since moderated mediation analyses are less common in L2 research, this article gives a detailed explanation of the analytical procedure. The data were collected among Malaysian learners of less commonly taught languages, namely Thai, Filipino and Myanmar. The study assessed whether the language learners’ perceptions of a target language country would have a mediating effect on the link between country stereotypes and language attitudes held by the students. It also examined whether demographic factors, such as gender and university major, would moderate the stereotypes-perceptions-attitudes nexus. The findings revealed a statistically significant positive relationship between the country stereotypes and language attitudes held by the language learners. It was also found that the students’ perceptions of the target language countries mediated the relationship between the country stereotypes and language attitudes. Among the demographic factors only the students’ university major – but not gender – had a moderating effect on the stereotypes-perceptions-attitudes nexus. These findings hold some implications for curriculum development.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-21DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2136222
Xiujie Ma, Silvester Ron Simango
Abstract It has been argued that V-stranding VP ellipsis exists in Bantu languages such as Kiswahili, Ndendeule, Chingoni, Kikuyu and Shingazidja. In the derivation, the verb moves to I0 in a tensed clause and thus survives VP ellipsis. However, through an examination of the components of a VP and their syntactic positions, we demonstrate that isiXhosa does not have V-stranding VP ellipsis. The article shows that VP-internal constituents – including object DPs, VP-internal adverbials and locative arguments – are prohibited from being elided and that the constituents that can be deleted are actually dislocated to a VP-external position before VPE takes place. We further examine the reasons why isiXhosa does not have V-stranding VP ellipsis and find that in the conjoint form the Immediately After Verb (IAV) constituent receives a focus reading, whereas in the disjoint form, it is the verb that receives a focus reading, which suggests that the VP does not comply with the e-GIVENNESS condition. We also explore the properties of the missing object and conclude that the missing object DP is a consequence of PF-deletion.
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