Deborah Ndalama-Mtawali
Biographic Data
| ID | 1680254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deborah Ndalama-Mtawali |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deborah |
| FAMILY NAME | Ndalama-Mtawali |
| SIGNATURE | NDALAMA-MTAWALI D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malawi |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8016-6777 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Campus repertoires: Interrogating Semiotic Assemblages, Economy, and Creativity
Framed within the broader theoretical context of social semiotics, we attempt to show how university students communicate using a variety of unique means, in particular social contexts. We privilege Pennycook and Otsuji's semiotic assemblages, Jimaima and Simungala's semiotic creativity, and the notion of semiotic economy as critical ingredients that conspire to give rise to the unique and complex coinages and innovations constituting students' r…
The use of Chichewa proverbs as a political campaign tool in Saulos Klaus Chilima’s speeches
This paper examines Saulos Klaus Chilima’s (henceforth referred to as Chilima) use of Chichewa proverbs during the Malawi 2019 presidential election campaign period as a campaign tool. It seeks to highlight how Chilima (re)used Chichewa proverbs to solicit voters for himself and discredit his opponents in the presidential race. The study uses the Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and seeks to identify metaphors generated by the proverbs that Chilima us…
Communicative Practices from the Margins: The Multilingual and Multicultural Repertoires on University Spaces
We draw from the meaning-making practices on the margins, the communicative repertoires of the multilingual and multicultural students at two Southern African universities: the University of Zambia in Lusaka, Zambia; and the University of Malawi in Zomba, Malawi. As our locus, we are interested in the unique linguistic/semiotic coinages which constitute the students' linguistic repertoires as multilingual innovations amenable to placemaking. In a…
Translating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Chichewa: A Quick Efficacy Assessment
This paper purposed to analyse the efficacy of the Chichewa version of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the government of Malawi, through the Department of Information, recently produced. Language barrier remains one of the main reasons for the SDGs’ unpopularity among the majority of Africans. This leaves most Africans unengaged in the goals’ implementation process. Mindful of this, many African countries have embarked on projects t…
Communicative Practices from the Margins: The Multilingual and Multicultural Repertoires on University Spaces
We draw from the meaning-making practices on the margins, the communicative repertoires of the multilingual and multicultural students at two Southern African universities: the University of Zambia in Lusaka, Zambia; and the University of Malawi in Zomba, Malawi. As our locus, we are interested in the unique linguistic/semiotic coinages which constitute the students' linguistic repertoires as multilingual innovations amenable to placemaking. In a…
Campus repertoires: Interrogating Semiotic Assemblages, Economy, and Creativity
Framed within the broader theoretical context of social semiotics, we attempt to show how university students communicate using a variety of unique means, in particular social contexts. We privilege Pennycook and Otsuji's semiotic assemblages, Jimaima and Simungala's semiotic creativity, and the notion of semiotic economy as critical ingredients that conspire to give rise to the unique and complex coinages and innovations constituting students' r…
Translating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Chichewa: A Quick Efficacy Assessment
This paper purposed to analyse the efficacy of the Chichewa version of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the government of Malawi, through the Department of Information, recently produced. Language barrier remains one of the main reasons for the SDGs’ unpopularity among the majority of Africans. This leaves most Africans unengaged in the goals’ implementation process. Mindful of this, many African countries have embarked on projects t…
Communicative Practices from the Margins: The Multilingual and Multicultural Repertoires on University Spaces
We draw from the meaning-making practices on the margins, the communicative repertoires of the multilingual and multicultural students at two Southern African universities: the University of Zambia in Lusaka, Zambia; and the University of Malawi in Zomba, Malawi. As our locus, we are interested in the unique linguistic/semiotic coinages which constitute the students' linguistic repertoires as multilingual innovations amenable to placemaking. In a…
The use of Chichewa proverbs as a political campaign tool in Saulos Klaus Chilima’s speeches
This paper examines Saulos Klaus Chilima’s (henceforth referred to as Chilima) use of Chichewa proverbs during the Malawi 2019 presidential election campaign period as a campaign tool. It seeks to highlight how Chilima (re)used Chichewa proverbs to solicit voters for himself and discredit his opponents in the presidential race. The study uses the Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and seeks to identify metaphors generated by the proverbs that Chilima us…
Campus repertoires: Interrogating Semiotic Assemblages, Economy, and Creativity
Framed within the broader theoretical context of social semiotics, we attempt to show how university students communicate using a variety of unique means, in particular social contexts. We privilege Pennycook and Otsuji's semiotic assemblages, Jimaima and Simungala's semiotic creativity, and the notion of semiotic economy as critical ingredients that conspire to give rise to the unique and complex coinages and innovations constituting students' r…
Political science (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Creativity (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (2 works) · Semiotics (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)