Joyce T Mathangwane
Biographic Data
| ID | 314630 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joyce T Mathangwane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joyce T |
| FAMILY NAME | Mathangwane |
| SIGNATURE | MATHANGWANE J T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Botswana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Minimality in iKalanga
In chiShona, different dialects impose different minimality restrictions on well-formed prosodic words (PWords). While chiZezuru requires minimally disyllabic PWords, chiKaranga allows monosyllabic ones. IKalanga presents a paradoxical case in that it imposes different minimality restrictions on different word categories. Its imperative verbs and pronouns are required to be minimally disyllabic while nouns and adjectives can be monosyllabic and m…
People's perceptions of HIV/Aids as portrayed by their labels of the disease
It is typical of societies to come up with their own labels or names to any phenomenon that may befall them in the course of their life time. Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has been no exception to this practice. In Botswana most of these labels are either in Setswana or English whereby an Eglish expression is simply adopted and used to refer to HIV/ AIDS. This study looks at the different labels or nam…
Grammatical relations in Ikalanga
Although facts about grammatical relations in many Bantu languages have been established since the early 1970s, there are still languages in this family which have not benefited from such studies. One of these is Ikalanga, spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe. This paper examines the core grammatical relations of Ikalanga, exploring its typological status in terms of double object constructions. In prototypical ditransitive constructions, the Recipien…
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Grammatical relations in Ikalanga
Although facts about grammatical relations in many Bantu languages have been established since the early 1970s, there are still languages in this family which have not benefited from such studies. One of these is Ikalanga, spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe. This paper examines the core grammatical relations of Ikalanga, exploring its typological status in terms of double object constructions. In prototypical ditransitive constructions, the Recipien…
People's perceptions of HIV/Aids as portrayed by their labels of the disease
It is typical of societies to come up with their own labels or names to any phenomenon that may befall them in the course of their life time. Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has been no exception to this practice. In Botswana most of these labels are either in Setswana or English whereby an Eglish expression is simply adopted and used to refer to HIV/ AIDS. This study looks at the different labels or nam…
Minimality in iKalanga
In chiShona, different dialects impose different minimality restrictions on well-formed prosodic words (PWords). While chiZezuru requires minimally disyllabic PWords, chiKaranga allows monosyllabic ones. IKalanga presents a paradoxical case in that it imposes different minimality restrictions on different word categories. Its imperative verbs and pronouns are required to be minimally disyllabic while nouns and adjectives can be monosyllabic and m…
Computer Science (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 work) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work) · Animacy (1 work) · Bantu languages (1 work) · Denial (1 work) · Disease (1 work)