Marianna Visser
Biographic Data
| ID | 4912100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marianna Visser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marianna |
| FAMILY NAME | Visser |
| SIGNATURE | VISSER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5358-487X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Agenda-setting through topic shift in Tanzanian parliamentary debate
This article examines a specific attempt of agenda-setting which is realised by topic shift in the confrontation stage of a critical discussion as an MP introduces a ‘new agenda’ of discussion in an institutional context of the Tanzanian parliamentary debate in Kiswahili. The article further investigates how this topic shift results in a derailment of strategic manoeuvring as the institutional rules of parliament are violated. The data analysed i…
IsiZulu task-based syllabus for medical students
The task-based language teaching approach related to the second language learning process is a widely researched area across many global languages. Yet this approach is given scant attention in South African tertiary education. This study, therefore, explores an isiZulu task-based syllabus design for doctor-patient communication aimed at enhancing communicative skills in the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) programme at the Ne…
Subjectivity’ in newspaper reports on ‘controversial’ and ‘emotional’ debates
The notion of 'subjectivity' in news reports has been widely researched, especially from the media perspective. However, 'subjectivity' is realised in various forms and the varied contexts and theoretical approaches offer new understanding of the notion. This article departs from such media-theoretic perspectives to a discourse-linguistic approach and makes an analysis of 'controversial' and 'emotional' reports of debates informed by the Appraisa…
Evaluating authorial ‘objectivity’ and ‘stancetaking’ in reporting the making of a new constitution in Zimbabwean newspapers
Zimbabwe held 'fresh' elections on July 31, 2013 under a new constitution. This was in line with the provisions of the Global Political Agreement (GPA), a political power-sharing compromise signed between Zimbabwe's three main political parties, following the heavily disputed 2008 harmonised presidential and parliamentary elections. The GPA established in Zimbabwe a Government of National Unity (GNU). On the road to making a new constitution, pol…
Aspects of empty categories in Xhosa within the theory of Government andBinding
The main purpose of this paper is to explore various agreement phenomena in Xhosa within the government-binding (GB) framework of generative grammar. The principles of the null subject parameter postulated in (Chomsky 1981), which accounts for the absence of an overt subject in phonetic representation, are shown to extend to the analysis of agreement phenomena in J.nosa which are characteristic of Bantu languages in general. In the proposed analy…
Subjectivity’ in newspaper reports on ‘controversial’ and ‘emotional’ debates
The notion of 'subjectivity' in news reports has been widely researched, especially from the media perspective. However, 'subjectivity' is realised in various forms and the varied contexts and theoretical approaches offer new understanding of the notion. This article departs from such media-theoretic perspectives to a discourse-linguistic approach and makes an analysis of 'controversial' and 'emotional' reports of debates informed by the Appraisa…
Evaluating authorial ‘objectivity’ and ‘stancetaking’ in reporting the making of a new constitution in Zimbabwean newspapers
Zimbabwe held 'fresh' elections on July 31, 2013 under a new constitution. This was in line with the provisions of the Global Political Agreement (GPA), a political power-sharing compromise signed between Zimbabwe's three main political parties, following the heavily disputed 2008 harmonised presidential and parliamentary elections. The GPA established in Zimbabwe a Government of National Unity (GNU). On the road to making a new constitution, pol…
Aspects of empty categories in Xhosa within the theory of Government andBinding
The main purpose of this paper is to explore various agreement phenomena in Xhosa within the government-binding (GB) framework of generative grammar. The principles of the null subject parameter postulated in (Chomsky 1981), which accounts for the absence of an overt subject in phonetic representation, are shown to extend to the analysis of agreement phenomena in J.nosa which are characteristic of Bantu languages in general. In the proposed analy…
Evaluating authorial ‘objectivity’ and ‘stancetaking’ in reporting the making of a new constitution in Zimbabwean newspapers
Zimbabwe held 'fresh' elections on July 31, 2013 under a new constitution. This was in line with the provisions of the Global Political Agreement (GPA), a political power-sharing compromise signed between Zimbabwe's three main political parties, following the heavily disputed 2008 harmonised presidential and parliamentary elections. The GPA established in Zimbabwe a Government of National Unity (GNU). On the road to making a new constitution, pol…
Subjectivity’ in newspaper reports on ‘controversial’ and ‘emotional’ debates
The notion of 'subjectivity' in news reports has been widely researched, especially from the media perspective. However, 'subjectivity' is realised in various forms and the varied contexts and theoretical approaches offer new understanding of the notion. This article departs from such media-theoretic perspectives to a discourse-linguistic approach and makes an analysis of 'controversial' and 'emotional' reports of debates informed by the Appraisa…
Agenda-setting through topic shift in Tanzanian parliamentary debate
This article examines a specific attempt of agenda-setting which is realised by topic shift in the confrontation stage of a critical discussion as an MP introduces a ‘new agenda’ of discussion in an institutional context of the Tanzanian parliamentary debate in Kiswahili. The article further investigates how this topic shift results in a derailment of strategic manoeuvring as the institutional rules of parliament are violated. The data analysed i…
IsiZulu task-based syllabus for medical students
The task-based language teaching approach related to the second language learning process is a widely researched area across many global languages. Yet this approach is given scant attention in South African tertiary education. This study, therefore, explores an isiZulu task-based syllabus design for doctor-patient communication aimed at enhancing communicative skills in the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) programme at the Ne…
Computer Science (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works) · Media Studies and Communication (2 works) · Newspaper (2 works) · Objectivity (philosophy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)