Johan Oosthuizen
Biographic Data
| ID | 8944838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johan Oosthuizen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johan |
| FAMILY NAME | Oosthuizen |
| SIGNATURE | OOSTHUIZEN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The final nie in Afrikaans negative sentences
An interesting syntactic property of Afrikaans is the use of the so-called double negative in sentences which express a negative proposition by means of a negation word like geen ('no', 'none', 'not (any)'); geeneen ('no one'); geensins ('by no means', 'in no way'); g'n ('never', 'not'); nerens ('nowhe e'); nie ('not'); niemand ('nobody'); niks ('nothing'); nooil ('never'). In terms of this property such a negative sentence contains, as a general…
An interpretive analysis of quantifier postposing phenomena in Afrikaans
This working paper is based on part of a thesis which wasapproved in partial fulfilment of the requirements for thedegree of Master of Arts at the University of Stellenboschin December 1988.Thesis supervisor: Dr. M. Sinclair
Linguistic theory and second language acquisition
This paper deals with the syntax of so-called possessive constructions in Afrikaans. More specifically, an attempt will be made to describe the grammatical structure of the general construction (1) within the framework of the Chomskyan principles-and-parameters approach to the study of language. 1 The construction (1) -- henceforth, the se-construction -- is illustrated by the phrases in (2)
Meaning-focused vs Form-focused L2 Instruction
In a report on the Third International Mathematics and Science Repeat Study (Human Sciences Research Council 2000), conducted in 1998/1999 to measure school learners' proficiency in mathematics and science, it was stated that South African learners achieved the lowest results of the 38 countries that took part. One reason cited for this was that the majority of South African learners were not fluent in English, the language of the test, and thus …
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The final nie in Afrikaans negative sentences
An interesting syntactic property of Afrikaans is the use of the so-called double negative in sentences which express a negative proposition by means of a negation word like geen ('no', 'none', 'not (any)'); geeneen ('no one'); geensins ('by no means', 'in no way'); g'n ('never', 'not'); nerens ('nowhe e'); nie ('not'); niemand ('nobody'); niks ('nothing'); nooil ('never'). In terms of this property such a negative sentence contains, as a general…
An interpretive analysis of quantifier postposing phenomena in Afrikaans
This working paper is based on part of a thesis which wasapproved in partial fulfilment of the requirements for thedegree of Master of Arts at the University of Stellenboschin December 1988.Thesis supervisor: Dr. M. Sinclair
Linguistic theory and second language acquisition
This paper deals with the syntax of so-called possessive constructions in Afrikaans. More specifically, an attempt will be made to describe the grammatical structure of the general construction (1) within the framework of the Chomskyan principles-and-parameters approach to the study of language. 1 The construction (1) -- henceforth, the se-construction -- is illustrated by the phrases in (2)
Meaning-focused vs Form-focused L2 Instruction
In a report on the Third International Mathematics and Science Repeat Study (Human Sciences Research Council 2000), conducted in 1998/1999 to measure school learners' proficiency in mathematics and science, it was stated that South African learners achieved the lowest results of the 38 countries that took part. One reason cited for this was that the majority of South African learners were not fluent in English, the language of the test, and thus …
Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (1 work) · Economics (1 work)