Andiswa Mvanyashe
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 8645676 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Andiswa Mvanyashe |
| PRENOMES | Andiswa |
| SOBRENOME | Mvanyashe |
| ASSINATURA | MVANYASHE A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Nelson Mandela University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6663-9649 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Respect in Xhosa culture
The role of language as a catalyst in communicating early warning messages
Efficient disaster communication is crucial in multilingual and multicultural contexts such as South Africa, where linguistic obstacles and disparities in information dissemination can intensify community susceptibility during emergencies. Comprehending disaster-related communications is essential, especially for marginalised populations like Xhosa-speaking Walmer Airport Valley Gqeberha informal settlement residents. This study investigates the …
Unpacking masculine stereotypes
This article examines the application of proverbs and idioms in perpetuating male stereotypes, seeking their cultural and historical origins and societal perceptions of masculinity. It traces the evolution of Western masculinity in relation to the labour market, family, and gender roles through the Industrial Revolution and feminist movements. By considering proverbs and idioms as storehouses of collective knowledge, the research determines the i…
Nominalisation and semantic shift in selected isiXhosa nouns
This study addresses the process of nominalisation in isiXhosa to establish its historical development and implications on the writing and sense of words. Nominalisation, an important feature of scientific writing, enables information concentration as well as grammatical functions such as subject, complement and prepositional completive. Integration of systemic functional linguistics provides a powerful platform for the explanations of linguistic…
The connotative meaning of the Xhosa word umlungu before and during the democratic era
The meaning of umlungu is analysed as it evolved and assimilated many meanings around the start of colonialisation in South Africa and during the apartheid era. Colonialisation and apartheid psychologically persuaded black people to believe that anything better, rich and white in complexion was umlungu (a white person), and employers were mostly abelungu (white people). When they discovered that their fellow Africans acquired some of these attrib…
Preserving cultural legacy through the explicit teaching of idiomatic language
This article examines the explicit and systematic teaching of idiomatic language, with a particular emphasis on the history of the AmaXhosa people. This methodological approach is qualitative research to study and gain insight into proverbs and idioms in the context of AmaXhosa culture and history. The theoretical underpinning is based on the multidimensional nature of idioms, their relationship to historical knowledge preservation, and the dynam…
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The connotative meaning of the Xhosa word umlungu before and during the democratic era
The meaning of umlungu is analysed as it evolved and assimilated many meanings around the start of colonialisation in South Africa and during the apartheid era. Colonialisation and apartheid psychologically persuaded black people to believe that anything better, rich and white in complexion was umlungu (a white person), and employers were mostly abelungu (white people). When they discovered that their fellow Africans acquired some of these attrib…
Preserving cultural legacy through the explicit teaching of idiomatic language
This article examines the explicit and systematic teaching of idiomatic language, with a particular emphasis on the history of the AmaXhosa people. This methodological approach is qualitative research to study and gain insight into proverbs and idioms in the context of AmaXhosa culture and history. The theoretical underpinning is based on the multidimensional nature of idioms, their relationship to historical knowledge preservation, and the dynam…
The role of language as a catalyst in communicating early warning messages
Efficient disaster communication is crucial in multilingual and multicultural contexts such as South Africa, where linguistic obstacles and disparities in information dissemination can intensify community susceptibility during emergencies. Comprehending disaster-related communications is essential, especially for marginalised populations like Xhosa-speaking Walmer Airport Valley Gqeberha informal settlement residents. This study investigates the …
Unpacking masculine stereotypes
This article examines the application of proverbs and idioms in perpetuating male stereotypes, seeking their cultural and historical origins and societal perceptions of masculinity. It traces the evolution of Western masculinity in relation to the labour market, family, and gender roles through the Industrial Revolution and feminist movements. By considering proverbs and idioms as storehouses of collective knowledge, the research determines the i…
Nominalisation and semantic shift in selected isiXhosa nouns
This study addresses the process of nominalisation in isiXhosa to establish its historical development and implications on the writing and sense of words. Nominalisation, an important feature of scientific writing, enables information concentration as well as grammatical functions such as subject, complement and prepositional completive. Integration of systemic functional linguistics provides a powerful platform for the explanations of linguistic…
Respect in Xhosa culture
Linguistics (4 obras) · Philosophy (4 obras) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Gender Studies (2 obras) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 obras) · Psychology (2 obras) · Xhosa (2 obras) · African history and culture studies (1 obras) · Business (1 obras)