Ndatyapo, Ndamononghenda Ndalipo(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-06-29)
This study presents the applications of forensic linguistics with special emphasis on the interpretation of articulated interpretation of intended meanings in written statements, discourse analysis, authorship identification, ...
Sitali, Geofrey Nyambe(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-01)
This study used a case study technique to evaluate the practice of multilingualism within the Independence Avenue and Mandume Ndemufayo's signage, the language used on signage, as well as the placement and range of designs ...
This research study explores Post- Secular Feminism as found in diaspora poetry. It illustrates that worldviews are shaped through intersectionality as presented in post-secular feminism under a thematic analysis of: ...
Hafeni, Linus Nghilifavali; Woldemariam, Haileleul Zeleke(Journal of Communication and Cultural Trends, 2022-06-13)
The current research presents a cognitive stylistics study of two Namibian novels: Francis Sifiso Nyathi’s The Other Presence and Salom Shilongo’s The Hopeless Hopes. These novels were selected because they present societal ...
Simasiku, Virginia Sepiso(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-06-15)
The study examines speech acts performed by the characters in three plays: The Oracle of Cidino by Francis Nyathi, Checkmate by Maria Amakali, and The Bride and Broom by David Storne Ndjavera. Recognising that misconceptions ...
Mutonga, Beatrice Miyaze(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-06-07)
This study evaluated the writing competencies of 3rd-year students of Bachelor of Business Management at Namibia University Science and Technology. The rationale behind the study was to generate an understanding of the ...
Desdelia David, Ndapunikwa; Woldemariam, Haileleul Zeleke(Journal of Communication and Cultural Trends, 2022-05-31)
This article questions how women are represented in Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel and The Trials of Brother Jero, following a feminist stylistics theoretical framework. The plays were investigated keeping in view ...
Woldemariam, Haileleul Zeleke; Hundessa, Amare Bayissa(Arsi Journal of Sciences and Innovations, 2021-10-31)
This study followed a symbolic interactionist theoretical framework and positivist paradigm to assess doctor-patient communication at Adama Hospital Medical College (AHMC). Specifically, it assessed the communication ...
Emvula, Kaarina(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-05)
Through a cognitive stylistics lens and with a focus on the image schema theory, this qualitative desktop study aims to compare and contrast the linguistic expressions used to narrate exile experience of older women who ...
Malakia, Aletta(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-04-22)
The study is a pragmatic stylistic analysis of speech acts in two texts by Francis Sifiso Nyathi. The study of pragmatics is concerned with how language users interact, communicate and interpret linguistic behaviour (Chapman ...
Kapewasha, Aune Noomvula(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-04-24)
The current study sought to investigate characteristics of functional stylistics in chosen Namibian-authored texts. The study was motivated by a lack of functional stylistic studies on native Namibian written materials, ...
Iyambo, Josephine Abia Dhiginina(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-04-20)
The study sought to interpret Petrus Haakskeen’s plays titled ‘The Rotten Apples of Jabula High School’ (2001) and ‘Finders Keepers Losers Weepers’ (2000) through a pragmatic stylistics analysis. The study of pragmatic ...
How to make sense of fundamental rights and freedoms in light of constitutional conceptions deriving from political philosophy, namely justice and human dignity? The author addresses the recent judgement of the Namibian ...
Kandjimi, Emilie(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2021-09)
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) is a surgical procedure which involves the total removal of the foreskin of the penis, in order to reduce a man’s risk of contracting HIV by 50-60% (MoHSS, 2018). Male circumcision ...
Katsvara, Mellania(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2021-03-19)
The study of forensic linguistics contributes to the development of language when applied to threat text messages. Forensic linguistics involves the application of linguistic insights, knowledge and methods to language, ...
Schulz, Stefan(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2021)
In 2006 (p. 5) Schulz surmised that “[I]f the state of criminological theory could be assessed in quantitative terms, little would be left for improvement. Today there is a maze of academic contributions to the different ...
Uusiku, Saara K. K.(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2021-03)
The purpose of this study was to examine trauma and resilience in two Namibian Texts:
Making a difference and Mukwahepo. The texts comprise of a biography and an
autobiography respectively. The authors are two female ...
Ndilimeke Laolange Iyaloo, Nanhapo(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2021-10)
This thesis is an exploration of Postmodern elements in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s novel Wizard of the Crow
(2006). The study employed a content analysis approach whereby the novel was studied in depth in order
to extract themes ...
Masiziani, David Masene(Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2021-03)
Africa was colonised and subjected to brutal colonial rule. Namibia, is no exception, in fact, the
country went through two brutal colonial powers; imperial Germany, and the South African regime,
which subjected Namibia ...