• Interrogating xenophobic tendencies in Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People, Phaswane Mphe’s Welcome to our Hillbrow and Meg Vandermerwe’s Zebra Crossing 

  Shihepo, Absalom (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2023-10)

  The study serves to make use of the trauma theory to interrogate xenophobic tendencies in three South African novels namely Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People, Phaswane Mphe’s Welcome to our Hillbrow and Meg Vandermerwe’s ...
• Language as an instrument of hegemony in selected Namibian plays written in English 

  Absalom, Wilka; Woldemariam, Haileleul Zeleke (2023-08)

  Reproducing hegemony and strengthening patriarchy, Namibian playwrights present women who are groomed to be good wives and mothers in some selected Namibian plays. Because of these cultural and societal expectations and ...
• The pedagogic relevance of Namibian literature in English 

  Woldemariam, Haileleul Zeleke; Gawas, Emelda U. (Namibia Educational Reform Forum Journal, 2023-08)

  This article presents the pedagogic relevance of Namibian literature in English and describes the views of Namibian literature course facilitators and language students. Through in-depth interviews, the study team sensitised ...
• Comparing the exile and return memories of Namibian women in the Namibian autobiographies 

  Emvula, Kaarina; Woldemariam, Haileleul Zeleke (Namibia Educational Reform Forum Journal, 2023-08)

  This article compares the expressions used to recount the memories of women who lived in exile with those born and raised in exile from a predominantly cognitive stylistics image schema theory. The linguistic expressions ...
• A critical assessment on strategies to detect and combat systemic corruption in the Namibian Police Force 

  Masake, Pilisano Harris (University of South Africa (UNISA), 2023-06)

  Systemic corruption presupposes the commission of corrupt practices in an organised manner, at a scale and intensity, that is unparallel to other types of corruption. The assumption is that the deficiency in regulatory ...
• Role of misconceptions and miscommunications in theatrical characters: Analyzing speech acts in the Namibian plays 

  Simasiku, Virginia; Woldemariam, Haileleul Zeleke (Linguistics and Literature Review, 2023-03-31)

  The current study examines the misconceptions and misunderstandings in the speech acts of the characters within three Namibian plays, namely The Oracle of Cidino written by Francis Nyathi, Checkmate by Maria Amakali, and ...
• A forensic stylistics investigation of suicide letters and suicide notes in Oshikoto and Oshana regions in Northern Namibia 

  Kanyama, Jason Kapuka (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2023-07-06)

  Crimes related to forgery and falsification of documents are committed for various reasons. The investigation of written documents such as contracts, wills and suicide messages for evidence is significant in today’s world. ...
• An investigation into the pragmatic competence of the front-office trainees of Valombola Vocational Training Centre 

  Nghilinganye, Frederick MacGyver (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2023-06)

  This investigation into the pragmatic competence of front-office trainees of Valombola VTC was conducted to analyse the trainees’ competence on formulation and realisation of request strategies, to evaluate their application ...
• A pragmatic linguistic evaluation of communicative competence of second year students of the Department of Communication at the Namibia University of Science and Technology 

  Henghono, Wilhem Shounawa (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2023-07)

  As the number of students studying at tertiary institutions in a multilingual Namibia increases with English as a medium of instruction and as a second language, the significance of pragmatic competence in the successful ...
• A functional stylistics analysis of children's literature at the Namibia University of Science and Technology 

  Elifas, Aina Nangula (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2023-06)

  The study to establish, examine and analyse the perceptions of second year Literature and Text students on the application of functional stylistic approaches to the analysis of children literature texts, exemplified by ...
• A cognitive linguistic study of trauma in Andrew Niikondo's Are You a Person or a Ghost and Tshiwa Trudie Amulungu's Taming My Elephant 

  Mauta, Portia Inonge (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2023-06-01)

  The purpose of this study was to conduct a cognitive linguistic analysis of trauma in Andrew Niikondo’s Are you a person or a ghost and Tshiwa Trudie Amulungu’s Taming my elephant. Cognitive linguistics is a scientific ...
• Politicising and commercialising death and pain: An analysis of The Uncertainty of Hope, We Need New Names, and Kwezi - The Remarkable Story of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo 

  Namupala, Justina Remember (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-10-31)

  This study analysed the politicising and commercialising of death and pain in The Uncertainty of Hope by Valerie Tagwira, We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo and Kwezi-The Remarkable Story of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo ...
• Entwined identities: A comparative study of Americanah, The Book of Not, and We Need New Names 

  Negongo, Scholastika Namutenya (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-10-31)

  Africa is a continent made up of numerous sovereign nations and different kinds of people. African identities, which are multiple, while acting as the root or stable core for the fluid and in-transit identities, are ...
• A comparative critical discourse analysis of Affirmative Repositioning and Popular Democratic Movement Youth League position papers on youth empowerment 

  Endjala, Vilho Mweneni (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2023-04)

  This study focused on critical discourse analysis in the position papers issued by the Affirmative Repositioning Movement (AR) and Popular Democratic Movement Youth League (PDMYL). Specifically, the study examined language ...
• A literary reconstruction of mental health as portrayed in Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀'s Stay with me and Redi Tlhabi's Khwezi - the remarkable story of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo 

  Sheetekela, Freddy Shuudeni Natangwe (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2023-01-31)

  The purpose of the study is to reconstruct mental health in literary studies or literature. It argues to strengthen, highlight and encourage the representation of mental health in literary works. In so doing, authors of ...
• A cognitive stylistics study of Ndinaelao Moses' Masked Warrior and Malakia Haimbangu's Complicated 

  Kambwale, Elizabeth Ndavavaelao (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2023-05)

  The purpose of this study was to examine two Namibian authored texts titled Masked warrior by Ndinaelao Moses (2019) and Complicated by Malakia Haimbangu (2021) through cognitive stylistics. The study evaluated the language ...
• Interrogating the contemporary English language needs for the ICT industry in the Namibian context 

  Gawazah, Lazarus; Woldemariam, Haileleul Zeleke (BOHR International Journal of Smart Computing and Information Technology, 2023-04-06)

  New digital technology advances throughout the globe are principally responsible for the impetus behind the modern information and communications technology (ICT) industry’s requirement for English language skills. There ...
• An investigation on the efficacy of computer-assisted language learning in enhancing writing comprehension: A case study of Westside High School in Swakopmund 

  Salom, Susana Ndapewa (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2023-04)

  This study provides a review on the need to incorporate Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in continuous teaching and learning using in order to enhance writing abilities of students/learners. The study also further ...
• Schematizing societal problems in Namibian novels: The cases of The Other Presence and The Hopeless Hopes 

  Hafeni, Linus Nghilifavali; Woldemariam, Haileleul Zeleke (Journal of Communication and Cultural Trends, 2022)

  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 ...
• A corpus linguistics study of English in written essays by third-year students in the Department of Wildlife Management and Ecotourism at the University of Namibia Katima Mulilo Campus 

  Siloka, Kahimbi (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-11-18)

  This study sought to investigate the influence of nativisation in the written essays by third-year students in the Department of Wildlife Management and Ecotourism at University of Namibia (UNAM) Katima Mulilo Campus. The ...

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