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The representation and distribution of conjunctions in selected Sepedi home language textbooks : a corpus-based Investigation
Dissertation (MEd (Humanities Education))--University of Pretoria, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/97829 The representation and distribution of conjunctions in selected Sepedi home language textbooks : a corpus-based Investigation Makgabo, Mmamoyahabo Constance u13413199@tuks.co.za Nzimande, Erick Mahlobogoane, Mpho Gift UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Corpus Sepedi Conjunctions Specialised Sepedi corpus General Sepedi corpus Dissertation (MEd (Humanities Education))--University of Pretoria, 2024. Different views exist concerning the function of conjunctions in Sepedi language. The use of a comma with some of Sepedi conjunctions is the most controversial aspect, regarding the usage of conjunctions in this language. While several studies have been conducted on various linguistic aspects within the South African context, there is a lack of research on the usage and meaning of conjunctions in the Sepedi language. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to compare the syntactic and semantic features of Sepedi conjunctions between Specialised Sepedi Corpus and General Sepedi Corpus. The study investigated the syntactic and semantic features of six selected Sepedi conjunctions as observed between Specialised Sepedi Corpus and General Sepedi Corpus. Furthermore, the study sought to determine whether there are similarities and differences in the usage and meaning of Sepedi conjunctions between scholarly sources and the corpora. The study employed corpus-based approach for data analysis and interpretation, and a corpus-query software called ‘LancsBox X’ was used for querying the corpora. This study was grounded in Noam Chomsky's seminal work on generative grammar. Generative grammar is conceived as a structured system of statements and rules aimed at describing and defining grammatically correct utterances within a language, while excluding those that are not well-formed. The findings revealed that the similarities in the syntactic and semantic features of Sepedi conjunctions between the Specialised Sepedi Corpus and General Sepedi Corpus outweigh the differences. The results further indicated that the similarities in the syntactic and semantic features of Sepedi conjunctions between the scholarly sources and the corpora surpass the differences. This, therefore, indicated that the corpus-based approach to investigating linguistic phenomena provides valid, credible and invaluable information that can benefit linguists, language educators, researchers, as well as students. Humanities Education MEd (Humanities Education) Unrestricted Faculty of Education SDG-04: Quality Education 2024-08-22T14:00:01Z 2024-08-22T14:00:01Z 2025-04 2024-06 Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97829 DOI: https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.26808277.v1 10.25403/UPresearchdata.26808277 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Corpus Sepedi Conjunctions Specialised Sepedi corpus General Sepedi corpus The representation and distribution of conjunctions in selected Sepedi home language textbooks : a corpus-based Investigation |
| title | The representation and distribution of conjunctions in selected Sepedi home language textbooks : a corpus-based Investigation |
| title_full | The representation and distribution of conjunctions in selected Sepedi home language textbooks : a corpus-based Investigation |
| title_fullStr | The representation and distribution of conjunctions in selected Sepedi home language textbooks : a corpus-based Investigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The representation and distribution of conjunctions in selected Sepedi home language textbooks : a corpus-based Investigation |
| title_short | The representation and distribution of conjunctions in selected Sepedi home language textbooks : a corpus-based Investigation |
| title_sort | representation and distribution of conjunctions in selected sepedi home language textbooks a corpus based investigation |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Corpus Sepedi Conjunctions Specialised Sepedi corpus General Sepedi corpus |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97829 |