The study examined A Grammar of Negation in Tonga. The research was explored in order to investigate the morphological, syntactic and the semantic structure of negation in Tonga. The objectives of the study were; to analyze the morphology of negation in Tonga, to examine the syntactic...
Download PDF ↓This dissertation is a Socio-Pragmatic exploration of the research that was conducted in Mpika District of Zambia. It focuses on how social factors such as age, gender, wealth, education level, relationships as well as cultural norms affect the use of idiomatic expressions. The study goes further...
Download PDF ↓By exploring the morphology, meanings, significance and sources of names, one would be struck by the wealth of information which certain nicknames provide about the name bearers, society that gives them and the social environment they live in. Ng’umbo people have nicknames as part of their naming...
Download PDF ↓The current study examined the socio-pragmatic aspect of linguistic avoidance strategies in relation to Silozi taboo language.A socio-pragmatic study deals with communication in its sociocultural context. Linguistic avoidance strategies refer to goal- oriented communicative behaviour where...
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