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Indirect objects in Siswati
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In: Studies in African Linguistics, Vol 18, Iss 3 (1987) (1987)
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Nordic Journal of African Studies 11(2): 249-265 (2002) TOWARDS AN 11 X 11 ARRAY FOR THE DEGREE OF CONJUNCTIVISM / DISJUNCTIVISM OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN LANGUAGES
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In: http://tshwanedje.com/publications/11x11.pdf
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In this article a measurement instrument for the degree of conjunctivism / disjunctivism of the South African languages is presented. Following a discussion on conjunctivism versus disjunctivism, both absolute and relative approaches towards this measurement instrument are experimented with. Three potential absolute instruments are derived: one based on word length, one on sentence length, and one on the standardised type/token ratio. All of them pose problems. The search for a relative instrument is more successful. Although large sets of parallel texts would provide the ideal data, two-by-two parallel corpora offer a good substitute. The final 11 x 11 array is also compiled in this way. Applications of the 11 x 11 array in several fundamental and applied linguistic fields are reviewed. The fields include translation, academic writing, corpus linguistics, and theoretical reflections about spellcheckers and multi-dimension dictionary Rulers. A complete Bantu Array could be the ultimate goal.
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11 x 11 array; Afrikaans; conjunctivism; disjunctivism; English; isiNdebele; isiXhosa; isiZulu; measurement instrument; parallel corpora; Sepedi; Sesotho; Setswana; siSwati; Tshivenda; Xitsonga
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URL: http://tshwanedje.com/publications/11x11.pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.372.9611
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