Institutes and Centres: Recent submissions
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The Categorical Status and Functions of Auxiliaries in Shona
(Allex Project, 2006)The study examines auxiliaries in Shona. One of the most problematic issues when dealing with auxiliaries not only in Shona but also in many languages of the world is the question of their categorical status. This study ... -
Shona Grammatical Constructions Volume II
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Shona Grammatical Constructions: Volume 1
(Mercury Press, 1985) -
The Standardisation of the Ndebele Language Through Dictionary-making
(Allex Project, University of Zimbabwe, 2002)The thesis assesses the contribution of dictionary-making in Ndebele on the standardisation of the language. The production of the monolingual Ndebele dictionary,Isichazamazwi SesiNdebele (ISN), raised a number of issues ... -
Report on the Retreat to Review the ALLEX PROJECT: Kadoma , 21-27 September 2003
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Adoption and Adaptation in Shona
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Effectiveness of the Blended Supervision Model: A Case Study of Student Teachers Learning to Teach in High Schools of Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe: Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC), 2006-12)The main idea behind this research work was to come up with a model of students’ supervision that emancipates the student teacher and simultaneously makes the student feel that he/she has a chance given to him to learn how ... -
Whither Zimbabwe ? Crisis and Democratisation
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Mvana and Their Children: The Language of the Shona People as it Relates to Women and Womens’ Space
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2003)Research elsewhere, within English and other languages, has shown that linguistic behaviour is one of the keys to understanding the nature and status of women in the attitudes transmitted through language (Frank and ... -
Lexicographical Developments in the Shona Language as Reflected in Making of the Duramanzwi Guru reChishona (DGS)
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)This article traces lexicographical developments in Shona, one of the major languages of Zimbabwe, with particular focus on corpus building and the role the corpus has played in Shona lexicography in the past hundred or ... -
Problems of Equivalence in Shona- English Bilingual Dictionaries
(Bureau of the WAT, 2001)In compiling bilingual dictionaries, lexicographers are mostly concerned with seman- tic equivalence. As a result, the practice of bilingual dictionary compilers is usually that of giving one-word equivalents. However, ... -
The Compilation of the Shona - English Biomedical Dictionary: Problems and Challenges
(Bureau of the WAT, 2005)The bilingual Shona-English dictionary of biomedical terms, Duramazwi reUrapi neUtano, was compiled with the aim of improving the efficiency of communication between doctor and patient. The dictionary is composed of terms ... -
Cultural Aspects in the Shona Monolingual Dictionary Duramanzwi Guru reChishona
(Bureau of the WAT, 2003)In the compilation of dictionaries, lexicographers also take cognisance of the culture which is inherent in a language. This article will look at the way the cultural aspect is interwoven in the practice of dictionary ... -
The Microstructure of Isichazamazwi SesiNdebele (ISN)
(2006-07-11)This article gives an analysis of the microstructure of Isichazamazwi SesiNdebele, henceforth the ISN. The microstructure is analysed at two levels; the level of providing information and the level of making that information ... -
The Impact of Translation Activities on the Development of African Languages in Multilingual Societies: Shona–Ndebele–English Musical Terms Dictionary, A Case Study
(2006-07-04)The article examines the impact of translation activities on the development of African languages in a multi-lingual Zimbabwean society. It analyzes Shona musical terms that were created through translation processes and ... -
Shape Your Destiny: the Role of Women Within the Framework of NEPAD
(Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe, 2003-09) -
Women and the Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe
(Institute of Development Studies:University of Zimbabwe, 2003-09) -
Current Politics in Zimbabwe
(Weaver Press, 2004)
