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The comprehension of ellipsis in isiXhosa-speaking Grade 1 learners 科萨语一年级学生对省略的理解

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-17 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2148706

J. Nel

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The connotative meaning of the Xhosa word umlungu before and during the democratic era 科萨语umlungu在民主时代之前和期间的内涵意义

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-17 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2153709

Andiswa Mvanyashe

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Cross-cultural conceptualisations of schizophrenia in Cameroonian languages 喀麦隆语言中精神分裂症的跨文化概念化

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-17 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2128383

Rodolphe Prosper Maah

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Timing and effectiveness of media frames reporting the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria 报道尼日利亚COVID-19大流行的媒体框架的时机和有效性

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-17 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2151479

K. Obitube, I. Ajaero, B. Odeh

{"title":"Timing and effectiveness of media frames reporting the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria","authors":"K. Obitube, I. Ajaero, B. Odeh","doi":"10.2989/16073614.2022.2151479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2151479","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article analyses media frames employed by the Nigerian media in reporting events of the COVID-19 pandemic. It determines the linguistic choices that shaped the intentions of the media and how they aligned with the timing and effectiveness that impacted the thoughts and actions expressed by Nigerians. Agenda setting theory, framing theory and speech act theory elucidated the media practice of consciously selecting words or expressions for creating frames of news reports to achieve their desired intentions of controlling public perceptions of events regardless of the authenticity. This study adopted a mixed-method research methodology. Data were obtained from Nigerian online media reports on COVID-19, and also from a questionnaire to collect quantifiable data from 500 respondents in Nsukka metropolis in Nigeria using cluster and purposive random sampling techniques. We adopted Austin’s speech act (1962) and Bateson’s (1972) framing theories as theoretical frameworks to analyse our data. We observed the domination of frames involving assertive, declarative and directive speech acts in the Nigerian media reports to create a ‘death-sentence’ image about COVID-19 and to evoke greater belief in their stories, and fear among the public. However, with unfolding events not matching the media frames, Nigerians began to doubt the media and the government. This development showed that such media frames had outlived their effectiveness and needed to change to retain the public’s attention after their ‘optimum effectiveness duration’ had expired. The failure to change them made the public develop their counter-frames. The study, therefore, advocates a constant change of news frames to retain public attention and a review of Bateson’s framing theory to reflect societal and environmental impacts on frame effectiveness.","PeriodicalId":54152,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44223867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A bibliometric study of metaphor research and its implications (2010–2020) 隐喻研究的文献计量学研究及其启示(2010-2020)

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2113413

Guorong Yuan, Yisi Sun

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English lingua franca as a language of learning and teaching in northern Namibia: A report on Oshiwambo teachers' experiences 英语通用语作为纳米比亚北部的一种学习和教学语言：关于奥希万博教师经验的报告

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2127412

Kristof Iipinge, Kate Huddlestone

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Licence to leave: the 'had-to' device as a method for producing normative accounts of migration 离开许可证：“不得不”的设备是制作移民规范账户的一种方法

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2023.2170896

Daniella Rafaely, Sonto Madonsela, M. Marchetti-Mercer

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Introduction to Corpus Linguistics 语料库语言学概论

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-21 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2147087

Xiaoyun Chen, Fan Pan

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Country stereotypes, perceptions and language attitudes: A moderated mediation analysis 国家刻板印象、观念和语言态度:一个有调节的中介分析

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-21 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2141284

L. Nikitina, F. Furuoka

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The search for V-stranding VP ellipsis in isiXhosa isiXhosa中v链VP省略的搜索

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-21 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2136222

Xiujie Ma, Silvester Ron Simango

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