Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) by Subject "Afrikaans"
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Achieving equivalence in literary translation from Afrikaans to English : Kaburu by Deon Opperman
(2014)Drama translation is an area in the discipline of Translation Studies that has been neglected compared with the translation of other literary texts, especially in the South African context. This dissertation contributes ... -
Automatic lemmatisation for Afrikaans
(North-West University, 2006)A lemmatiser is an important component of various human language technology applicalions for any language. At present, a rule-based lemmatiser for Afrikaans already exists, but this lemmatiser produces disappointingly low ... -
Biografie van die taalstryder F.V. Engelenburg tot met die stigting van die S.A. Akademie in 1909
(North-West University, 2010)Frans Vredenrijk Engelenburg (1863-1938) played a major role in the development and expansion of Afrikaans and the Afrikaans academic culture - especially in the northern part of South Africa. As a Dutch intellectual, ... -
Dataselektering en –manipulering vir statistiese Engels–Afrikaanse masjienvertaling
(North-West University, 2011)Die sukses van enige masjienvertaalsisteem hang grootliks van die hoeveelheid en kwaliteit van die beskikbare afrigtingsdata af. n Sisteem wat met foutiewe of lae–kwaliteit data afgerig is, sal uiteraard swakker afvoer ... -
Die deelwoord in Afrikaans : perspektiewe vanuit ? kognitiewe gebruiksgebaseerde beskrywingsraamwerk
(2014)During an annotation project of 60 000 Afrikaans tokens by CTexT (North-West University), the developers had to answer difficult questions with regard to the annotation of the participle specifically. One of the main reasons ... -
Efficient development of human language technology resources for resource-scarce languages
(2014)The development of linguistic data, especially annotated corpora, is imperative for the human language technology enablement of any language. The annotation process is, however, often time-consuming and expensive. As such, ... -
Emotion structure, emotion meaning and emotion episodes of white Afrikaans–speaking working adults
(North-West University, 2011)Emotion research is an important research topic, thus making the measurement of emotion in the workplace crucial. In attempting to study, understand and measure the role of emotions in the human condition, various researchers ... -
The establishment of implicit perspectives of personality among Afrikaans speaking people in South Africa
(North-West University, 2008)The application of personality assessment measures for clinical and personnel decisions has long been a major activity for psychologists all over the world. In South Africa personality assessment tools are often used to ... -
Hoe onpersoonlijk is persoonlijk?: Een contrastief corpusonderzoek van de Afrikaanse en Nederlandse persoonlijke voornaamwoorden jy/je en hulle/ze
(2021)Die gebruik van die Afrikaanse persoonlike voornaamwoorde jy en hulle is nie so voor die hand liggend soos dit mag lyk nie. Soms kan hierdie persoonlike voornaamwoorde ook verwys na 'n referent wat nié bekend is nie. In ... -
Humor in kinderverhale : 'n vergelyking tussen geselekteerde Afrikaanse en Nederlandse tekste
(North-West University (South Africa), 2001)Humour is regarded as important in a variety of disciplines and when literature is studied, it becomes clear that humour is very important in the development of the individual. There are various ways in which the individual ...