A contextual analysis of compound nouns in Shona lexicography

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dc.contributor.advisorBanda, Felix
dc.contributor.authorMheta, Gift
dc.contributor.otherDept. of Linguistics, Language and Communication
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Arts
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-31T07:04:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-27T09:17:47Z
dc.date.available2011/11/07 12:15
dc.date.available2011/11/07
dc.date.available2013-07-31T07:04:49Z
dc.date.available2024-03-27T09:17:47Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhDen_US
dc.description.abstractThis research is in the area of lexicography and investigates the relationship between Shona terminology development and the culture of the language community for which the terminology is intended. It is a contextual analysis of compound nouns found in Shona terminological dictionaries. The study specifically explores how lexicographers together with health, music, language and literature specialists make use of their knowledge about Shona cultural contexts in the creation of compound nouns. Thus, this research foregrounds Shona socio-cultural contexts and meaning generation in terminology development. This study employs a quadruple conceptual framework. The four components of the framework that are utilised are the Traditional Descriptive Approach (TDA), Cognitive Approach (CG), Systemic Functional Approach (SFL), and Semiotic Remediation (SRM). TDA is used in the linguistic categorisation of Shona compound nouns. In addition, it provides the metalanguage with which to describe the constituent parts of Shona compound nouns. As TDA is mainly confined to the linguistic dimension, this research employs CG, SFL, and SRM to explore the cultural and socio-cognitive dimensions of terminology development.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9963
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectContexten_US
dc.subjectCompound Nounen_US
dc.subjectShonaen_US
dc.subjectLexicographyen_US
dc.subjectTerminologyen_US
dc.subjectPrototype Worden_US
dc.subjectMetaphoren_US
dc.subjectSystemic Functional Linguisticsen_US
dc.subjectTraditional Descriptive Approachen_US
dc.subjectCognitive Grammaren_US
dc.subjectSemiotic Remediationen_US
dc.subjectStandardisationen_US
dc.subjectSocio-Cognitive Dimensionen_US
dc.subjectLinguistic Dimensionen_US
dc.titleA contextual analysis of compound nouns in Shona lexicographyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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