Towards a 'grounding model'of linguistic landscape through church names

OY Akoto - International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study proposes grounding as a theoretical approach to studying linguistic landscape
(LL). Grounding is the positioning or sequencing of languages in a multilingual 'text'to reveal …

The verbal and nominal morpho-syntax of Tjwao: A Grammaticalisation approach

A Phiri - 2021 - scholar.sun.ac.za
The present study examines nominal and verbal morphosyntax in Tjwao–a moribund and
highly under-researched Khoe-Kwadi language spoken by seven individuals in Tsholotsho …

“We shall know a place by its names”: Co-existing place names in Bindura, Zimbabwe

D Zuvalinyenga - EchoGéo, 2020 - journals.openedition.org
This article examines the layered co-existence and simultaneous use of a complex range of
toponyms in the town of Bindura in Zimbabwe. It proposes that the concurrent use of different …

(Re) writing an urban landscape: Street names in Harare's CBD after 1980

C Pfukwa - Nomina Africana: Journal of African Onomastics, 2018 - journals.co.za
This paper examines some changes in street names in Zimbabwe's capital city, Harare, after
1980. It is guided by some current perspectives in onomastics such as onomastic erasure …

Language visibility in the public space: the linguistic landscape of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

V Jenjekwa - South African Journal of African Languages, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This article investigates the language situation in the public space in Masvingo Province,
Zimbabwe, from a linguistic landscape point of view. The data consists of written information …

Changes in the Linguistic Landscape Resulting from Zimbabwe's Post-2000 Land Reforms: Recasting the First and Second Chimurenga Narratives

V Jenjekwa, L Barnes - Language Matters, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines changes in the linguistic landscape of Zimbabwe which resulted from
the post-2000 land reforms. When veterans of Zimbabwe's War of Liberation assumed …

“By what authority?” The contested politics of urban toponymic inscription in Zimbabwe

Z Mamvura - Urban Geography, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article explores the contest over the naming of urban landscapes in Zimbabwe. The
analysis unfolds from the realization that urban landscapes are significant in naturalizing …

Towards a postmissionary review of mission station names in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe

G Masengwe, B Dube - Theologia Viatorum, 2023 - journals.co.za
Christian missions are historically captured in the construction of mission stations that
facilitated religious instruction to advance the gospel with unintended consequences, such …

[PDF][PDF] A toponymic perspective on Zimbabwe's post-2000 land reform programme (Third Chimurenga)

V Jenjekwa - Unpublished DPhil thesis, Unisa, Pretoria, South Africa, 2018 - academia.edu
This qualitative study presents an onomastic perspective on the changing linguistic
landscape of Zimbabwe which resulted from the post-2000 land reforms (also known as the …

The dialectics of sport and history: Commemorative naming of selected stadia in the Kingdom of Eswatini

G Makaudze, VM Magongo - International Journal of Language …, 2023 - jbe-platform.com
This article explores the link between sport and history. It engages the linguistic landscaping
and etymological analysis approaches to trace the origins of the names of stadia and their …