Phonemes, Graphemes and Democracy - The Significance of Accuracy in Orthographical Development of

This book provides comprehensive guidelines on important aspects of isiXhosa orthography such as word division, spelling and capitalisation. Authors' primary focus has been those challenging areas of standardisation which have not yet been attended to.

Table des matières

List of charts and tables
Acknowledgements
Foreword
IsaNdulelo
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Theoretical Perspectives on the Development of Writing and Orthography
Chapter 3 Towards the Standardisation of the Spelling of Authentic isiXhosa Words
Chapter 4 Towards the Standardisation of the Spelling of isiXhosa Borrowed Words
Chapter 5 Problematic Aspects of the Orthography of isiXhosa
Chapter 6 Conclusion and Recommendations
References

A propos de l'auteur

Zandisile W. Saul is Senior Lecturer in African Languages at the University of Fort Hare, where he has been involved in the teaching of isiXhosa linguistics for many years..
Rudolph Botha is Adjunct Professor in African Languages at the University of For Hare, with a doctorate from the University of Stellenbosch.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Rudolph Botha, Zandisile W. Saul, Zandisile W. Botha Saul
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032760100
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3276010-0
• Pages: 178
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, isiXhosa (Xhosa), Orthography;isiXhosa;African Languages