Ambiguity in XiTsonga

Hlongwana, Colfar

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dc.contributor.advisor	Kubayi, S. J.
dc.contributor.author	Hlongwana, Colfar
dc.date.accessioned	2017-05-23T12:53:16Z
dc.date.available	2017-05-23T12:53:16Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1768
dc.description	Thesis (M.A. (Translation studies and Lingustics)) --University of Limpopo, 2015	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this study is to investigate ambiguity in Xitsonga. There are many kinds of ambiguity, but the study mainly focuses on lexical and structural ambiguity. Lexical ambiguity occurs at word level and is caused by homonyms (homophones and homographs) and polysemes. Structural ambiguity occurs at sentence level. This kind of ambiguity manifests in the structure of the sentence itself. Data were collected through self-observation as a native Xitsonga speaker. Words and sentences with multiple meanings in Xitsonga were listed and tree diagrams were used to illustrate and disambiguate ambiguity. The study reveals that, like other languages, Xitsonga has words and sentences with double or many meanings. KEYWORDS AMBIGUITY, LEXICAL AMBIGUITY, STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITY, HOMONYM, HOMOPHONES, HOMOGRAPHS, POLYSEMES.	en_US
dc.format.extent	x, 99 leaves	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Limpopo	en_US
dc.relation.requires	PDF	en_US
dc.subject	Lexical ambiguity	en_US
dc.subject	Language structural ambiguity	en_US
dc.subject	Tsonga homonyms	en_US
dc.subject	Tsonga homophones	en_US
dc.subject	Tsonga polysemes	en_US
dc.subject	Tsonga homographs	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Ambiguity in literature	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Tsonga Language -- Dialect -- Lexicology	en_US
dc.title	Ambiguity in XiTsonga	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US