Abstract:
This mini dissertation investigate term creation in Northern Sotho/ Sepedi as a
language. The research design for this study was exploratory because the
researcher managed to determine the research design and data collected from the
participants. The qualitative methodology was applied in this study to find in-depth
knowledge on the investigation. The two samplings namely: random and purposive
were used to select twenty participants such as teachers, lecturers, language
practitioners, lexicographers and registered third year students of Northern Sotho at
University of Limpopo. The study investigate various strategies in term creation
namely: transliteration, semantic transfer, borrowing, paraphrasing, and many more.
It was clear from the participants that transliteration and paraphrasing are mostly
used in term creation. It is recommended that terms should be harvested by
specialised individuals in order to perform term creation.
