AFL2601 Assignment 2 (DETAILED ANSWERS) Semester 2 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references .... QUESTION 1: SOCIO-HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN LANGUAGES 1.1 List the nine official indigenous South African Languages, and critically discuss why these languages can be classified as a ‘language family’ on their own. (13) 1.2 Does Afrikaans form part of indigenous South African languages? Give reasons for your answer. (2) 1.3 Demonstrate language zone in your province of residence, and how the standard language has been chosen or selected. (5) /20/ QUESTION 2: STRUCTRAL OVERVIEW OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES 2.1 In order for borrowed nouns to be able to generate agreement morphemes which then link them to other elements in the sentence, they need to be accommodated in one of the noun classes. Give a brief explanation regarding the importance of the above statement using suitable examples from your own language. (4) 2.2 Explain why noun classes such as class 14, and 15 are regarded as productive nouns. Use examples from your own language to support your answer. (4) 2.3 A verb can be extended using a suffix and this is evident in all indigenous South African languages. Give one example from your language where “reciprocal” as an extension is used. (2) /10/ QUESTION 3: SYNTAX AND INFORMATION STRUCTURE 3.1 There are several ways to change the word order of sentences, without the sentence losing its meaning. Give three examples from your main language to prove the validity of this statement. (6) 3.2 What are the challenges that a non-mother tongue speaker struggles with when acquiring an African Language? (5) 3.3 Define the following terms: 3.3.1 New information 3.3.2 Given information (4) /15/ 14 QUESTION 4 SEMANTIC 4.1 Show how semantic features can be used to reveal the semantic differences between words. Use the words for ‘house’ and ‘home’ in your African language to illustrate. (5) 4.2 What is meant by the terms “paradigmatic relation” and “syntagmatic relation”? What do selection restrictions have to do with these relations? (5) 4.3 Synonyms are considered to be words which have an identical meaning but with finer shades of differences. Discuss what is meant by ‘finer shades’ of differences that characterise near-synonyms. Provide suitable examples of your own (not those in the guide) in your African language. (10) /20/ QUESTION 5 VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION 5.1 From your experience, describe a situation where non-verbal communication was used to: 5.1.1 Complement a verbal message (2½) 5.1.2 Substitute a verbal message (2½) 5.2 Discuss with suitable example any three functions of nonverbal communication. (15) /20/ QUESTION 6 AFRICAN LANGUAGES IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 6.1 Discuss the importance of language rights and the extent to which these rights are protected and promoted in South Africa. (10) 6.2 Briefly discuss some of the language problems or issues that you have encountered in your profession.
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