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2024-03-29T15:27:50ZWakasikirei satani? Christian subversion in Sungura discourse: Paper presented at the African Languages Association of Southern Africa (ALASA) from 18-20 July 2012 at University of Venda, Thohoyandou - South Africa
https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/2969
Title: Wakasikirei satani? Christian subversion in Sungura discourse: Paper presented at the African Languages Association of Southern Africa (ALASA) from 18-20 July 2012 at University of Venda, Thohoyandou - South Africa
Authors: Mangeya, Hugh
Abstract: The paper explores a marginalised, if not totally ignored, form of religious discourse appropriated in music that is produced by predominantly sungura music artists in Zimbabwe. It is argued that this brand of religious discourse is a protest one which owes its character to the influence of Traditional African Religions (ATRs) that are still practiced in the country. The result of this dialogue between aspects of Christian theology and ATR is a brand of music that is perceived to be subverting the conventional understanding of gospel music. The paper argues that elements of subversion in Sungura discourse evolve around questions of divine benevolence, earthly rewards, justice and individuality as they manifest in Christianity. There is an eagerness, among critics, to focus on conventional gospel music while paying less heed to musical discourses which speak to Christianity in dialogic ways characterised by seeming contradictions. This paper addresses this hiatus. Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is used to explore the link between language and the practice of power through language. Analysis of songs is made within the naturalisation-neutralisation distinction framework in which discourse is employed with a view of either accepting or refuting/protesting against the existing relations of power. Thus, CDA is employed to explore how the subject positions themselves in relation to God.2012-01-01T00:00:00ZMangeya, HughThe Third Chimurenga:The discursive construction of exclusion through the land reform in Zimbabwe: Paper presented at the Faculty of Arts Land Reform Conference, 29-30 September 2017 at Midlands State University, Zvishavane Campus – Zimbabwe
https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/2968
Title: The Third Chimurenga:The discursive construction of exclusion through the land reform in Zimbabwe: Paper presented at the Faculty of Arts Land Reform Conference, 29-30 September 2017 at Midlands State University, Zvishavane Campus – Zimbabwe
Authors: Mangeya, Hugh
Abstract: Zimbabwe’s land reform marked a defining period in Zimbabwe’s history as a nation. Different scholars have alternatively referred to this period from the perspectives of crisis, nationalism or redress of historical [land] imbalances. The present research looks at the ways in which the state narratives about the land used language/discourse to reconfigure, among other things, national identities. It was a period whereby the hitherto liberation struggle mwana wevhu (‘son of the soil’) discourse was invoked and deployed in the discourse of ‘Othering’ which mainly separated the ‘Us’ (ZANU-PF) from the ‘Them’ (MDC/opposition). It was a period in which, by extension, the label of vatengesi (‘sell outs’) also became highlighted, thereby constituting defining ZANU PF slogans and graffiti that also became important discursive tools for discrimination. The study adopted a quasi-corpus linguistic approach in which songs, political jingles and slogans, the state and private media (The Herald and Daily News, respectively) were analysed. The study is couched in a conceptual framework that is mainly informed by the Critical Discourse Analysis and Cognitive Linguistics theoretical frameworks.2017-01-01T00:00:00ZMangeya, HughThe joke is in the code: Paper presented at the Department of African Languages and Literature and the African Languages Research Institute International Conference 7-9 August 2017 (University of Zimbabwe, Harare – Zimbabwe)
https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/2967
Title: The joke is in the code: Paper presented at the Department of African Languages and Literature and the African Languages Research Institute International Conference 7-9 August 2017 (University of Zimbabwe, Harare – Zimbabwe)
Authors: Mangeya, Hugh
Abstract: The paper explores the relationship between humor circulated via the social media and linguistic marginalization within the Shona language. The Shona language is an amalgamation of five dialects ‘unified’ by Doke (1931). This unification was however done using Zezuru as the standard. This elevated the status of Zezuru within the language vis-à-vis its dialect counterparts thereby attaining a position of linguistic superiority. Everyday retorts demanding that a person speaks in ‘proper’ Shona is one of this phenomenon’s manifestation in daily interpersonal interactions. Jokes sent via the WhatsApp social media platform reveal a sociolinguist situation in which humor is used to celebrate the superiority of one dialect over its counterparts, which are linguistically marginalised. The jokes revolve around issues of intolerance of allophonic variation, the principle of linguistic economy and proper pronunciation, among others. The study is couched on a conceptual framework the combines the Hostility theory and Critical Discourse Analysis.2017-01-01T00:00:00ZMangeya, HughComplement- adjunct distinction in Shona: paper was presented at the 15th University of Zimbabwe Linguistic Society Postgraduate Conference.
https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/1582
Title: Complement- adjunct distinction in Shona: paper was presented at the 15th University of Zimbabwe Linguistic Society Postgraduate Conference.
Authors: Jakaza, Ernest
Abstract: The researcher looks at complement- adjunct distinction in Shona, a language spoken in Zimbabwe. The researcher sheds light on the thin dividing line between the two. Complement- adjunct distinction is problematic (Radford, 1988). As an L I speaker of the language, the researcher makes use of intuition to gather data as well as to make judgements on the sentences' grammaticality and acceptability. Five parameters/ properties have been utilised. The research shows that instead of a clear cut dissertation, there is a complementarity continuum. All the range of phrases and clauses serve to complete the sense of the head, though there are varying degrees of cohesion. Thus the researcher notes that phrases and clauses can be placed on a complementarity scale with the NP complement high on the scale and the AdvP complement low on that scale.
Description: (accepted for publication), Zambezia: Journal of the University of Zimbabwe, Volume 32, Number 22006-01-01T00:00:00ZJakaza, Ernest