Doctoral
In progress
Chelsea Bronn: General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
Gender differences in early child language acquisition
Helena Kruger: General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
Exploring patterns of language interaction between caregivers and 15-month-old infants in an Afrikaans-speaking community in the Western Cape: A mixed-methods study
Nomfundo Buthelezi: Speech Language Pathology Contact, University of Cape Town
Early lexical and grammatical development of children aged 8 to 32 months acquiring isiZulu
Portia Khumalo: General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
The impact of socioecological factors on the language development of toddlers speaking Sesotho sa Leboa (Northern Sotho) in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Mikateko Ndhambi: Speech Language Pathology Contact, University of Cape Town
Early lexical and grammatical development in Xitsonga-speaking children
Nina Brink: General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
The vocabulary profiles of Afrikaans-speaking infants and toddlers
2021
Olebeng Mahura: Speech-Language Pathology, University of Cape Town
The Acquisition of Setswana phonology in children aged 2;0 – 6;5 years
Masters
In progress
Unathi Ngumbela: General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
Developing a reliable EIT to measure L2 proficiency in isiXhosa
Carmen Coetsee: General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
Child-directed speech in low SES communities: The case of Afrikaans rural and urban-situated babies
Jess van der Merwe: General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
The acquisition of ellipsis in children with ASD and DLD
Mariette Nortje: General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
Babalwa Ludidi: Speech Language Pathology Contact, University of Cape Town
The isiXhosa adaptation of the Mac Arthur Bates Communicative Development Inventory (CDI)
Kershia Naidoo: Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand
2022
Nicole Husselmann: Speech Language Pathology Contact, University of Cape Town
Towards validation of South African Communicative Development Inventories: An object naming/identification task for South African English and Afrikaans
Sefela Yalala: Linguistics, University of Cape Town
Language development in Setswana-speaking infants aged 8 to 18 months
Honours and 4th-year
In progress
Tessa Malan: Computer Science, Stellenbosch University
BT8: Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) data collection in all South African languages
2021
Hannah Danvers: General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
A comparison of mean sentence length measured in words and morphemes for four Bantu languages: The impact of orthography
Thembelihle Makananda, Ndamulelo Makahane, Bulelani Malashe, Owen Mathye, and Mihle Nzima: Speech Language Pathology Contact, University of Cape Town
Children’s first fifty words: Phonological and lexical characteristics of isiXhosa, South African English and Afrikaans
2019
Mabutšana Ramokoatsi: General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
The preliminary Mac-Arthur-Bates CDI Sesotho version: Correlation between grammar scores and age
2017
Lulu Duke: General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
Parent report on their child’s vocabulary development: Memory recall versus prompting
South African Communicative Development Inventories 