Students

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