afl1501 assignment 04 2021 Forms of address, greetings and gestures

FORMS OF ADDRESS, GREETINGS AND GESTURES Assignment 04 Unique number: Jolien Labuschagne Student number: Group 52T Department of African Languages, Unisa AFL1501: Language Through An African Lens Dr J.O Nene Teaching Assistant: Mrs. J. Muller Due date: Friday, 18 June 2021 2 Table of Contents 1. Task 1 – Forms of address – Observation 3 1.2 Observation 3 1.2.1 Observation of colleagues and clients 3 1.2.2 Observation of friends 4 1.2.3 Observation of a family 4 1.2.4 Forms of greetings that make me uncomfortable 5 2. Task 2 – Forms of address – Language and Cultures 6 2.1 Afrikaans 6 2.2 isiZulu 7 2.3 isiXhosa 8 2.4 Xitsonga 9 3. Task 3 – Forms of address – Lecturers, Teaching assistants and fellow Students 10 3.1 Addressing your lecturer and examples 10 3.2 Addressing your teaching assistant and examples 10 3.3 Addressing your fellow students and examples 11 3.4 Does your form of address changes according to your feelings? 12 4. Conclusion 13 5. Bibliography 14 6. Plagiarism declaration 15 3 1. Task 1: Forms of address - Observation What does the term “form of address” refer to? Form of address refers to the way we address a person, either orally or in writing taking into consideration that the person has a particular status or rank (MerriamWebster, n.d.). 1.2 Observation At nine am on the morning of Wednesday the 2nd of June, I went to Clearwater Mall, situated in the West of Johannesburg to observe how colleagues, friends and family greet each other. The atmosphere in the shopping centre was relaxed and friendly.