Morphosyntactic variation of tenses in students'academic texts

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dc.contributor.authorNtlhaba, Mamotena
dc.contributor.supervisor
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dc.date.accessioned2025-04-30T08:34:55Z
dc.date.available2025-04-30T08:34:55Z
dc.date.issued2024-07
dc.description.abstractThis study set out to explore the morphosyntactic variation of tenses in students’ academic texts at the target higher-learning institution in Lesotho. Premised on the qualitative paradigm, the study used the sociolinguistic interviews and documentary sources as data collection methods in order to answer the research questions and achieve the research objectives. Drawing from the methodology, findings and evaluation sections datasets of the academic texts, the study revealed the systematic and salient use of the simple past tense over the simple present tense. Further, the study found the sporadic use of the present perfect tense. Based on the findings, the study concludes that while morphosyntactic variation particularly on tenses, has been noted across the texts, the phenomenon seems to pose some challenges on the clarity and objective of the texts thus necessitating measures such as a need for contextualised learning of tenses. Thus, this study could contribute towards the corpus of morphosyntactic studies.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Manpower Development Secretariaten
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14155/2188
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherNational University of Lesothoen
dc.subjectMorphosyntax, tense, variation, academic texts, variationist sociolinguistics, cognition, World Englishesen
dc.titleMorphosyntactic variation of tenses in students'academic textsen
dc.title.alternativeThe case of one target higher higher-learning institution in Lesothoen
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen
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