Congratulations to our RU Linguistics graduands!

Graduands and staff at our 2013 Graduation Reception.
Graduands and staff at our 2013 Graduation Reception.

Rhodes University's April graduation has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but our graduands have still graduated officially, and we are looking forward to celebrating in person with them in a few months' time!

We are very proud of all our graduates, but there are several who deserve special mention for their wonderful achievements:

 

BA graduands with distinctions in Linguistics:

  • Paige Cox
  • Emma Fourie
  • Megan Hussey
  • Thandeka Matshikiza
  • Amy Taylor

BA (Honours) graduands:

  • Mikaela Daries (with distinction)
  • Melissa Fraser
  • Tshilidzi Kudzingana
  • Lauren Stanley
  • Lara Venter

BSocSci (Honours) graduand:

  • Kendell Lindsay-White (with distinction)

MA graduands:

  • Camilla Christie (with distinction).  Thesis: Khoekhoe Lexical Borrowing in Namaqualand Afrikaans
  • Bea Hubbard (with distinction). Thesis: ‘Savage’ hair and mother's hearts: a corpus-based critical discourse analysis of intersectional identities in two South African school setworks
  • Bridgitte le Du (with distinction). Thesis: Mapping poetic patterns of evoked appraisal: an exploratory study of interactional identities in a narrative account

PhD graduand:

  • Umar Bello.  Thesis: How to do things with speeches: a critical discourse analysis of military coup texts in Nigeria

Congratulations also go to Tracy Probert, a lecturer in our department, for graduating with a Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education!