10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIDDELMANNETJIE»
Discover the use of
middelmannetjie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
middelmannetjie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Creative Compounding in English: The Semantics of ...
One of Botha's examples is middelmannetjie, which can be translated literally as
“middle-man”, but has the meaning of '(central) ridge (in road)'. In his opinion, the
syntactic features of the literal sense are +Animate and +Human, while in the ...
2
Rugby Stories from the Platteland
It had a helse middelmannetjie that cut through the middle line. I told him to go
but he wanted to show me the four Leghorn hens and a black Austrolop rooster
he had bought for five shillings, hok and all. Dolf from the P.W.D. shouted that he
...
After a long, careful drive on the middelmannetjie road I see the farmhouse
shining like a jewel in the late afternoon sun. I take out the wounded tyre and
leave it beside the vehicle in the hope that someone from Maintenance can save
it.
4
Place: A Collection of South African Travel and Landscape ...
Place is also a celebration of the language of the South African landscape: vlei,
donga, middelmannetjie, veld, kloof, koppie and dorp - a language understood
by all South Africans. The descriptions contained in this book are evocative ...
Bridget Hilton-Barber, Pat Hopkins,
2007
5
Englishes around the World: Studies in honour of Manfred ...
... bokmakierie (a common shrike), braai ('a barbecue'), koeksister ('a plaited
doughnut, dipped in syrup'), laatlammetjie ('a child born late in a marriage, or
long after its siblings'), meerkat ('the suricate'), middelmannetjie ('the ridge down
the ...
6
Africa: In the Footsteps of the Great Explorers
The high middelmannetjie of the road, with deep sand tracks to either side,
zigzags between the trees. So as not to get stuck in the soft sand, we're belting
along in third gear – Land Rovers love it. The next minute, without warning,
there's a big ...
The road there is no more than a track across the veld, the sort that has two worn
sandy strips and grass growing on the middelmannetjie. The border post on each
side has a little hut where you simply sign your name in a grubby little book.
8
World Englishes: Critical Concepts in Linguistics
... or long after its siblings'), meerkat ('the suricate'), middelmannetjie ('the ridge
down the centre of a narrow farm road'), naartjie ('a mandarin orange'), padkos ('
food for a journey'), rondavel ('a circular, single-roomed building with a conical ...
Kingsley Bolton, Braj B. Kachru,
2006
9
Complete Afrikaans: Teach Yourself
Ry eerder met die een wielop die rand vandie middelmannetjie. Waarskuwing!
As dit gereën het, mag diepaaiein 'n slegte toestandwees,metslaggate en poele
water. Diepad magook baie glipperigwees. Nadat diepaaie opgedrooghet, mag ...
10
Englishes Around the World: Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australasia
... bokmakierie (a common shrike), braai ('a barbecue'), koeksister ('a plaited
doughnut, dipped in syrup'), laatlammetjie ('a child born late in a marriage, or
long after its siblings'), meerkat ('the suricate'), middelmannetjie ('the ridge down
the ...
Manfred Görlach, Edgar Werner Schneider,
1997
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIDDELMANNETJIE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
middelmannetjie is used in the context of the following news items.
Middle-seat kids: Why are they special?
Moreover, one in 10 respondents has remained a middelmannetjie to this day. Where did YOU sit in a full family car? And how did YOU turn out ... «Wheels24, May 15»
Audi show car ready to play dirty
Yes, it runs 19" rims and enough ground clearance to laugh off a Karoo middelmannetjie, but this is a car aimed at drivers who, like Tina Turner, ... «Independent Online, Dec 13»
Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 2014
... a combination rocks and dirt, has been added to the previous rock, loose rock, mud and sand, and moguls (middelmannetjie) modes. «3D Car Shows, Dec 13»
Aircross HDi kind to pockets, planets
... intact - specifically including their middelmannetjie-defying 200mm ground clearance, 750kg unbraked and 1200kg braked towing capacity. «Independent Online, Sep 13»
Pajero disappoints in the rough
... taken it where it would have been happy: mall-crawling, or on dirt roads and sandy stretches without an over-ambitious middelmannetjie. «Independent Online, Jan 11»