The Linguistics Department
Subject: Dialectal variation in Khoekhoe.
Advisor: Dr. Alena Witzlack-Makarevich
Abstract: My research mainly focuses on description and documentation of Khoekhoegowab (Khoe-Kwadi) and its dialectal variations across Namibia and South Africa. My work is based on a large-scale corpus of both written and spoken Khoekhoegowab texts, which my colleagues and I collect and process as part of a research project held at the Hebrew University. Last year, I participated a linguistic fieldtrip to Namibia, where we recorded spoken texts and worked with speakers of the language. In addition to that, I work on expanding the existing Khoekhoegowab dictionary using the newly created corpus.
MA Honors 2023/24