Kook saam Kaaps : a study of language, positioning and food in the cooking show Flori en Koelsoem se kosse

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2024-03
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Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis uses a sociolinguistic, multimodal approach to investigate a South African cooking show called Flori en Koelsoem se Kosse. The show is presented entirely in Kaaps, which is a non-standard variety of Afrikaans. This study draws on a range of related and compatible theoretical frameworks such as positioning theory, multimodal social semiotic theory and small story analysis to conduct an in-depth exploration of Flori en Koelsoem se Kosse. The thesis also makes use of thematic analysis and small story analysis as analytical tools as it aims to investigate how the hosts of Flori en Koelsoem se Kosse use linguistic and non-linguistic resources to position themselves. Through the thematic analysis, several themes not yet extensively explored by the current literature on language in cooking shows were generated. This includes religious positioning, health and mobility, and the construction of community. The small story analysis shows that the multimodal structure of the programme aids in creating the on-screen personas of the hosts. The hosts are constructed as home cooks with strong connections to their local communities, and with a deep and enduring friendship with each other. These constructions are created almost entirely through Kaaps, and through the multimodal elements that are used in the programme. The findings of this thesis shed light on both the linguistic and para-linguistic elements which shape food television. It also shows how food and a non-standard language variety intersect to provide insight into personal and cultural identities.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis gebruik ʼn sosiolinguistiese, multimodale aanslag om die Suid-Afrikaanse kosmaakprogram, naamlik, Flori en Koelsom se Kosse te ondersoek. Die program word heeltemal in Kaaps aangebied, ʼn nie-standaard variteit van Afrikaans. Die studie maak gebruik van ʼn aantal verwante en versoenbare teoretiese raamwerke soos posisioneringsteorie, multimodale semiotiese teorie en klein storie analise om ʼn in-diepte eksplorasie van Flori en Koelsom se Kosse te gee. Die tesis maak ook gebruik van tematiese analise en klein storie analise as analitiese instrumente aangesien dit beoog om te ondersoek hoe die aanbieders van Flori en Koelsom se Kosse linguistiese en nie- linguistiese bronne gebruik om hulself te posisioneer. Deur die tematiese analise is ʼn aantal temas wat nog nie in die diepte geëksploreer is deur die literatuur oor kosmaakprogramme nie, gegenereer. Dit sluit godsdiens posisionering, gesondheid en beweeglikheid en die konstruering van gemeenskap in. Die klein storie analise wys dat die multimodale struktuur van die program help om die op-die-skerm-personae van die aanbieders te skep. Die aanbieders word gekonstrueer as huis-kokke met sterk bande met hul plaaslike gemeenskappe, en met ʼn diep en durende vriendskap met mekaar. Hierdie konstruksie word omtrent heeltemal geskep deur Kaaps en deur die multimodale elemente wat gebruik is in die program. Die bevindinge van die tesis werp lig op beide die linguistiese en paralinguistiese elemente wat kostelevisie vorm. Dit wys ook hoe kos en ʼn nie-standaard variteit oorvleuel om insig te verskaf oor persoonlike en kulturele identiteite.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2024.
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