You Have No Choice Black South African

Prosodic transfer in Black South African English

This article reports on a perception study that was carried out with Zulu-English bilinguals in order to investigate how suprasegmental aspects differ in Black South African English compared to White English-speaking South African English. Two prosodic phenomena were investigated: prosodic focus marking on noun phrases (NPs) and prosodic boundary marking. The results support existing claims in ...

First person account: "freedom" means knowing you have a choice.

The following essay is my contribution to the First Person Accounts section of the Schizophrenia Bulletin. After a description of the development of my schizophrenic illness, I briefly address the issues of treatment noncompliance, institutionalization, and how they have affected my life. The main focus of my article is on personal control over the illness and on recognizing when medication is ...

Migrating from Windows XP – Have you made your choice

How do You Choose What to Use? Technology Choice When You Have So Much

This research-in-progress provides a fresh insight into technology choice in our daily activities. As opposed to prior studies that focus on technology in the work environment, this research is centered on individual technology choice while performing daily tasks: searching for information, executing transactions, consuming entertainment, and communicating. As hardware has become more affordabl...

Could you have said no? A mixed-methods investigation of consent to HIV tests in four African countries

INTRODUCTION Although most studies report high frequencies of consent to HIV tests, critics argue that clients are subject to pressure, that acceptors later indicate they could not have refused, and that provider-initiated HIV testing raises serious ethical issues. We examine the meaning of consent and why clients think they could not have refused. METHODS Clients in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mala...