Piet Swanepoel

List of John Benjamins publications for which Piet Swanepoel plays a role.

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Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics

Articles

Swanepoel, Piet, Marije Burger, Anne Loohuis and Carel Jansen 2008 6. Promoting VCT among South African students: Are we missing the message?Adapting Health Communication to Cultural Needs: Optimizing documents in South-African health communication on HIV and AIDS, Swanepoel, Piet and Hans Hoeken (eds.), pp. 89–105 | Article
Mass media campaigns promoting VCT (Voluntary Counselling and Testing) form a cornerstone of the efforts to curb the spread of HIV in South Africa. In this chapter the focus falls on determinants of South African students’ VCT uptake and on the efficacy of a brochure that aims to persuade them to… read more
Swanepoel, Piet 2003 1.5 Dictionary typologies: A pragmatic approachA Practical Guide to Lexicography, Sterkenburg, Piet van (ed.), pp. 44–69 | Chapter
Swanepoel, Piet 1996 Review of Rey, Sager & de Bessé (1995): Essays on TerminologyTerminology 3:1, pp. 177–179 | Review
Zawada, Britta E. and Piet Swanepoel 1994 On the empirical adequacy of terminological concept theories: The case for prototype theoryTerminology 1:2, pp. 253–275 | Article
The main purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that classical concept theories and hybrids thereof are empirically inadequate for the terminological analysis and description of concepts in a number of sciences. Examples of the classification and definition of minerals in the field of mineralogy… read more