Madonsela, S. 2018. Diction as Part of DBZ Ntuli’s Superlative Stratagem in the Translation of Selected BW Vilakazi’s Poems. Issues of Indigenous African Literature and Onomastics. In Mafela, M.J. and Ntuli, C.D. (Eds) A festschrift in Honour of D.B.Z. Ntuli. Berlin: Peter Lang. pp 279-291. ISBN 978-3-631-73593-0 (Print)
Madonsela, S. 2019. Conflicts emanating from the translation and interpretation of the term “domicile”: For consumers in the South African context. New Frontiers in Forensic Linguistics: Themes and Perspectives in Language and Law in Africa and beyond. In Ralarala, M.K., Kaschula, R.H. and Heydon, G. (Eds). Sun Press. ISBN 978-1-928480-16-7 (Print) ISBN 978-1-928480-17-4 (e-book) https://doi.org/10.18820/9781928480174
Madonsela, S. 2022. Family Law Terminology: Critical reliance on translator’s knowledge of legal text. Language and the Law: Global Perspectives in Forensic Linguistics from Africa and beyond. In Ralarala, M.K., Kaschula, R.H. and Heydon, G. (Eds). Sun Press. ISBN 978-1-991201-82-9 (Print) ISBN 978-1-991201-83-6 (e-book) https://doi.org/10.52779/9781991201836
Madonsela, S. 2022. From a Grubby Turf to a Dome: Praise Poetry as a Rhetorical Stratagem in Political Domain. A Companion to African Rhetoric. In Ige, S., Motsaathebe, G. and Ochieng, O. (Eds). Lexington Books. ISBN 9781793647658 (book) ISBN 9781793647665 (e-book)
Journal articles
Madonsela, S.2023. Focusing on education through multilingual language policy in South African schools. Journal of Language and Cultural Education. 11(3): 58–66.
Madonsela, S.2023. Assessment of vocabulary in First Additional Languages: A focus on Siswati Grade 12 examination papers. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies.41(1): 29–43.
Madonsela, S. 2021. Riddles, Meanings and cognitive development of the African Child in the siSwati Tradition. African Journal of Rhetoric.12: 44–64.
Madonsela, S.2020. Measuring Semantic relatedness between words using related synsets in African Wordnet.Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. 38(3): 236-243.
Madonsela, S.2019. African Wordnet as a tool to identify semantic relatedness and semantic similarity. Southern African Journal of African Languages 39(2): 185-190.
Madonsela, S. 2018. When Discourse Proves to Be Unsuccessful: The Case of Student Protest at South African Universities. Language Matters Studies in the Languages of Africa 49(3): 3-18.
Madonsela, S. 2017. Word-formation strategies and processes in the creation of synsets for the African Wordnet. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 35(2): 201–210.
Madonsela, S. 2017. Sociological Perspectives on Social Cohesion as the Principal Requirement for Social Stability. South African Review of Sociology 48(3): 84–98.
Madonsela, S. 2016. The pedagogical enhancement of classroom interaction through the use of code switching in multilingual classrooms in South Africa. Journal of Educational Studies 15(1): 126-146
Madonsela, S. 2015. Language anxiety caused by the single mode of instruction in multilingual classrooms: the case of African language learners. Africa Education Review. 12(3): 447-459
Madonsela, S. 2014.A critical analysis of the use of code-switching in Nhlapho’s novel Imbali yemaNgcamane. South African Journal of African Languages. 34(2): 167-174
Madonsela, S. 2014.Comprehending the legality of the use of the term “practicable” in the South African Constitution from the African languages perspective. DIRASATHuman and Social Sciences Vol. 41, No.3. 965-973
Madonsela, S. 2013.The use of language in the media: A vehicle for indigenous cultural practices in selected SABC drama series.Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies. 23 (2): 301-320
Madonsela, S.2012.Language as a fundamental right: how do the African languages benefit from this right?South African Journal of African Languages. 32(1): 91-97
Paper presentations
Conference papers:
16th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC16). Düsseldorf. Germany. A constructional approach to the lexicalization of synsets in African WordNet: The case of possessive constructions (2023)
The Fourth International Languages and Law Association (ILLA). Los Angeles (USA) - Conflicts emanating from the translation and interpretation of the term "domicile": For consumers in the South African context. (2019)
12th Annual International Conference on Languages & Linguistics. Athens (Greece) - African Wordnet can be used as a Tool to Identify Semantic Relatedness and Semantic Sililarity. (2010)
Tenth International Conference on Construction Grammar – Paris (France) Form-meaning pairings or action construction relations? Towards an understanding of linguistic constructions (2018)
15th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities (London) Sociological Perspectives on Social Cohesion as the Principal Requirement for Social Stability (2017)
18th Interim Conference of the African Languages Association of Southern Africa (ALASA): Empowering the School Governing Bodies (SGBs) in the formulation and implementation of the multilingual policy through the lens of the rights-based approach – (Namibia) University of Science and Technology (2016)
XII International Conference on Languages, Linguistics and Society – New York (USA): Language anxiety caused by the single mode of instruction in multilingual classrooms: the case of African language learners (2015)
12th International Conference on Humanities in the New Direction – Madrid (Spain): A critical analysis on the use of code switching in Hlapho’s novel Imbali YemaNgcamane (2014)
17th Biennial International Conference of the African Languages Association of Southern Africa – UNISA (Pretoria - South Africa): Problems of translating words with extended meaning: Lessons from isiZulu synsets (2013)
10th International Conference on Humanities in the New Direction – Montreal (Canada): Code switching - Enhancing status and social prestige or bridging the linguistic gap (2012)
African Languages Teacher Association University of Wisconsin (Madison) USA: Language as a fundamental right with reference to African Languages (2010)
ALASA regional conference (Port Elizabeth): Language Equity as pivotal in giving meaning to democracy in the millennium and beyond
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
Former Editor-in-Chief of the Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies
Executive Committee Member of SAFOS
Member of the African Languages Association of Southern Africa (ALASA)
Projects
Community Engagement
Students’ Language Attitudes Strategic Project
African WordNet
Co-Manager South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLar) Unisa Node
DAL Project on empowering educators and learners in African Languages
Other
Peer-reviewed conference proceedings
Madonsela, Stanley; Mojapelo, Mampaka Lydia; Mafela, Munzhedzi James & Masubelele, Rose. 2016. African WordNet: a viable tool for sense discrimination in the indigenous African languages of South Africa. In Verginica Barbu Mititelu, Corina Forǎscu, Christiane Fellbaum & Piek Vossen (Eds.) Proceedings of the Eigth Global WordNet Conference 2016 (GWC2016), p. 192-198. Bucharest, Romania. ISBN 978-606-714-239-6 (Print); ISBN 978-973-0-20728-6 (Online). Available athttp://gwc2016.racai.ro
Workshop Presentations
Mpumalanga Department of Arts, Culture, Sports & Recreation – Ermelo: The role of the family in the upbringing of an African child – 2014
Trajectories in the African languages – Birchwood Hotel (Boksburg) – Independent Examination Board - 2015
