A semantic analysis of the prepositions used in Sheng using the image Schema theory: A concept in cognitive semantics
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2013Author
Bonyo, Tobias Odhiambo
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ThesisLanguage
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This study was carried out to analyse the meanings of the prepositions used in
Sheng. To do this effectively, the image schema theory was used to analyze the
meanings of twenty selected prepositions used in Sheng. It had three objectives.
The first objective was to identify the various meanings of the prepositions used in
Sheng. The second objective was to find out if the prepositions used in Sheng have
the same meanings they have in either English or Kiswahili. The final objective
was to investigate if the prepositions used in Sheng are polysemous.
Prepositions used in Sheng were identified through questionnaires, listening to
Ghetto Radio, conversation and translating paragraphs written in Kiswahili and
English into Sheng. After analyzing the meaning of these prepositions as used in
English, Kiswahili and Sheng, it was found that some prepositions used in Sheng
have various meanings. Out of the twenty prepositions selected for this study, one
had six meanings, one had three, five had two meanings each, and thirteen had one
meaning each.
It was also found out that these prepositions have the same meanings they have
either in English or Kiswahili. All the twenty prepositions selected for this study
transferred their meanings from either English or Kiswahili to Sheng. The study
found out that some prepositions are polysemous. Out of the twenty prepositions,
three had different but closely related meanings each.
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Degree Of Master Of Arts, Department Of Linguistics And Languages, University Of Nairobi,2013Publisher
University of Nairobi, Department of linguistics and languages,