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Written requests in Kenyan English: an illustration of L1 culture adaptation in L2 acquisition
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
This paper seeks to illustrate the observation from studies on second
language acquisition and use that culture-specific aspects of a given language
can be adapted to the norms of the culture of the linguistic community ...
Null Heads and Dp-Internal Concord in Bari
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
This paper provides evidence from Bari, an Eastern Nilotic language found in the southern Sudan, that not all that are known as ‘Determiners’ are generated in the D-head of DP as has been advocated by Abney (1987) and ...
The Relevance of Ethnobotanical Studies to Linguistic Vitality: The Case of Plant Use and Classification Among the Digo of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
This article summarises the findings of ethnobotanical research conducted among the Digo
people of Kwale District, Kenya, together with applications of this research for the benefit of
the local community and implications ...
The Agreement Phrase in Phrase Structure Derivations in Western Nilotic Languages
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
In this paper we explore the differences in the Agreement Phrase that have arisen in Western Nilotic languages, a sub-family of the Nilo-Saharan language family. We adopt a Principles and Parameters approach which makes ...
The Phonology of Borrowed Words in Kitharaka
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
One consequence of language contact is borrowing. Kitharaka, a Bantu language spoken in the Eastern Province of Kenya, has had such contact with a number of languages including Kiswahili and English. As a result, several ...
Redundancy rules in Kiswahili
(2004)
This paper attempts to describe the sequence structure of vowel segments in
Kiswahili. It proposes to establish a distinction between two main types of
redundancy rules and their implications for the study of Kiswahili ...
Inflection in Toposa: A VSO language in morpho - syntactic theory.
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
Misuse of Kiswahili noun class markers in Kenya: illustration with the case of the Kiswahili of form-three students of the Akiba secondary school in Nairobi
(2010)
The aim of this paper was to establish the extent of misuse of noun class markers in written Kiswahili in Kenya. It illustrates with the case of the Kiswahili of Form Three students of the Akiba Secondary School in Nairobi. ...
Language and the construction of a positive identity among inmates in Kenyan jails
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
This paper describes linguistic and stylistic strategies used by a group of
inmates in Kenyan jails to construct their identities in a positive way
through language. They did so in thirty-four letters which they wrote ...
Misuse of prepositions in Kenyan English: further evidence of the difficulty in choosing the “right” preposition
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
The literature (mainly by Mwangi 2003 & 2004) on the use of English
prepositions in Kenyan English has shown how these were used differently
from Standard International English usage. The present study sought to find
further ...