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The acquisition of Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) and its significance as a mother tongue and medium of instruction in schools for the deaf in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper outlines the importance of KSL in the teaching of deaf learners in Kenya by examining the acquisition and use of KSL in the family, school and the Kenyan society at large. It, therefore, argues for early ...
Effects of mother tongue loss on individuals and communities
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Drawing from the Kenyan experience, this paper seeks to address the situation in which individuals find themselves when they lose their mother tongue, either through language shift, language loss or language death. It thus ...
Orthographies in a rapidly changing world:Negotiated compromises between several parties.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper addresses the chalenges of orthograpphy development.To do this,it identifies and discussesthe compromises that must be made in terms of technical linguistic work,the practicalities of reading and the negotiation ...
Tracing some support mechanisms in music for the mother tongue experience
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper examines the use of music as a support system in mother tongue acquisition among children. By so doing, the paper traces some of the ways in which language and music interact in order to support competence ...
Inflectional forms of tense and aspect in Ateso
(2015)
This paper is an analysis of tense and aspect in Ateso, an Eastern Nilotic
language. Ateso distinguishes between past and non-past tenses: the past
tense is marked by a low tone on the syllable peaks of the verb, while ...