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Self-help groups in Tororo district
(Sociology, 1982-06)The study set out to look at self-help groups and their operations during the military regime Uganda. The study was particularly interested to find out how these groups fared in a period when no Government Assistance was ... -
Self-image and Retail Store Patronage
(School of Business, 1982)Summing multipliers is an important class of operators in the geometric theory of general Banach spaces. They are particularly useful in the study of the structure of the classical spaces. The work done by Grothendieck and ... -
Self-perception of blind children Aged nine to fourteen years in Kisumu area
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1982)The problem of disability is not a new one, for as long as man has been living on earth, there has always been some individuals with limited physical and mental abilities Review of literature, reveals that there has been ... -
A Semantic Analysis of Dholuo Anaphors in Simple Declarative Sentences: the Minimalist Program Perspectives
(University of NairobiDepartment of Linguistics, 2013)This study investigated the binding theory and theta theory within the Government and Binding theory and its application to Dholuo simple declarative sentences. The study further interpreted the binding principles and ... -
A semantic analysis of Dholuo metonymy using cognitive Semantics theory
(University of Narobi, 2014-10)The goal of this study was the semantic analysis of Dholuo Conceptual Metonymy using Cognitive Semantics Theory. Metonymy has largely been studied as a figure of speech. This study attempts a cognitive interpretation of ... -
Semantic Analysis of Dholuo Nouns:the Semantic Field Approach
(University of Nairobi,, 2001)An adequate semantic theory must be able to give a satisfactory answer to some of the questions of interest raised within the theory. It should ascertain the possible anomalies in or meaningfulness of a given word or ... -
A semantic analysis of Dholuo spatial prepositions using image schema theory; a concept in cognitive semantics theory
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)The main focus of the study is the semantic analysis of spatial prepositions in Dholuo using the theory of image schema; a concept in cognitive semantics. In chapter one which is an introductory chapter, we give the ... -
A Semantic Analysis of Ekegusii Kinship Terminologies
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The goal of this research was to do a semantic analysis of kinship terms of Ekegusii language with special interest on terms that are used by the community for different relationships. Kinship terminologies denote relationships ... -
A Semantic Analysis of Gikuyu Metonymy: a Frame Semantics Approach
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This thesis investigates conceptual metonymy in Gĩkũyũ language within the Fillmore’s frame semantic theory. Basically metonymy is a figure of speech where a concept or a thing is referred to by the label of something ... -
A semantic analysis of Gikuyu nouns using the semantic field theory
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)This study has demonstrated that GIkuyu nouns are viable for semantic analysis by use of the Semantic Field Theory. As proved by many Linguistic Scholars, nouns make a major part of speech in any language, thus making ... -
A Semantic Analysis of Kikamba Spatial Expressions Using the Cognitive Semantics Theory
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The primary concern of this study is the semantic meanings of Kikamba spatial expressions. The main focus of this study is the semantic analysis of Kikamba spatial demonstratives and prepositions within the framework of ... -
A Semantic Analysis of Kikuyu Tense and Aspect
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A Semantic Analysis of Kimeru Kinship Terms
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study seeks to analyze Kimeru kinship terminology with a view of investigating which kinship terms are used for describing the various kinship relations .The Meru culture plays a significant role in establishing ... -
A Semantic Analysis of Kisukuma Spatial Prepositions Using Image Schema Theory
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Linguistics And Language, 2013)This study is based on a semantic analysis of Kisukuma spatial prepositions using image schema theory. Kimunasukuma dialect was used throughout in the analysis of this work. It was established that some of the ... -
Semantic Analysis of Metaphors on Social Media
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This study set out to look into the semantics of metaphors on social media. The main aim was to investigate domain mapping in nominal, predicative and sentential metaphors. It also sought to find out potential problems ... -
A semantic analysis of the prepositions used in Sheng using the image Schema theory: A concept in cognitive semantics
(University of Nairobi,Department of linguistics and languages,, 2013)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 ... -
A Semantic Analysis of the Verbs in Dholuo Metaphors Using Conceptual Metaphor Theory: a Concept in Cognitive Semantics
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The semantic distinctiveness of Kenyan English
(Department of Linguistic and Languages, University of Nairobi, 2004)This study entitled, "The semantic distinctiveness of Kenyan English," looked at the divergences of the meanings of words in Kenyan English. These meanings were gauged from the Standard International English. Meanings ... -
Semantic Shift in Lumarama: a Lexical Pragmatics Approach
(University of NairobiDepartment of Linguistics, 2013-11)This study is meant to analyze the semantic shifts in the Lumarama dialect of Luhya language, based on the lexical pragmatic approach. The study focuses on the types of semantic changes involved in determining the meaning ... -
Semantic shifts in Gikuyu lexemes: a lexical pragmatics approach
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)The focus of this study is to analyse semantic shifts in Gikiiyii lexemes. The analysis was based on lexical pragmatics as proposed by Blutner Reinhard in 1990. This study at aimed at establishing the causes of the shift ...