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A prosodic study of Dholuo
(University of Nairobi, 1996)
This study entitled 'A Prosodic Study of Dholuo' attempts at a comprehensive grasp of the prosody of Dholuo. We focus on one of the dialects of Dholuo, which we call the BU dialect. We adopt Autosegmental Phonology as a ...
Smallholder credit repayment in Kenya a case study of Lugari division in Kakamega district
(University of Nairobi, 1990-06)
Less than a fifth of Kenya's total land is productive agriculturally.
Shortages of additional productive agricultural land implies that, productivity and
employment on small scale farms which are the bulk of Kenya's ...
Battered women: a social-legal perspective of their experiences in Nairobi
(1993)
Domestic violence against women is a glaring problem in the
world today. In Kenya, it began to emerge as a significant issue
in the late 1960s. The phenomenon of battered women was not of
course by any means a new one. ...
The socio-economic differentials of infant and child mortality in Kenya
(1996-10)
The economic cost of a prematurely terminated life is considerable if looked
from the point of nutritional, health and medical resources spent on the child.
Despite the rapid population growth in Kenya, its mortality ...
Refugees and inter-state conflicts in Eastern Africa; 1960-1995
(1996)
Conflict between and among states is an important characteristic of interstate relations.
Usually the consequences of inter-state conflicts are often very costly. For this reason, states
in the international system have ...
Symbolism in the drama of John m. Ruganda.
(University of Nairobi, 1990-08)
This study begins with a personal literary biography of the playwright,
John M. Ruganda. It is established that his dramatic style is dominated by
symbolism, and that his symbols are mainly derived from African ...
The Lukenya ware: a definition
(1998)
The primary goals of this study were to define Lukenya Pottery, to determine its spread in time and space and its relationship to other Pastoral Neolithic (PN)wares found in East Atrica. This paper is based on the ...
A typology of empty categories (ECS) in Kikuyu
(1992-06)
This study is an attempt to investigate how adequately
Chomsky's theory of G.B. can predict and account
for the phenomena of ECs in Kikuyu sentences.
After providing some background information on the
language. the ...
A discourse analysis of the talk of the mentally retarded: A case study of Jacaranda Special School
(University of Nairobi, 1993)
This study is an investigation of “the discourse in the talk of the mentally retarded”. It specifically determines discourse structure 1n the talk of the mentally retarded"It
specifically examines discourse ...
The influence of socio-cultural and economic factors on architectural changes of house-forms in Mosop, Nandi District
(1992)
Housing is a very important aspect of human existence. A multiplicity of factors such as vegetation, soils, climate, topography, culture and technology have some impact on houses. The impact of these factors may lead to ...