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    • Dialogue Drama in Kenyan Political Speeches & Its Pragmatic Implications 

      Habwe, John Hamu (University of NairobiDepartment of Linguistics and African Languages, 2010)
      Political speech animation in Kenya can be a complicated affair allowing both the speaker and the audience to equally participate in speech animation. The audience could use the dialogue opportunity to re-direct what the ...

    • Politeness Phenomena: A case of Kiswahili Honorifics 

      Habwe, John Hamu (University of NairobiDepartment of Linguistics and African Languages, 2010)
      This paper discusses Standard Kiswahili honorifics in Nairobi. It used observation as a means of obtaining data in Nairobi where Standard Kiswahili is also spoken. It points out that honorifics are a chief politeness ...