Browsing Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM) by Subject "Journal of Linguistics and Languages"
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The challenges facing German studies programmes in Kenya: a case study of the University of Nairobi
(2015)The German Studies (GS) programme has been offered since 1981 at the University of Nairobi (UoN), 1986 at Kenyatta University (KU), and 2009 at Moi University. By now, the programme should have come of age and be producing ... -
A Functional Analysis Atĩ And Its Variants (Atĩrĩrĩ And Atĩrĩ) As Complementisers And Various Discourse Markers
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Complementisers are important categories for linguistic theories in description of syntactic structures. In generative grammar theories, the complementiser phrase is an indispensable functional category. Gĩkũyũ, a Bantu ... -
Gender Identity Through The Ekegusii Naming System
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This paper analyses Ekegusii names and how they relate to gender identity. It shows how the naming system is basically based on the premise that a male is socialized to ‘gather wealth’, hence the term omosacha (‘man/husband’), ... -
The Gender Variable In The Meanings Assigned To Three English Address Terms By Teachers In Kenya
(UoN, 2018)This paper investigated the range of meanings assigned to the address terms madam, boss and my dear in English usage in Kenya, with gender as an independent variable. It started from three working hypotheses: a) both men ... -
Kimeru-Influenced Misspellings And Wrong Lexical Choices In The Kiswahili Compositions Of Three Schools In Meru County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The aim of this paper was to investigate the Kimeru-influenced misspellings and wrong lexical choices in the Kiswahili compositions of three schools in the Meru County of Kenya, with gender as a variable. The objectives ... -
Vowel Systems of Kenyan Languages
(University of Nairobi, 2007)This paper is an attempt at a phonological classification of all Kenyan languages, based on their vowel systems. It attempts to demonstrate that, by concentrating only on vowels, it is possible to show similarities as well ...