dc.contributor.author | Gitari, Rose W | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-09T08:18:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-09T08:18:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/99847 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study attempts to analyze a mixed code known as “Gĩtamanya” that is used by the Kĩembu – speaking youth of Manyatta area in Embu County. The code exhibits some differences from Kĩembu. Similar to other mixed codes or peer languages; Gĩtamanya appears to be used mainly as a marker of identity and maintenance of secrecy as Githiora (2002) observes about Sheng. The objectives of this study were to: investigate some aspects of Gĩtamanya phonology that are related to Kĩembu phonology, to identify and account for morphotactic adjustments on words from Kĩembu , Kiswahili and English in Gĩtamanya through Lexical Phonology Theory; and to examine the linguistic features of Gĩtamanya that make it unique and different from Kĩembu .
The study is based on Lexical Phonology Theory (LP). Lexical Phonology is best suited for this study as Mohanan (1982) claims that:
“Word games and codes such as Pig- Latin operate on lexical representations and that the forms thus created undergo post- lexical rules”.
This study seeks to examine the morphological and phonological treatment accorded the words borrowed from Kĩembu, Kiswahili and English in the process of adopting them into Gĩtamanya. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | Morphophonological Processes | en_US |
dc.title | A Study of Morphophonological Processes in “gĩtamanya” Ludling Among Kiembu Speaking Youth of Manyatta Area, Embu | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |