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Facets of the Concept of Syntactic Control of Matrix Language in Codeswitching Instances in Mwea East Sub-County
(Human Resource Management Academic Research Society .., 2017)This paper focuses on the facets of the concept of syntactic control of matrix language in code switching instances in a multilingual society, that is, Mwea East Sub-County, Kirinyaga County where eight languages are spoken. ... -
Surviving Patriarchy: Interrogating Ideology In Children’s Readers and Their Corresponding Adaptations
(Journal of Creative Arts, Communication and Media Studies, 2022)This paper investigates patriarchy as an ideology in selected children’s readers and their corresponding animated film adaptations. It investigates the various ways that patriarchy is captured in the texts and the way ... -
Event and Actors Representation in Selected Nigerian Daily Newspapers
(AJOL, 2018-06-30)The 2011 Nigerian presidential election newspaper reports were not just to inform the public about the outcomes of the election. The representations in the newspaper reports were ideological and, by implication, judgmental. ... -
The Crisis of Post-Colonial Intellectual Thought and Knowledge Production: Examining Jared Angira’s African Revolutionary Egalitarianism
(Royallite Global, 2021-03-29)This paper critiques Jared Angira’s poetry, and the ideology it manifests with a view to interrogating the “Marxist” label scholars attach to him. Although justifications abound for the prevailing perspectives on Angira’s ... -
"No Mercy, No Remorse.: Personal Experience Narratives about Public Passenger Transportation in Nairobi, Kenya
(Indiana University Press, 2006)Personal experience narratives about riding on Kenya's public passenger vehicles, commonly called matatu, form part of Nairobi residents' everyday conversations. These first-person, single-episodic narratives describe ... -
The Impact of Globalization on Izara Festival in Plateau State, Nigeria
(IJSER, 2017-01)Globalization poses a great challenge to the survival of traditional performances such as Izara of Amo people of Plateau State. The phenomenon of globalization is one that is dubious and has influential capacity to disrupt ... -
A Rapid Appraisal of Poor Educational Performance in Selected Secondary Schools in Navakholo Constituency, Kenya
(IJERN, 2020-05)Educational performance at any level of learning is a multi-variate function influenced by various factors such as access and enrolment to schools, ability to keep students in school till completion, actual academic ... -
Human Rights, Activism and Civility in Reggae Music: Critical Analysis of Lucky Dube’s Selected Songs
(Royallite Global, 2020)Human rights issues have occupied a greater space in the media and many social situations globally. Several human rights activists have played various roles which include, promoting the right for humans in and outside ... -
Syllabic Constraints in Ekegusii Borrowing: An Optimality Perspective
(International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture, 2021)A language’s syllabic structure is key in determining linguistic borrowing. Research on loanword phonology indicates that when languages borrow segments, these borrowed segments undergo systematic adaptations which involve ... -
ATR Harmony in English Borrowed Words in Ng’aturukana: An Optimality Theory Account
(Royallite Global, 2021)English is an official and language of instruction in schools in Kenya. From these contexts, Ng’aturukana, a language spoken by the Turkana people of North Western Kenya, gets into contact with English through trade, ... -
My-House-Without-A-Door-An-Egg”: Reading an African Perspective of the Chronotope in Selected Works of Amos Tutuola, Ben Okri and Alain Mabanckou
(Royallite Global, 2021)This paper argues that the fusion of time and space in the African literary world portrayed in Amos Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard, Ben Okri’s The Famished Road and Alain Mabanckou’s Broken Glass thickens and becomes ... -
A Comparative Study of English Language Speaking Skill in Private and Public Primary Schools in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
(African Journal of Emerging Issues, 2021)Purpose of the Study: To investigate the measures employed to foster the acquisition of English language speaking skills in both private and public primary schools in Trans - Nzoia County. The objectives of the research ... -
Influence of Sheng Language on Proficiency of Mastering English Language in Primary Schools
(International Peer Reviewed Journal and Book Publishing, 2021)Purpose: to evaluate the influence of sheng language on proficiency of mastering English language in primary schools. Methodology: This study further used a behavioral approach while researching and writing this article. ... -
An X-Bar Theoretic Account of Jenjo Noun Phrases
(Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State, 2021)This study analyses the Jenjo noun phrase in X-bar convention. X-bar has been the focal point of linguistic theory and has changed the way linguists view syntactic model today. X-bar deals with head categories and ... -
Semantic Analysis of Silence in Conversational Discourse
(Royallite Global, 2020)Silence in conversations semantically carries varied interpretations. Since silence is a component of discontinuity in speech, it arises relatively rarely in confrontational discourse that is distinguished by continuous ...
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Surviving Patriarchy: Interrogating Ideology In Children’s Readers and Their Corresponding Adaptations
(Journal of Creative Arts, Communication and Media Studies, 2022)This paper investigates patriarchy as an ideology in selected children’s readers and their corresponding animated film adaptations. It investigates the various ways that patriarchy is captured in the texts and the way ... -
Facets of the Concept of Syntactic Control of Matrix Language in Codeswitching Instances in Mwea East Sub-County
(Human Resource Management Academic Research Society .., 2017)This paper focuses on the facets of the concept of syntactic control of matrix language in code switching instances in a multilingual society, that is, Mwea East Sub-County, Kirinyaga County where eight languages are spoken. ... -
Event and Actors Representation in Selected Nigerian Daily Newspapers
(AJOL, 2018-06-30)The 2011 Nigerian presidential election newspaper reports were not just to inform the public about the outcomes of the election. The representations in the newspaper reports were ideological and, by implication, judgmental. ... -
The Crisis of Post-Colonial Intellectual Thought and Knowledge Production: Examining Jared Angira’s African Revolutionary Egalitarianism
(Royallite Global, 2021-03-29)This paper critiques Jared Angira’s poetry, and the ideology it manifests with a view to interrogating the “Marxist” label scholars attach to him. Although justifications abound for the prevailing perspectives on Angira’s ... -
"No Mercy, No Remorse.: Personal Experience Narratives about Public Passenger Transportation in Nairobi, Kenya
(Indiana University Press, 2006)Personal experience narratives about riding on Kenya's public passenger vehicles, commonly called matatu, form part of Nairobi residents' everyday conversations. These first-person, single-episodic narratives describe ... -
The Impact of Globalization on Izara Festival in Plateau State, Nigeria
(IJSER, 2017-01)Globalization poses a great challenge to the survival of traditional performances such as Izara of Amo people of Plateau State. The phenomenon of globalization is one that is dubious and has influential capacity to disrupt ... -
A Rapid Appraisal of Poor Educational Performance in Selected Secondary Schools in Navakholo Constituency, Kenya
(IJERN, 2020-05)Educational performance at any level of learning is a multi-variate function influenced by various factors such as access and enrolment to schools, ability to keep students in school till completion, actual academic ... -
Human Rights, Activism and Civility in Reggae Music: Critical Analysis of Lucky Dube’s Selected Songs
(Royallite Global, 2020)Human rights issues have occupied a greater space in the media and many social situations globally. Several human rights activists have played various roles which include, promoting the right for humans in and outside ... -
Syllabic Constraints in Ekegusii Borrowing: An Optimality Perspective
(International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture, 2021)A language’s syllabic structure is key in determining linguistic borrowing. Research on loanword phonology indicates that when languages borrow segments, these borrowed segments undergo systematic adaptations which involve ... -
ATR Harmony in English Borrowed Words in Ng’aturukana: An Optimality Theory Account
(Royallite Global, 2021)English is an official and language of instruction in schools in Kenya. From these contexts, Ng’aturukana, a language spoken by the Turkana people of North Western Kenya, gets into contact with English through trade, ... -
My-House-Without-A-Door-An-Egg”: Reading an African Perspective of the Chronotope in Selected Works of Amos Tutuola, Ben Okri and Alain Mabanckou
(Royallite Global, 2021)This paper argues that the fusion of time and space in the African literary world portrayed in Amos Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard, Ben Okri’s The Famished Road and Alain Mabanckou’s Broken Glass thickens and becomes ... -
A Comparative Study of English Language Speaking Skill in Private and Public Primary Schools in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
(African Journal of Emerging Issues, 2021)Purpose of the Study: To investigate the measures employed to foster the acquisition of English language speaking skills in both private and public primary schools in Trans - Nzoia County. The objectives of the research ... -
Influence of Sheng Language on Proficiency of Mastering English Language in Primary Schools
(International Peer Reviewed Journal and Book Publishing, 2021)Purpose: to evaluate the influence of sheng language on proficiency of mastering English language in primary schools. Methodology: This study further used a behavioral approach while researching and writing this article. ... -
An X-Bar Theoretic Account of Jenjo Noun Phrases
(Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State, 2021)This study analyses the Jenjo noun phrase in X-bar convention. X-bar has been the focal point of linguistic theory and has changed the way linguists view syntactic model today. X-bar deals with head categories and ... -
Semantic Analysis of Silence in Conversational Discourse
(Royallite Global, 2020)Silence in conversations semantically carries varied interpretations. Since silence is a component of discontinuity in speech, it arises relatively rarely in confrontational discourse that is distinguished by continuous ... -
Influence of American Popular Culture in Naipaul’s Bogart: A Review
(Royallite Global, 2020)“Bogart” is one of the short stories in the collection Miguel Street by V.S. Naipul. The World War II Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean society depicted in these short stories is still grappling with self-identity issues but ... -
Ideology and Subversion in Feminist Short Stories from Africa
(Royallite Global, 2019)This paper examines the oppressive nature of the patriarchal society and the Feminist voice for fair treatment of women to restore her respect and dignity. To illustrate the feminist concerns and the subversive practices, ... -
Between Globalization and Localization: Aesthetic Manifestation of Globality, Reflexivity and Social Change in Daya Pawar’s Baluta (2015)
(Royallite Global, 2020)Daya Pawar posthumously clearly establishes his human personality, laying bare to readers of his work, both his scars and warts, his pride and shame. Through his story Baluta, considered his autobiography ... -
Effects of Teacher's Attitude on Child’s Academic Performance: The Case of Hohoe Municipality
(Royallite Global, 2019)This paper investigates the impact of educator's attitudes on the academic performance of children in basic schools in the Hohoe Municipality. Teacher's attitude, as estimated by the standard inventory in this research, ... -
Language and Cross-Cultural Communication: Lexical Variation among Initiated and Uninitiated Tugen Speakers
(Chemchemi International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2016)Different societies have different rules/norms governing communication. What works in one society may fail to work in another. This scenario raises a host of fundamental questions: What happens when individuals ...
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