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Use of Cohesive Devices in Speech by Students of Ichuni Girls and Moi Gesusu Boys in Kisii County
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This study presents an analysis of the use of cohesive devices in English speeches delivered by Form Four Students in select Extra-County Secondary Schools in Kenya. The objectives of the study were to identify and discuss ... -
Stuttering among Children in Nairobi: A Case Study of the Linguistic Symptoms and Intervention Strategies
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Stuttering is a speech or language disfluency that affects 5% of the population during the childhood years. This percentage reduces to 1% in adulthood. Stuttering can be managed better if discovered early in childhood ... -
Verbal Extensions in Lulogooli Morphosyntax: A Minimalist Perspective
(Kenyatta University, 2022)The current study was based on Lulogooli which is one of the dialects of Luyia, a Bantu language spoken in the Western part of Kenya. Lulogooli has a rich verbal morphology comprising verbal extensions which include the ... -
The Style and Performance of Kenyan Somali Oral Poetry
(Kenyatta University, 1994)This thesis investigates the style and modes of performance of Kenyan Somali oral poetry. Several aspects of the oral poetry of this community are discussed, including both verbal and non-verbal elements. In addition, the ... -
Ekegusii Verbal Extensions: A Minimalist Approach
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The study uses the Minimalist approach to analyse different types of Ekegusii verbal extensions. Three objectives guided the study viz: to explain the Ekegusii verbal extension markers with the Minimalist Program, to ... -
Images of Women in Selected Songs of Contemporary Gikuyu Secular Popular Artists
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The study focuses on popular songs that were composed and performed by contemporary Gikuyu secular popular artists. The study examines aspects of style and themes that reveal popular artists’ positions as regards the images ... -
The Portrayal of Masculinities in Selected Works of Henry Ole Kulet Literature Department
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The study interrogates the indicators of masculinity and investigates the challenges to masculinity in selected works of Henry Ole Kulet. Further, it explores how the selected texts endorse or subvert notions of manhood. ... -
A Politeness Model Analysis of Sex-Related Euphemisms in Selected Kipsigis Popular Songs of Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)This study examined sex-related euphemisms in Kipsigis popular songs sang by different artists. The study had three objectives: to identify sex-related euphemistic words and phrases in selected Kipsigis popular songs, ... -
Images of Women in Selected Songs of Contemporary Gikuyu Secular Popular Artists
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The study focuses on popular songs that were composed and performed by contemporary Gikuyu secular popular artists. The study examines aspects of style and themes that reveal popular artists’ positions as regards the images ... -
Dholuo Cleft Sentences: A Systemic Functional Grammar Approach.
(Kenyatta University, 2021)This study analysed the cleft constructions in Dholuo using the Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) approach as propounded by Halliday and Matthiessen (2004). The study was guided by three objectives namely: to identify ... -
The Structure and Function of the Dholuo Prepositional Phrase: An X- Bar Approach
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)This study examines the prepositional phrase in Dholuo. It is anchored on the following three objectives: to describe the structure of the PP in Dholuo, to identify the syntactic functions of the PP in Dholuo and to explain ... -
The Nominal Group in GῘkũyũ: A Systemic Functional Grammar Approach
(Kenyatta University, 2020-08)This study is an analysis of the nominal group in the Gĩkũyũ language using a Systemic Functional Grammar approach. The language is spoken by the Agikuyu who live in the Central and Rift Valley regions of Kenya. The study ... -
The Tripartite Psyche as Reflection of Social Vision in Selected Plays of Francis Imbuga
(Kenyatta University, 2019)This study aims at assessing how Francis Imbuga in Betrayal in the City, Man of Kafira and The Successor employs the tripartite psyche to bring to the fore his social vision. It evaluates whether the psychic states of the ... -
Les Démarches De La Didactique De La Grammaire Du Fle Dans Les Écoles Secondaires Du District De Kayonza, Au Rwanda
(Kenyatta University, 2018-12)The main objective of this research was to present the current situation of the teaching of grammar of FFL in secondary schools of Kayonza district with a view to propose practices and approaches. In particular, this ... -
Myths of Origin and Their Cultural Implications in the Tigania Community of Meru County
(Kenyatta University, 2019-05)This study seeks to examine mythology in six selected myths of origin from the Tigania community of Meru County. Myths of origin in this study refer to all kinds of prose narratives including ordinary animal tales and ...
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Use of Cohesive Devices in Speech by Students of Ichuni Girls and Moi Gesusu Boys in Kisii County
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This study presents an analysis of the use of cohesive devices in English speeches delivered by Form Four Students in select Extra-County Secondary Schools in Kenya. The objectives of the study were to identify and discuss ... -
Stuttering among Children in Nairobi: A Case Study of the Linguistic Symptoms and Intervention Strategies
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Stuttering is a speech or language disfluency that affects 5% of the population during the childhood years. This percentage reduces to 1% in adulthood. Stuttering can be managed better if discovered early in childhood ... -
Verbal Extensions in Lulogooli Morphosyntax: A Minimalist Perspective
(Kenyatta University, 2022)The current study was based on Lulogooli which is one of the dialects of Luyia, a Bantu language spoken in the Western part of Kenya. Lulogooli has a rich verbal morphology comprising verbal extensions which include the ... -
The Style and Performance of Kenyan Somali Oral Poetry
(Kenyatta University, 1994)This thesis investigates the style and modes of performance of Kenyan Somali oral poetry. Several aspects of the oral poetry of this community are discussed, including both verbal and non-verbal elements. In addition, the ... -
Ekegusii Verbal Extensions: A Minimalist Approach
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The study uses the Minimalist approach to analyse different types of Ekegusii verbal extensions. Three objectives guided the study viz: to explain the Ekegusii verbal extension markers with the Minimalist Program, to ... -
Images of Women in Selected Songs of Contemporary Gikuyu Secular Popular Artists
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The study focuses on popular songs that were composed and performed by contemporary Gikuyu secular popular artists. The study examines aspects of style and themes that reveal popular artists’ positions as regards the images ... -
The Portrayal of Masculinities in Selected Works of Henry Ole Kulet Literature Department
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The study interrogates the indicators of masculinity and investigates the challenges to masculinity in selected works of Henry Ole Kulet. Further, it explores how the selected texts endorse or subvert notions of manhood. ... -
A Politeness Model Analysis of Sex-Related Euphemisms in Selected Kipsigis Popular Songs of Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)This study examined sex-related euphemisms in Kipsigis popular songs sang by different artists. The study had three objectives: to identify sex-related euphemistic words and phrases in selected Kipsigis popular songs, ... -
Images of Women in Selected Songs of Contemporary Gikuyu Secular Popular Artists
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The study focuses on popular songs that were composed and performed by contemporary Gikuyu secular popular artists. The study examines aspects of style and themes that reveal popular artists’ positions as regards the images ... -
Dholuo Cleft Sentences: A Systemic Functional Grammar Approach.
(Kenyatta University, 2021)This study analysed the cleft constructions in Dholuo using the Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) approach as propounded by Halliday and Matthiessen (2004). The study was guided by three objectives namely: to identify ... -
The Structure and Function of the Dholuo Prepositional Phrase: An X- Bar Approach
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)This study examines the prepositional phrase in Dholuo. It is anchored on the following three objectives: to describe the structure of the PP in Dholuo, to identify the syntactic functions of the PP in Dholuo and to explain ... -
The Nominal Group in GῘkũyũ: A Systemic Functional Grammar Approach
(Kenyatta University, 2020-08)This study is an analysis of the nominal group in the Gĩkũyũ language using a Systemic Functional Grammar approach. The language is spoken by the Agikuyu who live in the Central and Rift Valley regions of Kenya. The study ... -
The Tripartite Psyche as Reflection of Social Vision in Selected Plays of Francis Imbuga
(Kenyatta University, 2019)This study aims at assessing how Francis Imbuga in Betrayal in the City, Man of Kafira and The Successor employs the tripartite psyche to bring to the fore his social vision. It evaluates whether the psychic states of the ... -
Les Démarches De La Didactique De La Grammaire Du Fle Dans Les Écoles Secondaires Du District De Kayonza, Au Rwanda
(Kenyatta University, 2018-12)The main objective of this research was to present the current situation of the teaching of grammar of FFL in secondary schools of Kayonza district with a view to propose practices and approaches. In particular, this ... -
Myths of Origin and Their Cultural Implications in the Tigania Community of Meru County
(Kenyatta University, 2019-05)This study seeks to examine mythology in six selected myths of origin from the Tigania community of Meru County. Myths of origin in this study refer to all kinds of prose narratives including ordinary animal tales and ... -
The Phonological Processes in Olumarama: Nc Effects and Vowel Hiatus
(Kenyatta University, 2019-02)This study investigates the phonological processes found in nasal consonant sequences and vowel hiatus resolution of Olumarama a dialect of Luhya spoken in Kakamega County, of Western Kenya. Olumarama is an under described ... -
The Construction of Images of Power among the Sabaot of Kenya as Represented In Their Male Initiation Poetry
(Kenyatta University, 2019-01)This study examined the construction of images of power in initiation male oral poetry of the Sabaot with a view to revealing how this community contests power relations with its neighbours. The study also investigated how ... -
An Investigation of Language and Cultural Barriers to Effective Communication of Information on Cancer in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-07)This study set out with three objectives. First was to establish whether the information on cancer was physically available to the Kenyan public. Secondly was to ascertain whether the public was able to linguistically ... -
An Ecocritical Reading of Subjectivity in Helon Habila’s Oil on Water and Kaine Agary’s Yellow-Yellow
(Kenyatta University, 2019-02)The objective and impetus of this study is to investigate the representations of postcolonial subjectivity and the portrayal of ecological devastation in Helon Habila‘s Oil on Water and Kaine Agary‘s Yellow-Yellow. Both ... -
Service Delivery Practices and Performance of Selected Banks in Nairobi City County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2019-04)Banking industry offers distinguished services that facilitate the transfer of cash between countries, and at the same time ensuring that borrowers and savers do business in a wellstructured manner. Empirical evidence on ...
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