Browsing PHD-Department of English & Linguistics by Title
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Language, Gender and Power: The Discursive Construction of The Kenya National Assembly Politicians (2013 – 2017)
(Kenyatta University, 2019-06)This study undertook to critically examine, from a linguistic perspective, the gender disparities in the National Assembly of Kenya between 2013 and 2017. Through an idea of language as discourse, the study emphasizes the ... -
Language, Representation and Ideology in the Nigerian 2011 Presidential Election Newspaper Reports
(Kenyatta University, 2016-11)This study examined the language, representation and ideology in the Nigerian 2011 presidential election newspaper reports. Specifically, the study identified and interpreted the macro speech acts that characterized the ... -
Linguistic accommodation and code switching during Luo/Luhyia and Luo/Gusii contact
(2011-12-20)This study set out to investigate and then compare the linguistic behaviour of bilingual speakers in intergroup contexts in two rural speech communities in Kenya. In order to achieve this, recordings were obtained from ... -
A Linguistic Study of Kenyan Political Party Names, Symbols, Colours and Slogans
(Kenyatta University, 2018)This thesis is a linguistic study of KPP names, KPP symbols, KPP colours and KPP slogans. It establishes that linguistic resources are used by political operators in design of the KPP tools. This is achieved by deliberately ... -
Linguistic variation in spoken English as used by teachers in Kenyan primary schools
(2011-12-14)The phonological and grammatical variations in the English spoken by teachers at primary school level in Kenya present an interesting sociolinguistic area of investigation. This study set out to: identify and describe both ... -
Listening Competencies in English: A Descriptive Study of Primary School Teacher Trainees in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015)This descriptive study sought to establish the listening competence in English of primary teacher trainees in Kenya. The study correlated the social variables of sex, age, performance in Mid- course examination, entry ... -
Loanword nativization: a generation view of the phonological adaptation of Gikuyu loanwords
(2012-04-10)This is a phonological study of the Gikuyu loanwords derived from English. Using an inductive approach to data analysis and a multi linear framework of description, the study identifies three aspects of loanword adaptation: ... -
Metaphors of Gikuyu marriage negotiations: a cognitive linguistics perspective
(2013-03-26)This study identifies, describes, and analyses the metaphors used in the Gikuyu marriage negotiations from a cognitive linguistics perspective. We audio-recorded discourse from two marriage negotiation gatherings followed ... -
Metaphors of love in Gikũyũ: conceptual mappings, vital relations and image schemas
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Phonological Analysis of the English Spoken by Hausa Newscasters in Broadcasting Media in Nigeria
(Kenyatta University, 2018)The study examines the English pronunciation patterns of Hausa broadcasters. The research was carried out based on the presupposition that the English spoken by Hausa broadcasters is different from RP English and is ... -
The Phonology of Kenyan Sign Language (Southwestern Dialect)
(University Of California, 2017)The Phonology of Kenyan Sign Language (Southwestern Dialect) Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) is a thriving national sign language used by tens of thousands of signers in Kenya, and which emerged out of two deaf schools in ... -
Tense, aspect and modality systems in Kihavu: a minimalist perspective
(2012-11-08)This study focused on the nature of tense, aspect and modality systems in Kihavu within a Minimalist Program framework. Specifically, it sought to find out what affixes, lexical categories and prosodic features are used ... -
The tonal patterns of Lwitakho words
(2012-02-06)This dissertation is a study of tonal patterns of Lwitakho words. Lwitakho is a tonal language and so this study attempts to identify and describe tone patterns of words, showing the function of tone in the language and ... -
The use of synonyms by second language learners of English in Kenyan secondary schools: patterns, lexical strategies and pedagogic implications
(2012-01-04)The research presented in this thesis is on the lexicon of some Kenyan learners of English as a Second Language. The learners' lexicon is analyzed for the grammar patterns of English synonymous nouns and synonymous verbs. ... -
Verb morphology in Gikuyu in the Light of Morpho-syntactic Theories
(Kenyatta University, 2001)Among the many controversies in linguistics today, there are two that have captured our interest. The first and the main one involves the status of morphology and its relationship with other components of grammar like ... -
Verbal discourse events in a bilingual formal setting: instructional procedures in ESL classrooms in Kenyan secondary schools
(2012-06-08)This study addresses the issue of pedagogy in verbal discourse events in ESL secondary classrooms in Kenya at a time following educational reforms and policy change, and when concern is being expressed about falling standards ...
