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Frame Analysis of Selected Kenyan Newspaper Headlines on Kenyan Cases at the International Criminal Court (2011-2016)
(Kenyatta University, 2021)This study undertook a frame analysis of selected Kenyan newspaper headlines on Kenyan cases at the International Criminal Court. Specifically, the study investigated lexical strategies syntactic strategies that were ... -
A morphophonological adaptation of English loanwords to Ng’aturukana
(2021-03)This study is a morphophonological investigation of English loanwords adaptation in Ng’aturukana of northwestern Kenya. English and Ng’aturukana are two distinct languages that present dissimilarities at the phonemic, ... -
Funerary Symbols in Oe Kenzaburo’s The Silent Cry (1967) and Masuji Ibuse’s Black Rain (1970)
(International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature (IJSELL), 2019)This research paper is based on the study of the primary texts; Masuji Ibuse’s Black Rain (1970) and Oe Kenzaburo’s The Silent Cry (1967). It seeks to identify and examine the significance of funerary symbols in the two ... -
Interpretations of English Nominal Elements by Form One Students in Selected Schools, Kitui County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The English language is, by far, recognized as one of the most invaluable language and the most used language in the world both spoken and written. The overall strength of this fact can be seen in Kenya. As an official ... -
Semantic Analysis of Lunyore Nouns
(kenyatta University, 2021)The study attempted to analyze Lunyore nouns semantically. It had three objectives. First, to identify the various noun classes of the Lunyore. Secondly, to find out whether morphological information influences class ... -
Analysis of Sight Mistranslations of Newspaper Review Items from English to Kiembu in Wimwaro Fm Radio Station, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)This study sought to analyze mistranslations in the sight translation of news items from English to Kiembu in the daily nation and standard newspapers; with focus on Wimwaro F.M radio station. It sought to find out whether ... -
A Theoretical Account of Elliptical Elements in the Structure of the Dholuo Clause
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Ellipsis is a linguistic universal, but is exhibited with variance from language to language. Ellipsis studies on Dholuo are not as widespread as the phenomenon is in human language. This study focused on elliptical elements ... -
Sociolinguistic Variation of Written Vowels (Ĩ) and (Ŭ) in Gĩkũyũ Texts in Mũrang’a County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)Variation in language occurs at all levels. This sociolinguistic study investigated variation in the orthographic representation of two linguistic variables: vowels (Ĩ) and (Ŭ) in the written Gĩkũyũ texts of residents of ... -
Morphology of Nouns Among 2;3 To 5; 2-Year-Old Children Acquiring Kĩĩkamba In Makueni County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)Language acquisition is one of the developments that a typical child undergoes. Within their second year of life, Akamba children begin to produce simple forms of the language, for instance, lexical words. This occurs ... -
Linguistic Borrowing in A Language Contact Situation: The Case of Igikuria and English in Migori County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2020-07)English language influences other languages thus enriching their vocabularies. Igikuria is no exception to this statement. The study identified some of the nominals that Igikuria has borrowed from English and analyzed them ... -
Forms and Functions of English Discourse Markers Among Secondary School Students’ Debating Discourse in Makueni County
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)Discourse is the language in use. A study on discourse markers (DMs) falls under discourse analysis which deals with the exploration of what language is employed for and therefore, it cannot be restricted only to the ... -
Attitude Among Ekegusii Radio Listeners Towards Indirect Linguistic Sexist Expressions in Selected Egesa and Minto Fm Call- In Shows
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)Significant achievements have been made by feminists in challenging direct linguistic sexism by suggesting progressive and alternative ways language can be used to positively represent women. However, this has not hindered ... -
Immigration and Women’s Self-Identity in Selected Novels of Adichie, Bulawayo and Baingana
(Kenyatta University, 2020-06)This thesis investigates immigration and women’s self-identity in selected novels of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, NoViolet Bulawayo and Baingana. Significant in African diasporic literature is the effect of immigration on ... -
Motor Speech Skills in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Case Study of Karatina Special School
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)This is a case study on motor speech skills in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). The objectives of this study were to identify the types of speech impairments in children with CP, to describe the impact of impaired motor ... -
Scourse Functions of Interjections in Kikamba
(Kenyatta University, 2019-10)The purpose of this Discourse Analysis study was to explain the nature and function of Kĩkamba language interjections in discourse. Kĩkamba is a Bantu language and the Kĩmasaku dialect of the language was the focus of this ...
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Frame Analysis of Selected Kenyan Newspaper Headlines on Kenyan Cases at the International Criminal Court (2011-2016)
(Kenyatta University, 2021)This study undertook a frame analysis of selected Kenyan newspaper headlines on Kenyan cases at the International Criminal Court. Specifically, the study investigated lexical strategies syntactic strategies that were ... -
A morphophonological adaptation of English loanwords to Ng’aturukana
(2021-03)This study is a morphophonological investigation of English loanwords adaptation in Ng’aturukana of northwestern Kenya. English and Ng’aturukana are two distinct languages that present dissimilarities at the phonemic, ... -
Funerary Symbols in Oe Kenzaburo’s The Silent Cry (1967) and Masuji Ibuse’s Black Rain (1970)
(International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature (IJSELL), 2019)This research paper is based on the study of the primary texts; Masuji Ibuse’s Black Rain (1970) and Oe Kenzaburo’s The Silent Cry (1967). It seeks to identify and examine the significance of funerary symbols in the two ... -
Interpretations of English Nominal Elements by Form One Students in Selected Schools, Kitui County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The English language is, by far, recognized as one of the most invaluable language and the most used language in the world both spoken and written. The overall strength of this fact can be seen in Kenya. As an official ... -
Semantic Analysis of Lunyore Nouns
(kenyatta University, 2021)The study attempted to analyze Lunyore nouns semantically. It had three objectives. First, to identify the various noun classes of the Lunyore. Secondly, to find out whether morphological information influences class ... -
A Theoretical Account of Elliptical Elements in the Structure of the Dholuo Clause
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Ellipsis is a linguistic universal, but is exhibited with variance from language to language. Ellipsis studies on Dholuo are not as widespread as the phenomenon is in human language. This study focused on elliptical elements ... -
Analysis of Sight Mistranslations of Newspaper Review Items from English to Kiembu in Wimwaro Fm Radio Station, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)This study sought to analyze mistranslations in the sight translation of news items from English to Kiembu in the daily nation and standard newspapers; with focus on Wimwaro F.M radio station. It sought to find out whether ... -
Sociolinguistic Variation of Written Vowels (Ĩ) and (Ŭ) in Gĩkũyũ Texts in Mũrang’a County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)Variation in language occurs at all levels. This sociolinguistic study investigated variation in the orthographic representation of two linguistic variables: vowels (Ĩ) and (Ŭ) in the written Gĩkũyũ texts of residents of ... -
Morphology of Nouns Among 2;3 To 5; 2-Year-Old Children Acquiring Kĩĩkamba In Makueni County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)Language acquisition is one of the developments that a typical child undergoes. Within their second year of life, Akamba children begin to produce simple forms of the language, for instance, lexical words. This occurs ... -
Linguistic Borrowing in A Language Contact Situation: The Case of Igikuria and English in Migori County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2020-07)English language influences other languages thus enriching their vocabularies. Igikuria is no exception to this statement. The study identified some of the nominals that Igikuria has borrowed from English and analyzed them ... -
Forms and Functions of English Discourse Markers Among Secondary School Students’ Debating Discourse in Makueni County
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)Discourse is the language in use. A study on discourse markers (DMs) falls under discourse analysis which deals with the exploration of what language is employed for and therefore, it cannot be restricted only to the ... -
Attitude Among Ekegusii Radio Listeners Towards Indirect Linguistic Sexist Expressions in Selected Egesa and Minto Fm Call- In Shows
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)Significant achievements have been made by feminists in challenging direct linguistic sexism by suggesting progressive and alternative ways language can be used to positively represent women. However, this has not hindered ... -
Immigration and Women’s Self-Identity in Selected Novels of Adichie, Bulawayo and Baingana
(Kenyatta University, 2020-06)This thesis investigates immigration and women’s self-identity in selected novels of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, NoViolet Bulawayo and Baingana. Significant in African diasporic literature is the effect of immigration on ... -
Motor Speech Skills in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Case Study of Karatina Special School
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)This is a case study on motor speech skills in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). The objectives of this study were to identify the types of speech impairments in children with CP, to describe the impact of impaired motor ... -
Scourse Functions of Interjections in Kikamba
(Kenyatta University, 2019-10)The purpose of this Discourse Analysis study was to explain the nature and function of Kĩkamba language interjections in discourse. Kĩkamba is a Bantu language and the Kĩmasaku dialect of the language was the focus of this ... -
Character Formation and Terrorism in Elnathan John’s Born on A Tuesday And Obinna Udenwe’s Satans and Shaitans
(Kenyatta University, 2019-09)This study explores how character formation has been deployed in Elnathan John’s Born on a Tuesday and Obinna Udenwe’s Satans and Shaitans in the advancement of their discourse on the different propensities for terrorism ... -
Formant Characteristics of the Southern Gĩkũyũ Dialect Vowels
(Kenyatta University, 2019-10)The current study is an acoustic analysis of vowels of southern Gĩkũyũ dialect. The study sought to establish the formant values of vowels which were plotted on the acoustic vowel space. The acoustic vowel space was compared ... -
Presentation of Emerging and Cultural Issues in Gikuyu Kiega Book Three.
(Kenyatta University, 2019-07)In 2002, the primary school curriculum in Kenya was revised. The curriculum requires coverage of emerging and cultural issues such as HIV/AIDS education, children rights, gender responsiveness, technology, integrity and ... -
English loanwords in Kitigania: a morphophonological analysis on degrees of adaptation
(Kenyatta University, 2017-07)This study is an OT investigation of the morpho-phonology of English loanwords in Kitigania, a dialect of Kiimeru language. The subject of loanwords and adaptation is pivoted on the assumption that Kitigania has had a ... -
The Inflectional Structure of Lubukusu Verbs
(Kenyatta University, 2018-10)The study was an analysis of the verbal inflectional morphology of Lubukusu. The linguistic study sought to cross-examine the verbal templatic structure, which appears the same cross-linguistically within Bantu languages. ...
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