Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Nafasi Ya Fasihi Simulizi Katika Kuwasilisha Ujumbe Kisheria: Mfano wa Uendeshaji Kesi Za Kitamaduni Miongoni Mwa Babukusu
(Edition Consortium publishing, 2020-08)Utafiti uliazimia kubainisha nafasi ya Fasihi Simulizi katika kuwasilisha ujumbe kisheria. Ulionyesha namna vipengele bainifu vya Fasihi Simulizi vinaweza kutumika kuwasilisha ujumbe kisheria. Ulifanya ... -
Mielekeo ya Lugha na Ruwaza za Matumizi ya Lugha ya Walimu wa Kiswahili wa Shule za Msingi Katika Kaunti ya Siaya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2020-07)Makala haya yalichunguza na kubainisha mielekeo ya walimu wa kiswahili katika shule ya msingi za kaunti ya Siaya. Aidha, ruwaza zao za matumizi ya lugha zilipambanuliwa. Data ilikusanywa kwa kutumia hojaji. Wasailiwa 34 ... -
Language Attitudes and Kiswahili Language Learning in Primary Schools in Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2020-08)Kiswahili and English are two important languages taught and examined at the national level in Kenya's education system. Students' academic performance in the subjects keeps varying in national examinations. Different from ... -
The Semantic Field Theoretical Approach in the teaching of English and its Grammatical Implication to Second Language Development
(International Journal of English Language Studies (IJELS), 2021-02-28)The Semantic Field Theory (SFT) has been widely used in teaching English as a second Language to preschool children in Kenya. In the SFT approach, the grammars of two or more languages are in contact. The grammar ... -
THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS ECONAMING SYSTEMS IN ECOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Learning, 2020-04)This paper endeavours to bring fresh insight into the role of African indigenous languages in the global campaign against environmental degradation. It examines how linguistic practises impact the natural environment. In ... -
Vipengele vya Fasihi Simulizi Vinavyooana na Hali Katika Taaluma ya Sheria
(East Afriacan Journal of Swahili Studies, 2020-08-31)Utafiti ulilenga kubainisha vipengele maalum vya Fasihi Simulizi vinavyooana na hali katika taaluma ya Sheria. Utafiti uliegemea uendeshaji wa kesi kitamaduni miongoni mwa jamii ya Babukusu. Ili kuafikia ... -
Aspectual forms in Lutsotso
(Research Journal in Modern Languages and Literature., 2021-04-05)This paper analyses the inflectional category of aspect in Lutsotso, a dialect of the Oluluhya macro-language. Using descriptive approach, the paper establishes that there are a number of inflectional morphemes ... -
ATR harmony in English borrowed words in Ng’aturukana: An optimality theory account.
(Journal of Linguistics and Foreign, 2021-06-01)Ng’aturukana, a language spoken by the Turkana people of North Western Kenya, gets into contact with English through trade, education, among other fields. As a consequence, the borrowed words have to be assimilated, ... -
Stratégies socio-affectives en classe de FLE. Les Cahiers de
(l’Accaref. Collectin FLE/FLA, 2020-05)Cet article s’intéresse à l'enseignement du français langue étrangère au Kenya. C’est le produit d’une étude menée au Comté de Kakamega et qui a eu pour but d’identifier les stratégies d'enseignement utilisées en classe ... -
Popular culture and false consciousness
(Research Journal in Modern Languages and Literatures, 2021-04-15)This paper examines the concern by the early African critics that popular Culture was an example of false consciousness. In essence, it explores the popular cultural productivity which until recently is still assigned a ... -
Inflectional Forms of Tense in Lutsotso.
(InternationalJournal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation (IJLLT), 2021-01-10)Lutsotsoverbs consist of more than one morpheme expressing a particular grammatical meaning. The various morphological affixes attached to the verb indicate agreement, tense, aspect and voice. Tense and ... -
Smartphones and the Learning of French as a Foreign Language in the Public Universities in Kenya
(Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2021-02-09)The use of ICT in education has become increasingly important in the education systems of both developed and developing countries. ICT as a course has been introduced in the university programmes. Several researchers ... -
Poetic meaning implied in suprasegmental features in selected segments of the song “Gongo la Mboto” by Diamond Platnumz and Mrisho Mpoto.
(African Musicology Online, 2020-02)This paper employs Deconstruction and Relevance theories to read literary meanings in the song “Gongo la Mboto” by Diamond Platnumz and Mrisho Mpoto. The paper focuses on suprasegmental features that mark the artistes ’ ... -
Constraints of Attaining Pragmatic Relevance from English into Selected Luhya Varieties in Interpreter-mediated Sermons
(InternationalJournal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, 2021-04-11)Interpretation is an ultimate bridge among people who speak more than one language. In the case where the audience fails to understand the source language (SL), it is necessary to get the message to ... -
Rhetorical Questions as an off-record Politeness Strategy in Language Use among the Bukusu
(Research Journal in Modern Languages and Literature. Kenya Royallite Publishers (UK) Limited, 2021-04-07)This paper sought to discuss rhetorical questions as an off- record politeness strategy with the aim of determining the context and reasons for their use in communication. It focused on language use amongst users of Bukusu ... -
Aspects of Graphology in the Construction of Selected Kiswahili Childrens Novels.
(Research Journal in Modern Languages and Literature Kenya Royallite Publishers (UK) Limited, 2021-04-15)Graphology has today dominated children’s literature making it look like an amorphous and an ambiguous creature with its relationship to its audience. Children lack the required knowledge and skills to associate meaning ... -
Language Attitudes and Kiswahili Language Learning in Primary Schools in Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2020-08)Kiswahili and English are two important languages taught and examined at the national level in Kenya’s education system. Students’ academic performance in the subjects keeps varying in national examinations. Different ... -
Levels of Equivalence in Interpreter-mediated Sermons from English into Luhya Varieties
(Int of English Language Studies, 2021-04)Languages have different concepts for conveying meanings;hence there is a problem in finding equivalents between the source language (SL) and the target language (TL) in the process of interpreting. The transfer of meaning ... -
Effect of Principals' Practices of Transformational Leadership on Management of School Financial Resources in Public Secondary Schools of Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
(Journal of Research Innovation and Implications in Education, 2020-01)The study investigated how principals' transformational leadership practices impacts on the management of financial resources of public secondary schools of Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya. Theoretical framework was hinged upon ... -
Antimicrobial Activity and Interactions of Toddalia asiatica Isolated Coumarins with Two Known Drugs
(nternational Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2020-09-04)Five coumarins namely, 5, 7-dimethoxy-6-(3'-hydroxy-3'-methylbutan-2-oxo) coumarin coumarin (1), Toddalolactone (2), Coumurrenol (3), gleinadiene (4) and Toddaculin (5) were isolated from either the stem and/or root bark ...