Browsing by Author "Barasa, David"

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    • Aspectual forms in Lutsotso 

      Odera, Hellen; Barasa, David (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. 

      Tioko, Celestine Nkieny; Nandelenga, Henry Simiyu; Barasa, David (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, ...

    • Constraints in the interpretation of English-Lubukusu medical discourse 

      Masika, Mary; Barasa, David; Mudogo, Benard (Research Journal in modern Language and literature, 2023-05-07)
      Medical interpretation is simultaneous, and the interpreter usually lacks sufficient time to process and reproduce the information received as accurately as is sufficient. This paper investigated the linguistic and contextual ...

    • Contextual meaning loss and gain in the translation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm from English to Kiswahili 

      Itieba, Jill Laventor; Barasa, David; Mudogo, Benard (Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023-10-17)
      This paper establishes the extent of contextual meaning loss or gain in the translation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm from English to Kiswahili. In particular, it analyzes critical concepts in contextualizing the ...

    • Forms of multimodal approaches in the teaching of listening and speaking skills 

      Masinde, Rose; Barasa, David; Mandillah, Lucy (Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023-08-01)
      This study sought to explore the factors that determine the teachers of English’s choice of multimodal approaches when teaching listening and speaking skills to Kenya’s Grade 1 learners. The study adopted a cross-sectional ...

    • Inflectional Forms of Tense in Lutsotso. 

      Odera, Hellen; Barasa, David; Alati, Atichi (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 ...

    • Interpretability of English medical discourse into Lubukusu 

      Masika, Mary Nasambu; Barasa, David; Mudogo, Benard (Research Journal in Advanced Humanities, 2023-07-26)
      In this era of massive travel and inevitable migration, many doctors encounter patients with whom they do not share a common language. Whenever doctors encounter patients with whom they have no common language, interpretation ...

    • Meaning loss in English-Lubukusu medical interpretation 

      Masika, Mary Nasambu; Barasa, David; Mudogo, Benard (Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023-05-27)
      Language is a vital component in doctor-patient communication. The linguistic differences between languages make medical interpretation difficult. Thus, in situations where a doctor and a patient have no common language, ...

    • nthroponymy in Eastern Nilotic: A case of Turkana personal names 

      susan, Kinyua; Barasa, David (Reserach Journal in Advanced Humanities, 2022-07-14)
      This paper is about personal names given to Turkana children at birth, during the rite of passage to adulthood and throughout one’s life. Following the lexical pragmatic theory according to Wilson (2003) and Carston (2002), ...

    • Poetic meaning implied in suprasegmental features in selected segments of the song “Gongo la Mboto” by Diamond Platnumz and Mrisho Mpoto. 

      Kanyi, Thiong’o; Barasa, David (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 ’ ...

    • Politeness strategies used in Lwisukha in local public administrative meetings 

      Ingato, Lilian; Alati, Atichi; Barasa, David (InternationalJournal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation (IJLLT), 2020-09-17)
      The use of politeness strategies among Abiisukha is propelled by the cultural need to maintain close ties and relationship. When the relationship is not maintained, there will definitely be a ...

    • A semantic analysis of Lubukusu cut and break verbs 

      Wafula, Annemartha; Barasa, David; Alati, Atichi (Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023-01-12)
      This paper analyses the separation events, as manifested in the cut and break verbs in Lubukusu. This is done with a particular reference to the intention behind the separation, the instrument used in the disintegrating ...

    • A Semantic Analysis of Lubukusu Cut and Break Verbs 

      Wafula, Annemartha; Barasa, David; Alati, Atichi (Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social sciences, 2023-01-12)
      his paper analyses the separation events, as manifested in the cut and break verbs in Lubukusu. This is done with a particular reference to the intention behind the separation, the instrument used in the disintegrating ...

    • Vital relations in the metaphors of Covid-19 in Lukabaras 

      Sasala, James Matseshe; Mudogo, Benard; Barasa, David (Journal of contemporary research, 2022-09-28)
      Since the emergence of Covid-19 pandemic in late 2019, the metaphorical framing of this respiratory disease also known as the Corona Virus, has been manifested variedly in different social contexts and discourses. The ...