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Constraints in the interpretation of English-Lubukusu medical discourse
(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
(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 ...
Vital relations in the metaphors of Covid-19 in Lukabaras
(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 ...
Meaning loss in English-Lubukusu medical interpretation
(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, ...
Interpretability of English medical discourse into Lubukusu
(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 ...
Image Schemas in Metaphors of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lukabaras
(Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education, 2023-01)
Kenyan secondary schools, student conflicts pose significant challenges in the 21st century. This study aimed to evaluate the structure and functions of student councils in secondary schools in ...
Pragmatic Functions of Discourse Particles in Lutsotso conversations
(Journal of Pragmatics Research, 2024-09-28)
The study of the functions of discourse particles in the African languages has received much attention from various scholars, although not from a pragmatic perspective. A good understanding of the pragmatic functions of ...
Strategies in communicating COVID-19 crisis in Kenya: the role of an effective health campaign framework among populations in urban informal settlements
(SN Social Sciences, 2026-04-18)
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges across the world. One of these challenges relates to the communication of COVID-19 messages due to the complexities of health communication, especially among vulnerable ...
What Lies Beneath Social Media Sex Traps? Interrogating the Trends of Online Self-disclosure Among Youth in Kenya
(Journal of Psychosexual Health, 2026-04-02)
Scholarly evidence indicates that the rise of sexual and health misinformation on social media platforms (SMPs) continues to affect the majority of the global youth population, denying many the right to make safe and ...
What Lies Beneath Social Media Sex Traps? Interrogating the Trends of Online Self-disclosure Among Youth in Kenya
(Journal of Psychosexual Health, 2026-02-12)
Scholarly evidence indicates that the rise of sexual and health misinformation on social media platforms (SMPs) continues to affect the majority of the global youth population, denying many the right to make safe and ...