School of Arts and Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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NARRATING TRAUMA AS A STRATEGY OF RECLAIMING THE FEMALE AGENCY IN TOMI ADEYEMI’S LEGACY OF ORISHA TRILOGY
(MMUST, 2025-11)This research examined how Tomi Adeyemi’s female characters reclaims agency through narration of trauma in her Legacy of Orisha trilogy (Children of Blood and Bone, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, Children of Anguish ... -
MORPHO-PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF LUKABARASI NOMINAL COMPOUNDS
(MMUST, 2024-10)Most generalisations made on nominal compounding are based on western languages. In this study, we examine nominal compounding in Lukabarasi language of Western Kenya based on The Generative Morphological Theory by ... -
MORPHO-PHONOLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF VERB BORROWINGS FROM ENGLISH ON THE VITALITY OF` LUKABRAS LANGUAGE
(MMUST, 2025-06)Loan adaptation in language contact situations occurs when a language borrows words or expressions from another language and modifies them to fit the phonological, morphological, or syntactic norms of the borrowing ... -
LEXICAL SEMANTIC VARIATIONS IN LUTIRICHI HYPONYMS
(MMUST, 2025-06)Studies have shown that hyponymy is evident in all languages and the senses of words in hyponymic relationships do vary from one language to another. However, failure to apply the correct meanings might hinder ... -
INITIATION OF INCLUSIVITY FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN CHARISMATIC CHURCHES IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-10)There is scanty scholarly evidence showing whether persons living with disability (PLWDs) are fully included in Church leadership and involved in Church activities or not. The purpose of this study was to analyze the ... -
IMPLICATIONS OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF PUBLIC TOILETS ON SOCIO ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS OF KAKAMEGA TOWN
(MMUST, 2024-04)Waste management has been and continues to be a major global challenge facing urban growth. Even though sanitation is a human right, managing sanitation level is still a challenge. Most public toilets are messy and ... -
Examining Contextual Particles in Lutsotso Interactions: A Disco-Pragmatic Approach
(MMUST, 2025-10)Discourse particles are common in unprompted transmission of information and serve important role in what is articulated during communication and are indispensable in all registers. This study, titled "Examining ... -
EFFICACY OF THE NAIROBI CITY INSPECTORATE OFFICERS IN COMBATING CRIME IN KIBRA SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-10)Crime poses a major threat to human security, particularly in rapidly urbanizing areas such as Kibra Sub-County, which persistently experience high crime rates, making it one of the city’s most insecure zones. Inspectorate ... -
EFFECTS OF PARENTING ON TEENAGE PREGNANCY: A STUDY OF MALAVA SUB-COUNTY, KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-10)Teenage pregnancy has become a global concern. In Kenya it is prevalent where good parenting is not well exercised. Existence of children’s Act mandates parents the responsibility of ultimate care and protection of ... -
AN ANALYSIS OF DISCOURSAL STRATEGIES IN THE CAMPAIGN MANIFESTOS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN THE 2022 GENERAL ELECTION IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-10)Manifestos in political discourse are a key component of the democratic process regionally and internationally. They play are used to present the candidates ideologies, present policy packages and articulate the vision, ... -
A MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ABBREVIATED NEOLOGISMS OF SOCIAL MEDIA DISCOURSES AMONG KENYANS ON X
(MMUST, 2025-10)In recent years, the rise of social media platforms has transformed communication patterns and language use across the globe. Among these platforms, X (formerly known as Twitter) stands out as one of the most influential, ... -
A CROSS-CULTURAL TRANSLATION OF PROVERBS IN CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART FROM ENGLISH INTO EKEGUSII’S BINTO MBISEBEREREKANI
(MMUST, 2025-10)Proverbs play a crucial role in the cultural expression of a community’s wisdom, beliefs and worldview through various forms of figurative language. Due to this cultural significance, the translation of proverbs requires ... -
A CRITICAL PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE DISCURSIVE STRATEGIES IN SOCIOCULTURAL HEGEMONY IN MWALIMU ANDREW'S STAFFROOM DIARY TEXTS
(MMUST, 2025-10)The current study sought to uncover the use of discursive strategies in order to uncover language manipulations that provoke understanding of sociocultural hegemony within Mwalimu Andrew’s columns. The use of pragmatics ... -
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE MORPHO-SEMANTIC VARIATIONS IN BORROWED FORMS OF LUKABARAS TOPONYMS
(MMUST, 2025-10)The study of borrowed toponyms is significant because its analysis provides insight to the morphological processes, the structure, and lexical changes within a language and the resultant meanings on borrowings among ... -
A CRITICAL PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE DISCURSIVE STRATEGIES IN SOCIOCULTURAL HEGEMONY IN MWALIMU ANDREW'S STAFFROOM DIARY TEXTS
(MMUST, 2025-10)The current study sought to uncover the use of discursive strategies in order to uncover language manipulations that provoke understanding of sociocultural hegemony within Mwalimu Andrew’s columns. The use of pragmatics ... -
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF COMMUNITY POLICING IN LURAMBI SUB-COUNTY KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-09)
