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    • An analysis of the food metaphor in EkeGusii HIV and AIDS discourse 

      Damaris Nyakoe, David Ongarora, Pamela Oloo (Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, 2014)
      HIV represents one of the greatest public health challenges confronting Kenyans. Whereas Kenya has made significant progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS, the prevalence rates in Gusii are very high and this calls for ...

    • An analysis of the food metaphor in EkeGusii HIV and AIDS discourse 

      Damaris Nyakoe, David Ongarora, Pamela Oloo (Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, 2014)
      HIV represents one of the greatest public health challenges confronting Kenyans. Whereas Kenya has made significant progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS, the prevalence rates in Gusii are very high and this calls for ...

    • Analysis of Themes and Illocutionary Speech Act in Selected Advisory Biblical and Literary Texts 

      Unknown author (Quantum Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2020)
      The practice of instilling morals to individuals has existed in both familial and societal upbringing. These morals are always transmitted from the older people to the younger generation with an intention of initiating ...

    • ANALYSIS OF THEMES AND ILLOCUTIONARY SPEECH ACT IN SELECTED ADVISORY BIBLICAL AND LITERARY TEXTS 

      BENARD ODOYO OKAL MASENO UNIVERSITY A. YAKUB J. OKELLO B. O. KODAK (Quantum Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2020)
      The practice of instilling morals to individuals has existed in both familial and societal upbringing. These morals are always transmitted from the older people to the younger generation with an intention of initiating ...

    • Application of Set Theory Formulas in the Presentation of Lexical Meronymy 

      Benard Odoyo Okal1 , Frida Akinyi Miruka2 (Scholars Middle East Publishers, 2016)
      Lexemes relate in terms of sense in various ways that are linguistically referred to as homonymy, polysemy, antonymy, synonymy and even hyponymy among others. Though some of these relations like hyponymy tend to ...

    • Archives / Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010) / Articles Using Language Rights Concepts to Evaluate the Knowledge of Court Interpreters in Kenya 

      K Odhiambo PM Matu PA Oloo (AJOL, 2011)
      Our objective was to assess the knowledge of the court interpreter on issues surrounding language rights, based on data collected from 10 practicing court interpreters in subordinate courts in Nyanza Province of Kenya. The ...

    • Aspects of Dholuo Coronal Harmony 

      Unknown author (Jaramogi oginga odinga resipotory, 2016)
      Coronal harmony in Dholuo refers to the co- occurrence restriction on dental and alveolar obstruents and nasals. The purpose of this paper is to describe and explain coronal harmony as it manifests in Dholuo. This involves ...

    • Aspects of Dholuo coronal harmony 

      Jackline Atieno Okello, John O Ogone, David Ogoti Ongarora (International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology, 2016)
      Coronal harmony in Dholuo refers to the co- occurrence restriction on dental and alveolar obstruents and nasals. The purpose of this paper is to describe and explain coronal harmony as it manifests in Dholuo. This involves ...

    • Benefits of Multilingualism in Education. 

      Benard Odoyo Okal (Horizon Research Publishing. 506 North Garfield Avenue# 210, Alhambra, CA 91801, 2014)
      The article gives a brief analytical survey of multilingualism practices, its consequences, its benefits in education and discussions on the appropriate ways towards its achievement in education. Multilingualism refers ...

    • Biting the Conservative Bullet in Kenya! 

      Lilian Magonya Achieng, Pamela Oloo Anyango (Semantic Scholar, 2013)
      AIDS prevention interventions (Doka 1997; Sontag 1988).This paper examines the cognitive effects of metaphors and metonymies emerging from sexually explicit images and scary pictorial representations in AIDS posters among ...

    • Biting the Conservative Bullet in Kenya! The Quagmire of Sexually Explicit and Scary Pictorial Metaphors in AIDS Posters 

      Lilian Magonya Achieng, Pamela Oloo Anyango (2013)
      AIDS as an incurable ailment is no stranger to humankind. Most healthconscious watchdogs, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS, have lobbied for aggressive AIDS campaigns to sensitize populations within ...

    • Comparing Pedagogy in Kenya’s Public Universities 

      Susan M Kilonzo, Kennedy Onkware, Pamela A Oloo, Simon G Omare (CODESRIA, 2021)
      Past studies have shown that the increased enrolment of students in public universities has not been matched with supporting human and technical resources. This has affected the quality of teaching and learning. This article ...

    • Conceptualization of the seropositive using the journey metaphor in EkeGusii HIV and AIDS discourse in Kisii County, Kenya 

      Damaris Nyakoe, Pamela Oloo, David Ongarora (Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, 2014)
      Language plays a fundamental role in the fight against HIV and AIDS in Kenya. Moreover, language is important in the dissemination of information that would ensure the success of both prevention and treatment of any disease. ...

    • Conceptualization of the seropositive using the journey metaphor in EkeGusii HIV and AIDS discourse in Kisii County, Kenya 

      Damaris Nyakoe, Pamela Oloo, David Ongarora (Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, 2014)
      Language plays a fundamental role in the fight against HIV and AIDS in Kenya. Moreover, language is important in the dissemination of information that would ensure the success of both prevention and treatment of any disease. ...

    • Conflict Management through War Metaphors in 2013 Kenyan Presidential Campaign Speeches 

      Norah Mose, Lilian Magonya, Benson Ojwang (IISTE, 2017)
      Political campaigns employ war metaphors that bring forth the resemblance between the rigours of war and the struggle to occupy electoral offices. In this regard, the political candidates are soldiers, the constituents ...

    • Construction of Feminine Identity through Metaphor in Facebook Discourses 

      Gerald Otieno Njura, Pamela Anyango Oloo, Eric Omondi Odero (International Journal of innovative research and development, 2020)
      One of the ways through which people construct their identities and others’ identities is through use of conceptual metaphors. Conceptual metaphors are not just elements of language but are elements of thought as well and ...

    • Coordinate Ellipsis in EkeGusii: An Overview 

      Robert Omari Otieno, Evans Gesura Mecha, David Ogoti Ongarora (Jadavpur Journal of Languages and Linguistics, 2019)
      This paper gives the distributional characteristics of coordinate elliptical constructions in EkeGusii. The syntax of the constructions is given using a Phase theoretic approach, one of the current theoretical constructs ...

    • Coordinate Ellipsis in EkeGusii: An Overview 

      Omari, Robert Otieno, Evans Gesura Mecha, David Ogoti Ongarora (Jadavpur Journal of Languages and Linguistics, 2019)
      This paper gives the distributional characteristics of coordinate elliptical constructions in EkeGusii. The syntax of the constructions is given using a Phase theoretic approach, one of the current theoretical constructs ...

    • Cross-cultural Variations of the HIV/AIDS IS DEATH Pictorial Metaphor 

      Magonya Achieng' Lilian (Horizon Research Publishing Co., Ltd., 2017-09-01)
      or three decades now, HIV/AIDS undeniably remains one of the leading killer diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. The same narrative is advanced in the literature by sociologists and epidemiologists where mental images that ...

    • Discourse of Traditional Medicine Street Advertisement in Kisumu, Kenya 

      Adams Yakub, Damaris Gechemba Nyakoe, Benard Odoyo Okal (Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2017)
      Information is a very important concept during an interaction between interlocutors within a particular health communicative context. In matters concerning individuals' health and other emotive issues, subjective information ...