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Is Democrasy Possible? A Theoritical Perspective
(Research on humanities and Social Sciences, 2017)Democracy can be defined as a government in which sovereignty lies with the people either directly or via representatives. The transition from monarchy to representative democracy was long, gradual process. Nevertheless, ... -
Genre Analysis of Move Structures in Job Interviews by the Judicial Service Commission of Kenya in 2011
(Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, 2017)Many scholars have carried out research on genre analysis (Swales, 1990, Bhatia,1993, Bruce, 1993), Flowerdew, 2002, Fairclough,, 2006, and others) and their findings have opened many avenues for research and analysis ... -
NAFASI YA TAFSIRI KATIKA TAALUMA YA ONOMASTIKI: UHAKIKI WA MBINU ZAKE KATIKA TAFSIRI YA TOPONOMASTIKI
(Journal of the Institute of Kiswahili Research, Dar Es Salaam, 2017)Hivi sasa lugha ya Kiswahili inadhukuriwa sio tu kama lugha ya wanajamii wa Afrika Mashariki na Kati pekee bali ni miongoni mwa zile lugha kubwa za ulimwengu na ambazo hutumiwa katika shughuli mbalimbali za binadamu. ... -
A Lexico-Pragmatic Interpretation of Peace in the 2013 Kenyan Presidential Campaign Speeches Regarding Conflict Management
(ARC Journals, 2017)Words have power to control human thoughts and behaviour. In a country like Kenya which has experienced election-related conflict since 1992, with the exception of 2013, various lexical choices, especially by the political ... -
Conflict Management through War Metaphors in 2013 Kenyan Presidential Campaign Speeches
(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 ... -
Cross-cultural Variations of the HIV/AIDS IS DEATH Pictorial Metaphor
(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 ... -
Linguistic Conceptualizations of Disease Among the Luo of Kenya
(Sage Publications, 2018)The region inhabited by the Luo ethnic group in Kenya is disease endemic. However, disease awareness initiatives register low acceptance due to the sociocultural images of disease and illness conceptualized in the local ... -
A Linguistic Overview of the Patronymic and Gender Names amongst the Selected African Communities
(American Journal of Linguistics, 2018)Most family systems world over are basically patriarchal in that children are given names bearing those of their fathers. The tendency cuts across almost all cultures in the world. This trend has continued to exist from ... -
Uchanganuzi wa kileksikografia wa hiponimia za leksimu nomino na vitenzi vya kiswahili na tafsiri zake katika kiluo
(Maseno University, 2018)Ingawa hiponimia hudhihirika miongoni mwa kategoria mbalimbali za maneno, tafiti za Kiswahili zimeelekea kushughulikia hiponimia za nomino na kupuuza kategoria nyingine kama vile vitenzi, vielezi na vivumishi. Tafiti hizi ... -
Coordinate Ellipsis in EkeGusii: An Overview
(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 ... -
Sexism of the Jiko (Cooking Stove), Food and Sexuality: The Fuzzy Conceptual Boundary
(Linguistics and Literature Studies, 2019)This paper re-examines the Jiko 1 as a symbol of femininity within the East African region. In the Kenyan society, jikos serve as charcoal based ceramic stoves used for cooking in virtually all households. The goal of ... -
Ekegusii Subject and Object Markers: Affixes or Clitics?
(Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, 2019)Bantu languages are known for their agglutinative nature and complex verbal morphology. A single verbal complex has several affixes including the subject markers (SMs) and object markers (OMs). The precise status of the ... -
Coordinate Ellipsis in EkeGusii: An Overview
(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 ... -
Implications of Coronavirus (Covid-19) on the Stability of the Luo Cultural Funeral Ceremonies in Kenya
(Masaimara university resipototry, 2020)Abstract: The paper reveals the circumstances that may cause change in the Luo cultural funeral practices. One such circumstance is the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 is a global issue however it has a great ... -
Implications of Coronavirus (Covid-19) on the Stability of the Luo Cultural Funeral Ceremonies in Kenya
(Masaimara university, 2020)Abstract: The paper reveals the circumstances that may cause change in the Luo cultural funeral practices. One such circumstance is the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 is a global issue however it has a great ... -
Analysis of Themes and Illocutionary Speech Act in Selected Advisory Biblical and Literary Texts
(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 ... -
Syntactic Aspects Of Ekegusii Subject And Object Markers
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), 2020)The verbal complex in Bantu languages is an important unit in the syntactic structure. The verbal word in Bantu, in particular, EkeGusii, has a structure which accommodates affixation of a variety of morphemes as prefixes ... -
Pragmatic Exploration of Social Media Images on Interpretation Aiming at Facebook Users in Kenya: Political Discourse
(Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies, 2020)This article sought to address the gap in empirical research related to pragmatic exploration of social media images on interpretation focusing on Facebook users in Kenya: political discourse. In order to achieve this, ... -
Amending Social Concerns through Language Communication in Selected Songs
(International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2020)The research analyzes the Ekegusii jazz band songs with specific reference to Bana Sungusia Jazz Band songs. Studies have been done on different songs focusing on different themes. The study determined how the language ... -
ANALYSIS OF THEMES AND ILLOCUTIONARY SPEECH ACT IN SELECTED ADVISORY BIBLICAL AND LITERARY TEXTS
(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 ...