Abstract/Overview This paper discusses Manifestations of Code Switching in Nairobi. The main objective is to examine the influence of Variables such as Formality and Informality of the conversation context in Code Switching and Code selection. The researcher tape- recorded spontaneous speech from the respondents, then the tape recorded data was transcribed on paper and the extracts from the transcribed text were analyzed based on the tenets of Speech Accommodation Theory and Markedness Mo...
Abstract/Overview Ulimwengu wa sasa wa utandawazi umesababisha kuzagaa kwa matumizi ya Teknolojia ya Habari na Mawasiliano (TEHAMA), hususani kompyuta na vitumi vyake. Kwa hali hiyo, maendeleo ya sayansi na teknolojia yamesababisha kuenea kwa lugha zinazotumika kwa wingi katika teknolojia hiyo kama vile Kiingereza na Kifaransa na kudumazwa kwa lugha za Kiafrika zinazotumiwa kwa nadra mno. Uwezo wa kutumia media na vitumi vipya vya teknolojia hii kwa ubunifu na uhakiki aghalabu hutegemea u...
Abstract/Overview This study investigated language attitudes of secondary school learners of Somali descent toward Kiswahili and their patterns of language use in various domains in a multilingual context as evidenced in Garissa Town. The target population was secondary school students in public and private schools within Garissa town, Garissa County, Kenya. Field data was collected through questionnaires. A total of 100 respondents were involved in this study. This sample was obtained th...
Abstract/Overview The role of language attitudes on language choice, development and policy in multilingual societies cannot be over emphasized (Adegbija, 1994; Batibo, 2005). Monolingual speakers have only one attitude towards their language because they have no other languages to compare it with. However, where speakers are bilingual or multilingual; there is a tendency to develop different attitudes to each of the languages used. These attitudes, whether positive or negative, will norm...
Abstract/Overview Nasal Consonant (NC) sequences, in Bantu languages, and the long vowels preceding them remains a puzzle in Bantu literature and research. This paper provides a descriptively oriented analysis of the relationship between long vowels and nasal consonant sequences in Kisa, a dialect of Luhya, a Bantu language spoken in Khwisero Constituency Western Province, Kenya. The data used in this paper was generated by the author as a native speaker of Kisa. The central descriptive f...