ABSTRACT This study investigated the challenges of consecutive interpreting in My Love film, interpreted from English into Swahili. It, specifically, sought to identify challenges of consecutive interpreting in My Love film and to find out the impacts of the challenges of consecutive interpreting in My Love film from one language to another. The researcher, first watched My Love film thoroughly and then identified eighteen strings. The study employed 55 respondents as its sample size and use...
ABSTRCT This study sought to evaluate the content of the constitution of URT translated from English into Kiswahili. It specifically focused on the identification of the problems which translators experienced when translating and analyzing the challenges faced by the translators. Moreover, it discussed the factors which may contribute to the quality of translation or information. The data were collected through documentary review, questionnaires and interviews. The study used both purposive a...
ABSTRACT This study informs about the toponyms of Pemba village names. More specifically, it informs about the origin of the village names, meanings associated with the names and the influence of modernisation on the names. The study employed descriptive research design in which the generation and analysis of the data were done using qualitative techniques; i.e. data were collected through interviews, focus group discussion and documentary review. The researcher was informed by 46 informants ...
IKISIRI Tasnifu hii inahusu Matumizi ya msamiati unaosawiri mazingira ya Kizanzibari katika riwaya za Muhammed Said Abdulla. Msamiati ni jumla ya maneno yaliyomo katika lugha. Hivyo, kwa mujibu wa utafiti huu maneno yenyewe yalichunguzwa kupitia riwaya ya Mzimu wa Watu wa Kale, Duniani Kuna Watu na Kosa la Bwana Msa. Uchunguzi huu ulilenga kuchunguza na kubainisha msamiati huo na etimolojia yake pamoja na athari yake kwa wasomaji. Sababu ya kuchunguza suala hilo lilitokana na mtafiti kuvutika...
ABSTRACT Metaphor is an intriguing concept. It is used implicitly as well as explicitly at different levels. Basically, metaphor is a linguistic device; it is used to compare certain objects, feelings and attitudes with other entities. This study investigated the use of metaphors in Swahili Newspapers headlines and their effects in communication with the aim of identifying metaphors used in Swahili newspapers, the effects of metaphors and the role they play in news reporting as well as the re...
IKISIRI Tasnifu inahusu uchunguzi juu ya Asili ya Wapemba kwa Mtazamo wa tawi la Isimujamii la Isimu Mandhari. Isimu Mandhari ni mkabala wa kiisimu unaoshughulikia vipashio vya lugha vinavyohusiana na eneo fulani la watumiaji wa lugha inayohusika. Huchunguza umaeneo ndani ya lugha fulani. Kwa mfano, kuchunguza msamiati wa lugha unaotumika katika eneo fulani. Kipashio kimojawapo cha lugha, yaani maneno ya kategoria ya nomino (majina) yanachukua nafasi kubwa katika mkabala huu. Majina yanatuwez...
ABSTRACT This study assessed language endangerment in Tanzania with a focus on Matengo language, an Ethnic Minority Languages spoken in Mbinga District in Ruvuma region. The research used qualitative approach and both ethnographic and phenomenological research designs. Also, the research employed interview and observation methods in the data collection. The study had three objectives which were to: identify patterns of Matengo endangerment, to analyse causes of Matengo endangerment and examin...
IKISIRI Kazi hii imedhamiria kufafanua athariya matumizi ya mafumbo na tamathali za semi zinazojitokeza katika nyimbo zinazoimbwa katika muktadha wa uganga wa puuo. Lugha inayotumika katika nyimbo hizo huwa teule na yenye ukwasi mkubwa katika utumiaji wa mafumbo na tamathali, kama vile ishara, methali, taswira, taashira, tashbiha na tashhisi. Aidha, utafiti huu umelenga kubainisha athari zinazojitokeza kutokana na matumizi ya mafumbo na tamathali za semi kwa jamii ya Wazanzibari. Utafiti umeo...
IKISIRI Utafiti huu ulihusu uchunguzi wa fani katika methali za Kisukuma katika uadilishaji wa watoto na vijana. Vipengele vya kifani vilivyochunguzwa na kuchambuliwa ni matumizi ya lugha, wahusika na mandhari. Vipengele hivyo vilichunguzwa kwa lengo la kubainisha namna mfungamano wake unavyochangia kuibua maudhui ambayo hukamilisha tendo zima la kiusemi na namna nguvu ya tendo kusudiwa inavyopokewa na watoto na vijana. Nadharia ya Tendo la Kiusemi (TELAKI) imetumika kuchanganulia vipengele h...
ABSTRACT Within a sociolinguistic scope, the present research work was set to examine language changes or more precisely, dialect changes at the level of vocabulary in Pemba speech community. The purpose of this dissertation was to create awareness among language users of the need to be current with our knowledge of lexis. Also, it serves to exemplify many vocabulary items that have undergone change in various ways. Primary data were collected directly from direct elicitation from old aged pe...
ABSTRACT This study explored how Distance Education has changed English language teaching in Zanzibar primary schools. The study were guided by three specific objectives which were: examine the improvement of English language proficiency among teachers who have undergone DE programme in teaching in Zanzibar primary schools, to evaluate the effectiveness of English classroom activities that are related to the knowledge of grammar for the teachers who have joined DE programme in Zanzibar and t...
ABSTRACT This work aimed at assessing Kibena endangerment basing on intergenerational language transmission parameter. The researcher worked on three objectives which were; domains of its use, the role of intermarriages and speakers‟ attitudes as a motivating factor behind transmitting it to younger generations. He carried out this study in Uwemba, Mtwango and Kidugala villages in Njombe and Wanging‟ombe districts in Southern Highlands of Tanzania. In the study, the researcher used both ...
ABSTRACT This study has been done as an attempt to describe the two processes in morphologyinflection and derivation, how they apply to Kisukuma language, while paying attention to the Jinakiiya dialect which is spoken in some parts of Shinyanga and Simiyu regions. The study is undertaken considering the fact that languages of the world differ morphologically in a number of ways. The objective of the study is to describe the nature of derivation and inflection in nouns, verbs and adjectives ...
ABSTRACT The study informs about the Pogolo personal names. It particularly informs the semantics, morphology of Pogolo personal names, as well as the sociolinguistic interpretation of the names. Using the descriptive research design coupled with the qualitative approach, data were generated through interviews, focus group discussion (FGD) and documentation. 28 informants were purposively and snowball sampled from Mwaya, Ruaha, and Chilombola wards of the southern part of Ulanga to inform th...
ABSTRACT This study assesses the Community Policing Discourse in Conflict Resolution among Protesters in Unlawful Demonstrations in Tanzania. It is a sort of case study carried out in Dodoma Municipality. It was guide by three specific objectives which are: to investigate how community policing language in conflict resolution helps to prevent crimes, to determine the extent to which language used by police reflects actual community policing in unlawful demonstrations; and to evaluate the eff...