ABSTRACT This study investigated the use of the contextual method in teaching Kiswahili vocabulary in secondary schools in Kakamega District. The study was carried out after the researcher noted that the integration approach of teaching Kiswahili vocabulary using the contextual method was still new to Kiswahili teachers and therefore posed challenges that needed to be addressed. The study on the teaching of vocabulary was considered important because vocabulary dominates every avenue of commu...
Abstract: Maasai language has 22 dialects whose noun parallel varies phonologically. This short work describes the phonological processes causing the variation across the dialects of this language. Maasai noun synonyms are either allomorphs or allomorph composites whose structural differences arise from the interaction between the constituent phonemes. The objectives of the work were to identify noun parallels in the various dialects and identifying the various rules governing the phonologica...
IKISIRI Utafiti huu umechunguza ufumbaji katika riwaya mbili za Katama Mkangi: Mafuta na Walenisi. Utafiti huu umelenga: Kwanza, kubainisha aina mbalimbali za ubunifu wa ufumbaji uliojitokeza katika riwaya ya Mafuta na Walenisi. Pili, kudhihirisha jinsi ufumbaji ulivyotumiwa na mwandishi kama kichocheo cha zinduko katika riwaya ya Mafuta na Walenisi. Tatu, kudhihirisha namna ufumbaji umeendeleza au kukwamiza usawiri wa wahusika wa mtunzi. Nne, kutathimini jinsi mazingira ya mwandishi yalivyoc...
IKISIRI Utafiti huu unahusu kuchunguza mielekeo ya watumiaji lugha ya Kiswahili kuhusiana na ukinzani katika methali. Kwa mfano methali, Fuata nyuki ule asali na Fuata nyuki ufe mzingani. Utafiti huu umeongozwa na nadharia mbili; nadharia ya mguso na nadharia ya umaanishaji. Katika upande wa ukusanyaji data, utafiti huu ulitumia hojaji kwenda nyanjani na udurusu wa kina kuhusu methali za Kiswahili. Lengo kuu la utafiti huu lilikuwa kubaini na kuchanganua mielekeo ya wanafunzi na walimu wa fas...
ABSTRACT Dholuo panegyrics (pakruok) reflect social issues that can only be contextually understood with reference to societal norms and Luo cultural practices. Dholuo panegyrics entail deliberate use of indirect references comprising implicit meanings. Dholuo panegyrics are full of indeterminacies such as ambiguities, metaphors, ironies and implicatures that are difficult to interpret as understanding them is contextually determined because of the use of figurative language. This study provi...
ABSTRACT One of the ways in which people communicate in a society is through songs. Benga music is a genre of Kenyan popular music. Dholuo benga love songs have been in existence from 1960s to date. Aspects of language, like metaphors, usually vary over time due to external and internal influences on a speech community. The different linguistic expressions of love in Dholuo benga love songs are evidence of various conceptualizations of love over time by the benga artistes. Language use, other...
ABSTRACT The study analyzed the discursive constructions of masculine identities in newspapers‟ pullout magazines in Kenya. It examined if there was a disconnect between the way Kenya‟s mainstream newspapers‟ pullout magazines constructed masculinity and the way the readers of these magazines constructed it. The objectives of the study were: to identify and describe the types of masculine identities that are constructed by lifestyle magazines and determine how these magazines justify or...
ABSTRACT Literature is the mirror of society. There is a big relationship between literature and the happenings in society. Aspects of literature are in style and theme and characters are one of the aspects of style. Swahili written literature has four genres: novel, play, short stories and poetry. Characters’ image in the play is usually brought out through their conversations and actions. Many studies that have been conducted on female characters in plays before 2000 portrayed the woman g...
ABSTRACT Characterization in Kiswahili poetry is an aspect that has been given little attention by literary analysts. Characterization in poetry does not manifest itself vividly as it does in other genres of literature. It looks complicated because of the form in which it appears. Characterization in Kiswahili poetry is not clear. It seems not to exist in poetry yet it can be realized through other aspects. The aim of this study was to analyze characterization and portrayal of characters in K...
IKISIRI Kimsingi, lugha inawezesha na kuendeleza mazungumzo katika jamii. Lugha hii hujitokeza katika mazungumzo na maandishi. Mawasiliano andishi yanatakiwa kufanywa kwa uangalifu mkubwa ili kukamilisha gharadhi lake katika jamii. Ilivyobainika ni kwamba pasipo lugha, mawasiliano kama shughuli kuu ya kibinadamu hayatafaulu. Ingawa makosa mbalimbali yanayopatikana katika kazi za wanafunzi yametambuliwa na kuchanganuliwa na wataalamu mbalimbali, bidii hazijafanywa katika kubainisha makosa ya k...
ABSTRACT The Holy Bible has its major pillars in the traditions of the Jews, thus, it is a collection of books that have genres of oral literature. Though a lot of research has been done on the genres of oral literature, very little has been done on the intertextuality of the genres of oral literature in the Bible. This study intended to evaluate the genres of oral literature in selected books of the Bible so as to fill this gap. The research aimed at analyzing the interxtuality nature of ora...
ABSTRACT The significance of reading skills in the development of English as a second language cannot be underrated. The Kenyan secondary schools curriculum for English requires a student to have developed competence in reading skills by the time they sit for Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations at form four. However, some students do not meet the standards which are required by the Kenyan secondary schools English curriculum even though they have done the fourth form final e...
ABSTRACT Communication is the essence of human interaction. The nature of communication is dependent on interaction between two or more individuals. Construction sites in Gem sub-County, Kenya bring together a variety of people of diverse interests, lifestyles and specializations. Construction workers engage in communication processes which exhibit diversity, since they apparently have a specific language for the in-group which is explicitly understood by themselves to the exclusion of non-wo...
ABSTRACT The role of vernacular FM radio stations as a tool for communicating in Kenya should be underscored. Accordingly, Mulembe FM is a vernacular radio station targeting listeners of the Luhya dialects spoken in Western Kenya which employs newscasters drawn from different Luhya dialects. Although theLuhya dialects exhibit vast lexical mismatches, Mulembe FM hiring policy is that the presenters use their dialects in the newscast translation on the assumption that the dialects are mutually ...
ABSTRACT Despite the existence of hyponymy in various word categories, Kiswahili studies have tended to consider nominal hyponymy disregarding other categories such as verbs, adverbs and adjectives. These studies have also been conducted without clear linguistic approaches of classification and appropriate theoretical basis. In addition, no structural and stylistic studies on hyponymy have been conducted between Kiswahili and other African languages. Therefore, the study analysed lexicographi...