Vol. 5 (2016): The University of Nairobi Journal of Language and Linguistics

Articles

• APPROACHING MOTHER-TONGUE EDUCATION AS A PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

  Okoth Okombo

  5-13

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• THE STATUS OF MOTHER TONGUES IN KENYA AND CHINA: LESSONS THE TWO COUNTRIES CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER

  Jane Akinyi N Oduor

  14-32

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• MOTHER TONGUES AS MEDIA OF INSTRUCTION: THE CASE OF KENYA

  Kithaka Wa Mberia

  46-59

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• EXPANDING THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC SPACE FOR THE EMERGENCE OF HYBRID MOTHER TONGUES IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF KENYA

  Lillian K Kaviti

  60-73

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• THE ACQUISITION OF KENYAN SIGN LANGUAGE (KSL) AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE AS A MOTHER TONGUE AND MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF IN KENYA

  George Jefwa Mweri

  85-100

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• ORTHOGRAPHIES IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD: NEGOTIATED COMPROMISES BETWEEN SEVERAL PARTIES

  Leila Schroeder

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• EXAMINING THE INDIGENIOUS WISDOM IN EKEGUSII PROVERBS

  Zipporah Otiso

  116-129

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• TRACING SOME SUPPORT MECHANISMS IN MUSIC FOR THE MOTHER TONGUE EXPERIENCE

  Fred Atoh

  130-141

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• LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT: ILLUSTRATIONS FROM MARSABIT COUNTY, KENYA

  Kenneth Kamuri Ngure

  142-160

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• THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES IN UNDERSTANDING KISWAHILI PROVERBS

  Prisca Jerono

  161-173

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• THE TREATMENT OF KISWAHILI IN KENYA’S EDUCATION SYSTEM

  Rayya Timammy

  174-194

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• ULIMWENGU WA KANGA

  Rayya Timammy

  195-203

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• A JOURNEY THROUGH CREATIVITY AND UNORTHODOX LITERARY CRITICISM: LESSONS FROM THE MASSES OFFERING CRITICISM IN A VERNACULAR LANGUAGE IN KENYA

  Iribe Mwangi

  213-221

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