| dc.description.abstract | The present study attempts to establish which
varieties of Dholuo constitute regional dialects.
socio-Linguistic orientation in the identification and analysis of the dialect features. Unlike traditional dialect
studies, which, prefer non mobile older rural males This
study is based all a sample which includes male,female
young; old, mobile and non-mobile .informants it thus
employs multi-stage, random, stratified and judgement sampling techniques
techniques in the selection of informants
of data collection. The description of the geographical linguistic differences also includes a discussion of now
social factors such as exposure to foreign dialects context
and willingness to accommodate to a different dialect related
to the regional features. | en |
