Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Reading culture among the educated working class in Nairobi and its impacts on the local book publishing
(School of Journalism, University of Nairobi, 2008)The main purpose for this study was to establish the influence of a poor reading culture on the editorial policy of book publishing houses. The study was conceived due to the fact that reading surveys in Kenya mostly ... -
Kubadilisha msimbo katika bunge la Kenya
(2004-12)Katika nchi ya Kenya, wazungumzaj i hutumia lugha ya Kiingereza ambayo ni lugha rasmi, lugha ya Kiswahili ambayo ni lugha ya kitaifa na lugha za kienyeji. Kwa hivyo tunaona kuwa katika nchi hii mazingira ni ya uwingi ... -
The Treatment of the Theme of HIV/AIDS in the Last Plague by Meja Mwangi
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 2002)Underlying the perception of literature as an expression of human experiences is a subtle acknowledgement of some intricate relationship between reality and fiction. The role of a literary artist, Lukacs notes, is"to ... -
Kiswahili katika shule za upili chini ya mfumo wa 8-4-4:- utafiti katika jiji la Nairobi
(Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Nairobi, 1992)Tasnifu hii ni utafiti juu ya Kiswahili katika shule za upili chini ya mfumo wa 8-4-4 uliofanyiwa katika jiji la Nairobi. Madhumuni yake ni kuangalia masiala yanayohusu, Kiswahili katika shule za upili chini ya mfumo ... -
UN humanitarian intervention in southern Sudan:a case study of UNICEF - operation lifeline Sudan (OLS), 1989 - 2001
(Institute of diplomacy and international studies, 2003)This study examines the effectiveness of Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) as an instrument of the UN humanitarian intervention in Southern Sudan. The specific research questions the study seeks to answer are: What were the ... -
A pragmatic analysis of intercultural Communication failures
(Department of Linguistic and Languages, University of Nairobi, 2006-06)The main purpose of this study was to explore intercultural pragmatic failures using the relevance theoretic perspective. In particular, the primary aim was to find out the extent to which the cultural contexts and ... -
A syntactic examination of empty categories in the syntax of Gichuka: Government-binding
(University of NairobiDepartment of Linguistics and Languages, university of Nairobi, 2008-07)This study is an attempt to describe the empty categories in Gichuka synchronic syntax within the framework of Government-Binding theory as proposed in Chomsky (1981). The research problem mainly focused on examining the ... -
A study of methods used in teaching and learning of history and government in Government secondary schools in Nairobi province
(2005)History and Government is one of the subjects in the secondary school curriculum. The subject is important because it inculcates in the learner the feeling of national unity and patriotism. There are problems in the ... -
Kikundi nomino cha kiswahili: mtazamo wa sintaksia ya 'x-bar'
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Arts Kiswahili, 1997)Matlaba ya tasnifu hii ni kufanya uehanganuzi wa kiufafanuzi wa kikundi nomino eha Kiswahili kwa kutumia nadharia ya sintaksia ya 'X-Bar' Katika kiolezofaridi eha nadharia ya sarufi geuzamaumbo sanifu panuzi. Tumeibawibu ... -
The syntax of empty category in Kiswahili simple sentences: The government binding approach
(Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1993)This study is an 'attempt to analyze the syntax of EC in derived simple sentences in Kiswahili with the purpose of showing how it can be used to explain issues of well-formedness and ill-formednes: of the derived simple ... -
The race question in Doris Lessing's African literary works
(Department of Literature, 2008)The central concern of the study is the critical examination of the race question as treated in Doris Lessing's, The Grass is Singing, This Was the Old Chiefs Country, and The Grass Between Their Feet. The study will ... -
Foreign language learning strategies: do different strategies lead to different levels of proficiency?
(Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Nairobi, 2003-06)This study focused on learning strategies used by students of foreign languages. It sought to find out whether the use of different learning strategies led to different levels of proficiency. It tried to establish which ... -
Gender differences in the use of English in Nairobi
(Departments of linguistic and languages, 2008)Engsh is a peer code used by the youth in Nairobi. This study is an investigation of the gender differences in the use of Engsh in Nairobi. The study is within the field of sociolinguistics and has adapted social ... -
Music as a tool of communication in Electoral campaigns: case study of Gatanga Constituency, Thika District
(Department of Arts- Communication, 2005)This study examined the role of music and song as communication tools in Kenya's electoral campaigns. The study takes music as a form of communication, to the voters, and therefore sought to establish the role it plays ... -
Science Journalism and Development in Kenya: A Content Analysis of Daily Nation's 'Horizon' Coverage of Biotechnology (GMOs) Issues
(Department of Arts- Communication, 2007)Moving into the 2151 century. science has become an increasing public business and we are witnessing more space devoted to science issues in the mainstream media. More and more often now. research projects and findings ... -
An investigation into the nature of and factors influencing collaborative arrangements in kenya's media industry
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 1999)In the face of globalisation and liberalisation it is entirely plausible that collaborative arrangements have come to be strategic or useful to the companies involved in the collaboration. There exists a real danger for ... -
An analysis of performance in english at Kenya certificate of secondary education examination
(2009)English is an important subject in the Kenya school curriculum as it is the medium of instruction. At secondary school level, it is taught and examined as an integrated subject i.e, with the Language and the Literature ... -
A Statistical Linguistics Approach to a Swahili Literacy Syllabus Design
(University of Nairobi,Department of Linguistics and African Languages, 2003)The study developed ten literacy lessons in Swahili that are based on a statistical linguistic analysis of lexicographic data and running texts of varied genre. The study considered 25,271 words of varied genre texts ... -
Ugatuzi wa utamaduni wa kikoloni katika tamthilia za Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
(University of NairobiDepartment of linguistics and African languages, university of Nairobi, 2006-06)Tahakiki nyingi za kazi za kifasihi za Kiswahili ambazo zimefanywa kuhusiana na ukoloni na ukoloni rnambo-leo zimejikita katika nadharia ya U-Marx. Tahakiki za aina hiyo hubakia kuangazia suala la uhusiano wa kiuchumi ... -
Translation strategies: a case study of Kikamba fm radio stations presenters.
(Department of Arts-Linguistics, 2006)This research was fundamentally an investigation into the strategies that the Kikamba FM radio stations' presenters employ in order to corne up with suitable neologisms in the language to express new technological terms. ...
