Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Mobile telephony in information dissemination on HIV and aids prevention and care among the Kenyan youth.
(University of Nairobischool of Journalism, 2007-10)According to Kenya's National AIDS Control Council Sentinel Surveillance Survey (2006), youth aged between 15 and 24 years account for more than half of all new HIV incidences every year. The report attributes this ... -
A case study into the possible causes of errors made in the formation of English tag questions among learners of Dagoretti mixed secondary school in Nairobi
(Departments of linguistic and languages, 2007)The present case study sets to investigate the possible causes of errors made in the formation of English tag questions among learners of Dagoretti Mixed Secondary School in Nairobi. Census method was used in the collection ... -
Maudhui mbalimbali katika nyimeo za John Mwale
(University of NairobiDepartment of Kiswahili, 1991)Tasnifu yetu imejishughulisha na maudhui mbalimbali katika nyimbo za John Mwale.Madhumuni yalikuwa ni kuangalia mchango wa nyimbo hizi kama aina mojawapo ya fasihi ya Kiswahili. Tuna jumla ya sura nne, historia ya ... -
The development of political consciousness in the novels of Alex La Guma
(Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 1992)The fundamental concern of this thesis is to give a critical attention to the works of Alex La Guma as an artistic continuum which examines the South African political whirlpool. The continuum is a subtle reflection of ... -
The treatment of escape and conservatism in Naipaul's fictional works
(Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 2007)This study investigates the portrayal of escape and conservatism in Naipaul's selected works. It further seeks to examine the author's employment of satire as a crystallization of his regenerative quests and lastly, to ... -
Cattle song as performance: the case of Boran Weedhu
(University of NairobiDepartment of linguistics and African languages, university of Nairobi, 1993)Oral literary scholarship has often assumed the place of performance and has tended to evade it as an object of study. Performance as a concept has always been relegated to be merely acknowledged without delving deep into ... -
Language as a tool of abuse against women: the case of the language of matatu touts and University students in Nairobi
(Department of Linguistic and African Languages, University of Nairobi, 2003-09)A notable percentage of men in the society use language to marginalize abuse and demean women. This study is an attempt to study the role of English Kiswahili and Sheng languages in promoting and sustaining the above and ... -
Emergence of environmental journalism in Kenya's mainstream
(University of NairobiSchool of Journalism, 2007)Environmental reporting is a specialized field in the media and there exist scanty research on this subject in Kenya. This study defines what environmental reporting is, before delving into various aspects sub-divided into ... -
In search of an equilibrium: A study of gender roles and style in national drama festival plays
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Arts Literature, 2000)This study is aimed at establishing the gender roles and attitudes inscribed in the Drama Festival plays within the period between 1995 - 1999. It is based on ten unpublished Drama Festival plays picking two plays per a ... -
Mada: "mofofonolonjia ya kiswahili sanifu``: mathalani kikuyu ya kabete ulinganishi
(Department of Educational management, 1992)Kazi hii imelenga kulinganisha halia za Kisauti ambazo zipo katika Kiswahili sanifu na Kikikuyu sanifu. Hata hivyo tumeona umuhimu wa kulinganisha Kikikuyu sanifu, na Kikikuyu cha Kabete. Lahaja hizi zipo chini ya ... -
The role of community media in peacebuiding
(Institute of Diplomacy and International, University of Nairobi, 2005)The study focuses on the role of community media in peace building. It examines various views by authors on their perception on the role of media in peace building. It also looks at the strengths of community media and ... -
Language and gender: a case study of the Ki-Kabete variety of Gikuyu
(Department of Linguistic and African Languages, University of Nairobi, 2006-06)This work is essentially an investigation to establish whether there is semantic 'equivalence' in the connotative value of symmetrical terms that refer to both the male and female gender in Gikuyu, a central Bantu language. ... -
Ukiushi katika lugha ya kimaongezi dhidi ya kanuni za kiswahili sanifu
(University of NairobiDepartment of Kiswahili, 1991)Utafiti . huu umetokanana imani kwamba ukiushi katika lugha ya kimaongezi ni tukio halisi na dhahiri katika matumizi ya lugha yo yote ile. (Taz. Max Black, 1968). Kuifahamu lugha na kuielewa kikamilifu kunahusu pia ufahamu ... -
The phonological basis of misspellings in the written English of Kikuyu speakers in Kenya
(Department of Arts-Linguistics, 2006)This study examines the influence of Kikuyu as a leamer's first language (L I) phonology on orthography in English as a second language. The study focused only on the misspellings made by ... -
A minimalist perspective of the principles and parameters in Kikamba morpho-syntax
(Department of Arts-Linguistics, 2004)This dissertation examines the morpho-syntax of Kikamba (a Bantu language) within the Principles and Parameters framework as defined by the Minimalist Program. The Research Problem focused on investigating the ... -
Factors that affect management of early childhood development centres in Thika district, Kenya
(Department of educational administration and planning, 2004)Early Childhood Development (ECD) is a critical stage that determines the future of a child. Brain research has been cited for the importance of young children's success to quality care and education from the earliest ... -
Parametric variation in the acquisition of English as an additional language
(Department of Arts, 2000)One of the fundamental goals of a theory of grammar is to define precisely how a child acquires competence of the languages to which she is exposed. This study examines the syntactic development of twenty children acquiring ... -
Ekegusii: a comparative study of Rogoro and maate dialects
(Department of Linguistics and African Languages, 1993-07)This work attempts to establish and describe the dialects of Ekegusii by comparing the phonological, morphological and lexical features of the two dialects. Using the concept of variability, it is shown that the two dialects ... -
The Portrayal of Nelson Mandela in His Autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom and in Winnie Mandela’s, Part of My Soul
(University of NairobiDepartment of linguistics and languages, university of Nairobi, 2008)The portrayal of Mandela in Part of My Soul and in Long Walk to Freedom has been explored through the analysis of literary strategies that the works employ. The study begins with an introduction that encompasses the ... -
An attribute analysis of archaeological beads from Shanga, Northern Kenya Coast
(Department of Arts, 1992)This study is concerned with an attribute analysis of archaeological beads from Shanga site.From the written documents, it is evident that questions pertaining to bead analysis and interpretation ...
