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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Swahili"”.
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Factors that affect biliteracy development and maintenance of Swahili in bilingual (Swahili-English) speaking children
… study investigates the bilingual and biliteracy (Swahili-English) development of two elementary and three middle school Kenyan children across home and school contexts in the United States. Guided by sociocognitive and sociocultural theories of language and literacy, the study explores the factors …
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A tagmemic analysis of Swahili clause structure
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Linguistics and Oriental and African Languages, 1968
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The pragmatics of selected discourse markers in Swahili
… is a description of several discourse markers in Swahili in a pragmatic framework which assumes that speakers and hearers are rational agents whose behavior, including verbal behavior, is plan-based and goal-oriented. In this view, speech is coherent because the hearer can perceive the relation of …
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Investigating language preferences in improving multilingual Swahili information retrieval
… information needs and Web search behaviour of Swahili-speaking Web users in Tanzania. One bold behaviour of such multilingual Web users that emerged is code-switching. Several factors, such as information context and search topic, were identified as reasons for such frequent language switching. …
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English-Swahili Code Switching: An Intersection between Stance and Identity
… to explain the language patterns in English-Swahili bilinguals in Memphis and Tallahassee Florida in the United States of America. The following study address how and why bilinguals code switch, and how different stance taking measures brings out the speaker identities. The study mainly …
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Language variation and change: A case study of Shaba Swahili
Swahili has generally been perceived as a homogenous entity whose norms are reflected in the variety spoken on the coast of East Africa. Any deviations from these norms are perceived as trademark of colloquialism, corruption, deterioration and/or sub-standardness. In the Zairian province of Shaba, …
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Decision-Making in Literary Translation: A Descriptive Study of Swahili Literary Translations
This study investigates the notion of “shifts” in Swahili literary translations within a wider context of communication and focuses on the translators’ role and goals, which shape and direct both the process and the product of translation. The study is intended to answer the broad question of why …
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Mashairi: a surviving art of the Swahili Muslim peoples of Lamu Town, Kenya
This research focuses on the phenomenon of Swahili poetry and its continued existence amongst Swahilis in Lamu Town, a performative art that is gradually waning in traditional contexts. When people talk about mashairi (poems) in Lamu Town they are referring to both Swahili songs and poems, the two …
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The use of scripture in Swahili tracts by Muslims and Christians in East Africa
… the use of scripture in tracts published in Swahili in East Africa. The use of tracts for the propagation of religion is introduced through the work of Tract Societies in Britain and the use of Christian tracts in overseas missions. Printing in Arabic and the propagation of Islam through …
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Factors Contributing To Feelings Of Inclusion And Exclusion Among Swahili-Speaking Refugees In Lexington, Kentucky
<p>This study examines Swahili-speaking refugees’ feelings of inclusion and exclusion through focus group interviews. We hypothesized that language, tangible aid, and social interactions would be related to feelings of inclusion and exclusion in the host society. We also examined demographic …
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Phonological development in Swahili a descriptive, cross-sectional study of typically developing pre-schoolers in Tanzania
Swahili is widely spoken in East African countries, but to date there are no culturally and linguistically appropriate materials available for speech language therapists working in the region. The challenges of assessing and managing Swahili speaking children with speech difficulties are further …
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Games in culture: a contextual analysis of the Swahili board game and its relevance to variation in African Mankala.
… focussing intensively on the highly complex Swahili game of Bao in its social context, and secondly on Mankala as a genre exhibiting extensive variation as documented by the author's personal research and accounts by others.
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Sheng : the mixed language of Nairobi
… Kenya, is a mixed language (incorporating Swahili, English and local vernaculars). The study focuses on the lexicon and morphosyntax, but social factors are examined as well. Three broad research questions are addressed: (1) Does Sheng have a core vocabulary separate from that of Swahili? …
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The application of some second language teaching/learning principles in multimedia language design : a case study of a multimedia approach to an undergraduate course in Swahili
… learning with the help of the multimedia Swahili programme. The sample comprises four UCT learners (mixed Ll 's) studying a (CD-ROM) multimedia Swahili language programme.
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What does it mean to learn oral and written English language: a case study of a rural Kenyan classroom
… Kenya. The languages used in this classroom were Swahili and English only. Kamba the mother tongue of the majority of the children, was banned in the entire school. In this classroom there were 89 children with two teachers, one a teacher of English, the other a teacher of Swahili. The children’s …
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The Influence Of Brief Mindfulness Exercise On Encoding Of Novel Words
… the encoding of novel semantic information. A Swahili-English word pair association task was used to examine whether engaging in a brief mindfulness exercise enhanced the encoding of Swahili-English word pairs, thus improving long-term recall. Participants recruited from the undergraduate …
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