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Courtroom Interpretation from Dholuo to English: A Stylistic and Pragmatic Analysis
(, 2016)
Earlier studies on interpretation such as Garcés (1996) and Hale (2004) show that interpreters often make the mistake of conveying only the semantic meaning; ignoring, misunderstanding or simply not conveying the ...
Meaning Loss in Interpretation : A Judgment Ruling in Nyando Magistrate’s Court Kenya
(International Science, 2014)
Abstract
Research on interpretation in Kenyan Courts is limited and there are none that examine Dholuo-English interpretations. Consequently, there is a pressing need to have a broad and deep understanding of the linguistic ...
Humour in Pakruok: Among the Luo of Kenya: Do Current Theories of Humour Effectively Explain Pakruok
(International Journal of Linguistics, 2013)
Many studies have been carried out on the Dholuo oral literature genre known as pakruok(Parkin 1978, Amuka 2000, Masolo 2000 and Mwangi 2009). Other studies have been carried out on how humour is created ...
Teenage Girls and Television Advertisements: The Reaction of Teenage Girls to Persuasion in Advertisements
(Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012)
The book the reaction of teenage girls to TV advertisements looks at the language of persuasion in television adverts and looks at how the teenage girls react to it. The adverts do more than just sell the products they ...