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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 ...
Monitoring and Supervision of Adult Basic Education: District Education Officers’ Dilemma in Machakos County of Kenya
(Scholars Academic and Scientific Publishers, 2017)
The purpose of the study is to explore challenges facing District Adult and Continuing Education Officers (DACEO’s) in Monitoring and Supervision of Adult Basic Education in Machakos County in Kenya. The study used descriptive ...
Fraud vulnerability of Kenya’s National Identity Card System
(2014)
Modern crimes such as terrorism, money laundering and illegal immigration are majorly committed by individuals who falsify their identities by forging identification documents. One such document that is a target ...
Factors Influencing the Intention to Use Location-Based Mobile Advertising among Micro-Enterprises in Kenya
(African Journal of Information Systems, 2016)
The use of location-based mobile advertising to deliver context specific information from businesses to clients has the potential to help them increase revenues, personalize offerings and reduce marketing ...
An Examination of the Factors that Shape the Engagement of Faculty Members and Academic Staff
(Springer, 2011)
In this article we discuss some of the factors that influence how faculty members and academic staff at Michigan State University connect their scholarly activities to external audiences. Logistic regression was used to ...
Drug Abuse and Addiction Effects on Human Body
(Journal Of Humanities And Social Science, 2016)
Drug and substance abuse has been of great concern to institutions, families, employers and employees alike. However, these concerns have to be addressed through dissemination of relevant knowledge ...
Nomadic Girls' Education Paperback
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2014)
The right to education is clearly articulated in core international and national instruments. The vital role played by education in the socio-economic development of every country is universally recognized. There is a close ...