MA RESEARCH PROJECTS (ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS)
Abdi Addow (C50/35542/2019) Dialectal variations of the Somali Language (Supervisors: Prof. Jane Oduor/Dr. Mohammed Akidah)
Alexine Meloute EP Bonde (C50/35603/2019) Sentential negation in Guadeloupean Creole: Description and analysis (Supervisors: Prof Helga Schröder/Dr. David Barasa)
Daniel Amenya (C50/35745/2019) A morpho-syntactic study of the Ekegusii Phase structure of the verb system (Supervisors: Dr. Fred Atoh/Dr. Patrick Kihara)
Mary James Mueni (C50/14850/2018) A stylistic analysis of Kenyan Memes (Supervisors: Dr. Gideon Marete/Dr. James Orao)
Kandi Omolo Barbara (C50/15701/2018) A Conceptual Metaphor Theoretical Analysis of non-literary Metaphors (Supervisors: Prof. Helga Schröder/Elisabeth Ochola)
Kinyua Linet (C50/35745/2019) Consonant changes in the lexicon of the Ndia dialects. (Supervisors: Prof. Kithaka wa Mberia/Dr. Zipporah Otiso)
Lisper W. Mwai (C50/36463/2020) Analysis of favoured by-products of Radio Avertisements in Gikuyu (Supervisors: Dr. Alice Wachira/Dr. Norbert Basweti)
Joyce Waweru (C50/80495/201) Understanding and Interpretation of Verbal irony in Kimbeere Verbal Utterances. (Supervisors: Prof. Kithaka wa Mberia/Dr. Basweti)
Martin Maingi Ekabu (C50/16390/2018) An analysis of Adaption of English technological loan words in Kiimenti dialect of Kimeru (Supervisors: Prof. Jane Oduor/Dr. Mohammed Akidah)
Milkah Gathoni Muigia (C50/23510/2019) Cognitive approach to poetry (Supervisors: Prof. Kithaka wa Mberia/Dr. James Orao)
Pamela Auma (C50/15227/2018) Comparative Error Analysis in Written English of the Grade four Leaners in Migori County: a competence Based curriculum approach (Supervisors: Dr. Catherine Agoya/Dr. Atoh)
Kipchumba Peter Too (C50/85061/2016) Competence-Based Curriculum and L2 Learning: A Shift in both Strategy and Focus (Supervisors: Dr. Alfred Buregeya/Helen Omangi)
Stella Mburu (C50/32454/2019) Teaching children with dyslexia and disgraphia in primary schools in Lari sub county, Kenya: A case study of methods used by teachers to teach English in a normal class setting. (Supervisors: Dr. Alfred Buregeya/Dr. Zipporah Otisso)
Thomas Nyutu (C50/34672/2019) The linguistic aesthetics of Epitaphs at Lang’ata Cemetery, Nairobi County (Supervisors: Dr. Catherine Agoya/Dr. SilvanoMurithi)
DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS (MA AND PHD PROPOSAL PRESENTATION SEMINARS)
1ST M.A PROPOSAL DEFENSES – M.A FULL/PART TIME PROGRAMME DATE: 24 February, 2021 (Online)
Thomas Nyutu (C50/34672/2019) The linguistic aesthetics of Epitaphs at Lang’ata Cemetery, Nairobi County (Supervisors: Dr. Catherine Agoya/Dr. Silvano Murithi)
Lisper W. Mwai (C50/36463/2020) Analysis of favoured by-products of Radio Advertisements in Gikuyu (Supervisors: Dr. Alice Wachira/Dr. Norbert Basweti)
Mercy Soy (C50/11247/2018) A morpho-syntactic study of Kipsigis Anthroponyms (Supervisors: Dr. Zipporah Otiso/Dr. Barasa)
Everlyne Gikenyi (C50/5870/2017) Analysis of the turn-taking concept in Ekegusii Conversation (Supervisors: Dr. Zipporah Otiso/Jacinta Kiranga)
John Njoroge. Preliminary documentation of the Yaaku Language and an analysis of its syllable structure (Supervisors: Prof. Jane Oduor/Dr. Keneth Ngure)
Jovan Mutamba (C50/13165/2018) Erinnerung and die Wende in Jana Hensels Wenderoman Zonenkinder (Supervisors: Dr. James Orao/Dr. Tobias Lechner)
M.A. LINGUISTICS PROPOSAL Defenses – M.A FULL/PART 2 DATE: 31st of March, 2021 (Online)
Pamela Auma (C50/15227/2018) Comparative Error Analysis in Written English of the Grade four Leaners in Migori County: a competence Based curriculum approach (Supervisors: Dr. Catherine Agoya/Dr. Atoh)
Abdi Addow (C50/35542/2019) Dialectal variations of the Somali Language (Supervisors: Prof. Jane Oduor/Dr. Mohammed Akidah)
Alexine Meloute EP Bonde (C50/35603/2019) Sentential negation in Guadeloupean Creole: Description and analysis (Supervisors: Prof Helga Schröder/Dr. David Barasa)
Daniel Amenya (C50/35745/2019) A morpho-syntactic study of the Ekegusii Phase structure of the verb system (Supervisors: Dr. Fred Atoh/Dr. Patrick Kihara)
Kandi Omolo Barbara (C50/15701/2018) A Conceptual Metaphor Theoretical Analysis of non-literary Metaphors (Supervisors: Prof. Helga Schröder/Elisabeth Ochola)
Martin Maingi Ekabu (C50/16390/2018) An analysis of Adaption of English technological loan words in Kiimenti dialect of Kimeru (Supervisors: Prof. Jane Oduor/Dr. Mohammed Akidah)
Stella Mburu (C50/32454/2019) Teaching children with dyslexia and disgraphia in primary schools in Lari sub county, Kenya: A case study of methods used by teachers to teach English in a normal class setting. (Supervisors: Dr. Alfred Buregeya/Dr. Zipporah Otiso)