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Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - 12:53

Members of the Department of Linguistics and Languages at the 4th African Pragmatics Conference held at the University of Dschang Cameroon on 25th and 26th February 2026

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - 12:46

The 16th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium (NISA) will be hosted jointly by the University of Nairobi and the University of Cologne from August 29, 2023 to September 1, 2023 on the 4th floor of the University of Nairobi Towers. The theme of this colloquium is “Linguistic, Sociocultural and

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - 09:10

Venue: University of Nairobi Towers, Main Campus, Harry Thuku Road, Nairobi, Kenya 

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - 16:22

The University of Nairobi held its Faculty and Campus Students Association (FCSA) annual elections. The elections were held virtually on Friday March 25th, 2022.

There were three teams competing for FCSA office in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences FOASS; Team Success, Team Okuz and

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Intercultural German Studies

In German linguistics German language is studied from a scientific perspective. Students registered for B.A. German studies or M.A. German Studies take course units in which they are taken through German phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, semantics, sociolinguistics discourse analysis and pragmatics. They also polish their speaking and writing skills in German.

 

Head of Thematic Area

Dr. Catherine Agoya

Members of Thematic Area

Studies in African Languages

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