KENYATTA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS Website: www.ku.ac.ke Tel: 8710901-19 Ext. 57338, 4112 4th Febraury, 2015 NAME REG No READER SUPERVISOR TOPIC

1 Juliet Akinyi C50/CE/14024/2009 Dr. Nyamasyo Dr. Phyllis Mwangi The assessment of language games used in Dr. Kebeya Dr. Purity Nthiga teaching language skills in upper primary classes in Kilifi County. 2 Esther Mwaniki 0720 412 795 Dr. Gachara Dr. Emily Ogutu Face threatening acts in open day discourse. N. Dr. Daniel Orwenjo Dr. Kenneth Ngure 3 Martin Maina 0708659629 1. The nominal group in Gikuyu Language a C50/CE/25334/2013 functional grammar approach. 2. The syntax of the cleft construction in Gikuyu language: A minimalist perspective.

4 Williams S. 0720287378 Motivation and language learning strategies used Kawira C50/CE/24774/2012 by secondary school teachers in Tigania West Sub- county. 5 Susan 0720899262 Vocabulary learning strategies of Kenyan hsk W.Wachira C182/26343/2013 candidates. P.hd 6 Loise Wothaya 0721278974 Word formation processes used by matatu Sacco’s Mwangi C50/CE/21238/2013 in Nyeri county. 7 Alfred Oluoch 0713559188 Language in contact: maintenance and shift among Amollo C50/CE/25344/2012 the Nubians of KIbigori in Kisumu county-. 8 John Kavungula 0721 360 313 1. A study of conversational implicature in Mutisya C50/CE/24434/2013 the play betrayal in the city by Francis Imbuga. 2. Use of personal pronouns in political speeches. A comparative study of the pronominal choices of two Kenyan Presidents. 9 Elijah Chege 0714 856140 A study on the linguistic bearing of communication Ndumia C50/CE/22829/2011 apprehension- a case of form three students in Mukuuni high School. 10 Irene Sela 0723 048 194 A semiotic analysis to the names given to business Buteyo C50/CE/24440/2012 premises in Nyeri Town. 11 Nancy K.Mose 0722 928003 Semiotic analysis of names given to selected C50/CE/24461/2012 private academy schools in Kisii town, Kisii county and their semantic implications.

12 Vitalis K.Kandie 0712 244 480 Dialectological variations in Tugen Language. P.hd C82/28531/2014 13 Christine Kaari 0716 724 499 Politeness in salon discourse C50/CE/21946/2012 A case study Ugweri Market in Embu East. Mabua 14 Margaret 0722918744 The use of language in discrimination of refugees: Wanjiku Githui C50/CE/24422/2012 A case of refugee students in secondary schools in Ruiru Sub county. 16 Mwaura Eunice C50/CE/24884/2012 A comparative study of the use of discourse Njeri 0724317910 markers in reportage and opinion articles in Kenyan newspapers.

5th February, 2015

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1. Vicky A. Ayara 0717330019 Dr. Ngure A sociolinguistic Analysis of lexical Dr. Maina Njiri borrowing in . Dr. Shivachi Ms. F. Owili

2 Harun Mugambi C50/CE/ 14028/2009 Dr. Nthiga Poetry comprehemsion practices Dr. Joyce Wangia Marete among Form Three students of 0715371823 Mr. Gecaga selected secondary schools in Imenti Dr. Daniel Orwenjo North District in Meru County.

3. Otende Lydiah 0732625212 Politeness strategies in student’s Anyango utterances in selected District C50/CE/ 25343/2013 secondary schools in Rarieda Sub- County.

4 Peter Mbugua C50/26669/2013 Language and cultural barriers to effective screening, prevention and 0722472954 management of cancer in Kenya.

5. Rael Mogesi Riro C50/CE/24446/2012 Cultural borrowing and language maintence: a study of Igikuria lexical 0721975860 borrowing from .

6 Doris Atieno Ogilo C50/24122/2013 PRAGMATICS: Contextualization of linguistic figurative expressions in 0722803 396 Margaret Ogola’s The River and the Source.

7 Siele Dorothy C50/27570/2013 An optimality theory Account of vowel and consonants epenthesis in Kipsigis 0712614555 Loanwords.

8 Hellen Ruguru Njiru C50/CE/25347/2013 A study of language and gender- language usage reflecting Gender Bias 0716724499 Among the maasai speakers of Meto village, Kajiado County-Kenya.

9 Catheline O.Okumu C50//CE/24466/2012 An analysis of Lexical and structural semantic errors in standard seven 0721 426922 pupils’ work: a case of selected schools in Hamisi Sub- County.

10 Otonde Lydiah C50/CE/25343/2013 Politeness strategies in student – Anyango Teacher interactions in secondary 0732625 212 school in Rarieda Sub-County.

11 Mutta Pili Mohammed C50/CE/ 24460/2012 Language in contact: A study of language Shift Digo to Kiswahili by the 0728 573 667 Digo Speakes in Kwale county Kenya

12 Martin Maina C50/CE/25334/2013 1. The syntax of the cleft construction in Gikuyu language: A minimalist 0708 659 629 perspective.

2. The Nominal group in Gikuyu language

13 Keffa Njeri Rosemary C50/26671/2013 Language choice and use by multilingual Gikuyu L1 speakers in a 0722689103 cosmopolitan Setting (Kajiado town) versus an ancestral setting (kinyona village).

14 Ndua sarah 0721 820 716 A sociolinguistic study on the extent of phonological encrypting of whatsapp text messages among members of Juja preparatory and senior Schools speech community

15 Shelkah Makasi Paul 0722 809 306 Lexical variation in the language used for instruction by Kenya Police College C50/26199/2013 instructors.

16 Waruru Joyce Wanuyu C50/CE/24428/2012 Communicative strategies used by teachers of learners will speech and 0722 444 105 language impairment in public primary schools in Kieni East sub-County, Nyeri County.

17 Murigi Francis mwangi 0721 845 543 Mistranslation in selected Gikuyu – English eulogies

6th February 2015 s/no NAME REG/NO READER SUPERVISOR TOPIC

1. Mugendi Nixon Isaiah C50/23471/2011 Dr. Ayieko Dr. Ruth Ndung’u Morpho-phonology of the “gitamanya’Argot of the ‘MATATU’crew of Embu Town Dr. Nadelenga Dr. Purity Nthiga

2. Kimwele Muthusi C50/ 24126/ 2012 Dr. Ogutu Dr. Mwangi Gachara Metaphorical slogans and expressions of the Kenya Defense Forces A cognitive linguistics Approach. Dr. Gatitu Dr. Daniel Orwenjo

3. Okiri Magdaline Were 0729 880738 Teachers perception on the effects of gender variation on students’ performance in language C50/CE/24649/2012

4. Franklin Gikunda 0723090438 Linguistics Activities used in teaching English Kithinji pronunciation to form one student in imenti south C50/CE/24716/2012 District.

5 Nancy W.Kabutha 0723 542486 Cultivating gender equality in Gikuyu language. A case study in selected vernacular Gikuyu radio C50/CE/14033/2009 Stations.

6. Karanja David Mwaura 0722 553 095 Language shift among school going teenage Kikuyu migrants in Eldoret Municipality Uasin gishu C50/26199/2013 County,Kenya.

7 Ogaye Caroline Akinyi 0725481644 Gender differences in the use of Euphemisms among Dholuo native speakers in Nyakach District. C50/CE/KER/24914/2013

8 Kaberere Ann 0720343529 A selected evaluation of Gikuyu teaching materials as presented in Kenyan class three text books. C50/CE/26126/2011

9. Sandra Magondu 0722 592876 Kikuyu tonology in an optimality theoretic framework. C50/CE/25273/2013

10 Monica Wairimu 0711656511 Language adoption by a 2 year old child from the Mung’ei parents and care giver C50/CE/24431/2012

11 Chepchirchir Hellen C50/CE/24425/2012 Language change: a case of lexical expansion of nominal in Kipsigis language

12. Kirui Julius Kipngeno 0725 410 252 1. Analysis of turn taking in a small group discussion. C50/KER/CE/26665/2013 2. The role of culture in the naming system among the ogiek of Kenya

13 Naomi Chelangat O720310115 A Discourse analysis of staffroom discourses. A case Cheroigin of teacher development issues within staffroom in C50/KER/CE/24916/2013 public secondary schools in Cheborgei Division of Kericho County. 14 Betty Cherono C50/KER/CE/26667/2013 1. To evaluate language borrowing on kipsigis native language.

2. Determine the effect of translation techniques of the binle among the kipsigis user’s in Bomet County

15. Munyaka Jacinta C50/CE/24432/2012 A Enclave of the Maa speakers among the Akamba at Nthuka email in Makueni County. 0727431174

16 Mutunga Ngina C50/CE/25342/2013 Language use in”Ndwae ngone Mwaitu’ Speech Carolyne event. 0723495141

17 Margaret Akoth C50/ce/24251/2013 Attitudes of the clientele towards code-mixing used Abungu as a language of advertisement by selected banks in Mombasa Town

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