Translation Studies Department: Recent submissions

  • Word Formation Processes in Mina 
    Azoti, Adakouvi V.K (2014-05-14)
  • Relativization in Kom 
    Kawuldim, Kimbi Paul (2014-05-14)
    The main strategy for clause subordination in Kom is in the use of the relative clause. One matrix clause can have more than three subordinate clauses embedded in it, all being relative clauses. This phenomenon warrants ...
  • Nominalization in Olusuba :process and function. 
    Okumu, Jeremiah Ochieng (2014-05-14)
    About one third of Olusuba nouns are nominals derived from other lexical categories such as .verbs, adjectives and adverbials. This process, known as nominalization, and its reverse process of denominalization are crucial ...
  • Daasanach FocusStrategies and their Pragmatic functions 
    Achinya, Jackson L (2014-05-14)
  • A Comparative Study of Causatives in Bantu 
    Briony Murrel, Josephine (2014-05-14)
    This study will investigate causative formation in three major Bantu languages; KiSwahili, Kikuyu and Lingala. These three languages are from different subgroups of Bantu, and thus one would expect to find differences ...
  • Nominalization Structure in Kikuyu 
    Wafula, Lois Mwihaki (2014-05-13)
    The main strategy of nominalization in Kikuyu is morphological. The language uses the noun class markers (prefixes) and various suffixes to achieve nominalization. This paper has described eight of the processes. These ...
  • The Expression of Negation in Nuni 
    Kadio, Abou Cornelille (2014-05-13)
  • The Particle No in Zarma : A relevance Theory Perspective 
    Grigson, Jetta Elizabeth (2014-05-12)
    This paper examines the role of the particle no in Zarma discourse. What is theoretically interesting about this particle is that one might see it as having two differing or contrasting functions. It seems to function ...
  • Alienable and Inalienable Possession in Dholuo 
    Lang, Emese (2014-05-12)
    In his book A Grammar of Kenya Luo (Dholuo) (1993) Tucker explores the different types of genitives he found in the language. He attempts to differentiate between alienable and inalienable genitive constructions, basing ...
  • The use of particle Ne in the Dinka language 
    Liol, Ramadan Chan (2014-05-09)
  • Tense Aspect and Mood in Mayogo. 
    Sebu, Mapuma Gilbert (2014-05-09)
    This study is an investigation of tense, aspect and mood in Mayogo. Its purpose is mainly to describe my understanding of the form, tense, aspect and mood (TAM) and to see their function in discourse in order to help the ...
  • The relative clause in Kiembu 
    Barnard, Helga (2014-05-08)
    The present paper attempts to give a basic description of the formation of relative clauses in Kiembu, a Bantu language of Kenya. As an SVO language, Kiembu employs postnominal relative clauses. The language uses three ...
  • The complement clauses of verbs of speech and cognition in Kikuyu 
    Muchesia, Mary Wambui Kamau (2014-05-08)
    This study discusses complement clauses of verbs of speech and cognition in Kikuyu. The aim is to look at what types of complement clauses these verbs can take. I have achieved this by looking at some Kikuyu data, which ...
  • Serial Verb Constructions In Yoruba 
    Mbamalu, Abiola (2014-05-07)
  • The Valence adjusting operations in Lugwere 
    Mubbala, Samuel (2014-05-07)
    The object of this paper is to make a brief investigation of valence adjusting operations in the Lugwere language. The paper examines those operations which increase and those which decrease valence in the clause in ...
  • Nominalization in Chichewa 
    Matanda, Ezra (2014-05-07)
    The objective of this work was to describe Nominalization in Chichewa, an African language in the Bantu family, using methods of descriptive linguistics. The study is organized into four main chapters, the fifth chapter ...
  • Relative clause in Kinyarwanda 
    Nyiramahoro, Clene (2014-05-07)
  • Reading and translating genesis 28:10-35:15 as a votive narrative with special reference to the Dinah story 
    Lechebo, Daniel Hankore (2013-07-16)
    Many critical readers of the Jacob story wonder: “What is the relevance of Genesis 34 to the Jacob narrative?” Besides, my close examination of different biblical interpretations and translations of the Jacob story of ...
  • Translating the Metaphorical Uses of Φῶς ‘light’ in Lugbarati: A Relevance Theory Perspective 
    Alo, Andy Anguandia (2013-07-16)
    This dissertation analyzes the metaphorical use of אוֹר /φῶς in the biblical texts of Isaiah (8:23-9.1) and Matthew (4:12-17) with the aim of evaluating its translation in Lugbarati (a Nilo-Saharan Language of northeastern ...

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