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Item A STUDY ON DISCOURSE FEATURES OF KENYAN SIGN LANGUAGE IN HORTATORY TEXTS(Africa international University, 2017-07-05) CADD, JOSHUA W.In this study I describe discourse features found in KSL persuasive hortatory texts. I consider if KLS uses inductive or deductive argumentation in this genre of texts. Inter-sentential linkage is investigated to determine if the default method of joining propositions in KSL is with a connective or with juxtaposition. I also look at conditional sentences to discover which types of conditional sentences are used in KSL. Rhetorical questions are investigated along with their functions in KSL hortatory texts. I look at which connectives are used in KSL hortatory texts and how these connectives are put to use. Once this has been completed the findings are applied to the translation of Galatians 5:1-12 from the Koiné Greek to KSL.Item The Genitive construction of Possesssion in Amharic(2014-05-27) Getahun, GirmaThis paper presents the morphosyntactic markers of the genitive construction in Amharic. In Amharic, genitive markers are bound morphemes which are either prefixed or suffixed to the noun they modify. The genitive markers show some morphological and inflectional characteristics different from languages such as English and Greek. Amharic's uniqueness makes it difficult to directly apply the methods proposed for these languages to the analysis of noun phrases that form the Amharic genitive. In this paper I present the construction of genitives in Amharic by taking examples of noun phrases that are frequently used in written and oral communication.Item Processes of Nominalization in Mwan(2014-05-23) Antoine, Yegbe KoffiItem Acceptability of Swahili Translations in Kenya : The Case of Kiswahili Union Version, Habari Njema and Neno New Testament(2014-05-23) Omollo, Maurice OnyangoItem Nominalization In Hadiyya.(2014-05-22) Hankore, DanielItem Imperatives and Hortatives in Vwanji(2014-05-22) Mahali, Ahimidiwe ZablonImperative mood is the form of the verb used in issuing direct commands or orders and they are restricted to second person in both singular and plural. Hortatives are verbs which may be used to encourage people to do something, to express wishes, or exhortation. In this paper I have attempted to describe the imperatives and hortatives in Vwanji particularly the forms and functions. Chapter one includes the background information about the people and the language. Chapter two is about imperatives and in Chapter three I have described the hortatives. Also I have discussed in brief the question of politeness. Finally the conclusion which includes the summary of the paper and suggestion on what I have researched.Item Moro Noun Classes(2014-05-22) Adeldong, Israel Yohanna AngeloMoro Noun Class is classified by a prefix system, in which the singular and plural prefixes of the nouns are the bases of classification. In this project I have attempted as a native speaker to do the work on my language for the first time, hoping that this first attempt will lead to more and further development on Moro language. Chapter one includes the background information about people and the language. Chapter two is about noun classification. Chapter three deals with noun agreement with the verb and the cardinal number. Finally chapter four is a conclusion and suggestions for future work on the language.Item The Metarepresentation Marker gu : a Budu Particle(2014-05-21) Danga, AnzetakaThe present study focuses on some uses of the metarepresentation marker gu in the Budu language. Metarepresentation markers were first called interpretive markers by Blass (1989,1990), but have so far come to be marking mainly hearsay, speech acts, propositional attitude and echoic use. But gH, unlike most metarepresention markers which only mark the above, can also replace truth functional logical connectors, such as 'and', 'or', 'if .. .then', and also the negative. Throughout this paper I want to attempt to explain the pragmatic interpretations of some of its commonest use based on Relevance theoretical principles. I want to show that gu can function not only as a 'hearsay' marker, but also can replace logical connectors depending on the function they have in the environment. I will show that although gu presents a range of functions it only has two main grammatical uses: a complementiser and particle, Finally, provide a conclusion that will be based on the plausible analysis. I do hope that the present study will bring new insight in the current area of interest in the study of 'hearsay' markers and interpretive use. The study will also be a contribution in enhancing the understanding of the particle gu in Budu discourse for the benefit of Bible Translation work.Item A Relevance-based Study of Attitude Markers in Kiitharaka(2014-05-20) Njagi, Jacob MaukiThis study is aimed at exploring the Kiitharaka attitude markers otherwise known as attitude particles. It aims at establishing what they are and how they affect speaker meaning in the language. The end result of this paper is first to establish the place of these attitude markers in the language but more so to ascertain whether their use can improve the quality of Scripture translation or any other written language in general in Kiitharaka.Item Causative constructions in Kambaata(2014-05-20) Wachemo, TessemaIn this work my concern is to describe some linguistic expressions of causation and a useful starting point of the causative construction situation or event as a whole in Kambaata. This description is being thought as it has its own place in Bible Translation. In order to accomplish this study I have come up with four main chapters, the fifth chapter is the conclusion. Chapter one mainly deals with the general background of the Kambaata people group and overall information on the language described and the methodology used in this work. The second chapter has to do with the general information of the verbal categorization in relation to suffixation. The third chapter deals with the actual causative constructions in Kambaata. Chapter four describes how causatives can be applied in discourse. The findings reveal that Kambaata makes use of quite a number of causative constructions that occur even in the discourse. The evidence is given by the Kambaata text in the appendix.