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Kenyan English : domains of use, forms, and users' attitudes / edited by Martha M. Michieka and Evans Gesura Mecha.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
M. Michieka, Martha, editor.
Mecha, Evans Gesura, editor.
Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Dialects--Kenya.
English language.
English language--Kenya.
Kenya--Languages.
Kenya.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Edition:
1st ed.
Distribution:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
Place of Publication:
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2021.
System Details:
text file HTML
Summary:
This volume treats the sociolinguistic reality of Kenyan English. The contributors give the readers a rare glance into various contexts of English language use, such as school classrooms, radio stations, an urban pulpit, and a multilingual family setting.
Contents:
Introduction: Kenyan English or Kenyan Englishes? / Martha. M. Michieka and Evans Gesura Mecha
An Empirical Study of Regional Variations in the Kenyan English Vowel System / Peter Nyansera Otieno
The Kenyan English Accent: Segmental Features / Joshua Itumo and Martin C. Njoroge
Error or flavor: An Account of the Lexical, Phrasal, and Syntactic Character of Fossilize Errors in Kenyan English Grammar / Ann Hildah Gatakaa Kinyua
Teaching English in Kenya: Reforms and Challenges in Early Years Education / Benard Omenge Nyatuka,
English across the Curriculum in Kenya: The Reality in Primary School Classrooms and Implications on Epistemic Access / Peter Mose
English Language Proficiency Among Secondary School Learners in Kenya: A Case of One Kenyan Rural Sub County / Daniel Nyongesa Khaemba and Eucabeth Ong'au- Mong'are
Patterns of English Use in Kiswahili-Based Kenyan Mass Media / Sarah Marjie
The English Language and Media Reporting on Devolution in Rural Kenya / Nicholas Anyuor and Omukule Emojong
Pulpit English in Kenya: Examples of Mediatized Sermons in Kenya
Reuben Kigame and Leonora Anyango
Chapter 10: The Shadow of English: Multilingual Parents and Language Choice in Urban Kenya / Leonora Anyango.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-66699-483-9
1-7936-4109-9
OCLC:
1281975571

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