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Successful contextual technology transfers and determinants of culture
(Springer, Dordrecht, 2013)
Why do so many projects in which technology transfer is involved, fail? This chapter analyzes this problem and offers an alternative for well-intended but unreflected ways of dealing with technology transfer. The authors ...
Application of the vitality test on small languages: The case of Suba in Kenya
(2013)
As yet, there is no conclusive framework with which the state of the world’s languages may be assessed, even when the literature features a strong constellation of the factors1 that underlie language loss or maintenance. ...
Boundary and resource conflict between Kisii and Nyamira counties at Keroka town (1963-2017
(International Journal of Arts and Commerce, 2018)
Daily interaction of society members in a given locality depends on their level of acceptance and recognition of one another as distinct and unique individuals. Thus, coexistence of communities in disregard to administrative ...
Multilingualism and language attitudes: Students perceptions towards kiswahili in Mtwara Region of Tanzania
(Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2013)
The role of language attitudes on language choice, development and policy in multilingual societies cannot be over emphasized (Adegbija, 1994; Batibo, 2005). Monolingual speakers have only one attitude towards their language ...
Inculturating the Gusii concept of religious offering in catholic liturgy: Perspectives from the catholic diocese of Kisii, Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2018-09)
Formal Catholic worship is known as celebration of the Lord’s Supper, popularly known as The Mass. This liturgy has three parts; the Introductory Rights, the Liturgy of the word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. This study ...
The success of Church of God-Kenya projects in poverty alleviation in Emuhaya District, Western Kenya
(AJP, 2017)
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the success of CoG-Kenya projects in poverty alleviation in Emuhaya District, Western Kenya Methodology: This study was a cross-sectional research that sought to give an ...
Swahili military terminology: A case of an evolving non-institutionalized language standard
(Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014)
Kiswahili, like all languages, is dynamic. It evolves to accommodate economic, scientific, technological and social changes. Such changes are evident in Kiswahili military terms. The changes can be traced back to the 16th ...
The contribution of the Church of God-Kenya teachings to people’s participation in poverty alleviation in Emuhaya District, Western Kenya
(AJP, 2017)
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine the contribution of the CoG-K teachings to people‟s participation in poverty alleviation in Emuhaya District, Western Kenya Methodology: This study was a cross-sectional ...
The Unconscious Manifestations of the Image of Youth Characters in Phaswane Mpe’s Welcome to Our Hillbrow (2001) and NiqMhlongo’s After Tears(2007)
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2018-12)
The image of youth characters portrayed in South African literature has traditionally focused on their manifest responses to the political issues of the different moments of the country’s history, with little attention on ...
From assessing language endangerment or vitality to creating and evaluating language revitalization programmes
(Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2010)
For over two decades now, linguists, educators and anthropologists have directed their efforts at researching about factors that occasion and result from language shift (Trudgill, 1991; Fishman 1991, 2001, Crystal, 2000; ...