Browsing School of Humanities and Social Sciences by Author "Etakwa, Everlyn"
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The Functions Of Olutura Sounds
Etakwa, Everlyn; Akidah, Mohamed; Mukhwana, Ayub (Scholars Academic and Scientific Publishers (SAS Publishers), 2018)The aim of this study was to identify the sounds that occur in Olutura so as to develop a phonetic inventory and to show how these sounds function in this dialect. A purposive sampling technique was used to identify native ... -
The Olunyala (K) Syllable Onset
Etakwa, Everlyn; Shivachi, Caleb; Ong’onda, Nancy (International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2015-11)Olunyala(K) is one of the more than 17 dialects of the Luyia language spoken in Western Kenya, East Africa (Angogo,1980; Guthrie, 1967; Osogo,1966). The purpose of the study was to ... -
The Sheng Identity, Cultural Background and Their Influence on Communication in Academic Endevours: The Case of Machakos University College
Mmbwanga, Florence; Etakwa, Everlyn (International Journal of Social Science and Economics Invention, 2016)Young people in Kenya want to be identified with Sheng and some, in addition, want to be identified with their cultures. Sheng is a slang language originating in Nairobi, Kenya, spoken by the ...