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Evaluating Language Revitalization in Kenya
Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2008 As a result of the necessity to revitalize languages that have shown clear signs of endangerment, several proposals have been put forward by various studies (Paulston, 1994; Yamamoto, 1998; Landweer, 1998; Crystal, 2000; Hinton and Hale, 2001; Tsunoda ...
Ogone John Obiero
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Journal of Pragmatics ResearchThis paper investigates the Marriage Conflict Resolution (MCR) discourse among Dholuo speakers, which is full of taboo words, particularly those with sexual connotations and other obscenities.
Felix Owino +2 more
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Studies in Family Planning, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 371-389, September 2026.Abstract Women living with HIV(WLHIV) have diverse and complex reproductive health needs that require patient‐centered, informed decision‐making. Digital tools to support reproductive life planning may improve reproductive health counseling and outcomes for these women.
Agnes Karingo Karume +8 more
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How to Be Hopeful About Climate Change
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 148-158, March 2026.ABSTRACT Why do people in climate‐vulnerable regions of Kenya and Namibia express more hope for the future than many in Germany, despite facing greater environmental threats? Drawing on ethnographic research and the philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, we make two arguments.
Julian Sommerschuh, Michael Schnegg
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Journal of Linguistics, Literary and Communication StudiesThis study explores multilingual communication strategies employed in contemporary Dholuo Ohangla gospel music, analysing how artists utilise various linguistic resources to enhance spiritual messages and engage audiences across cultural and linguistic ...
Elizabeth Quin Awuor
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Relative Chaoticity of Natural Languages
Complexity, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.This paper presents a novel approach to analyzing and grouping natural languages based on the degree of their chaoticity. It clusters 52 languages from 18 language families, according to the value of the entropy–complexity pair, to reveal the chaotic properties of semantic trajectories.
Assel S. Yerbolova +6 more
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Voicing the Voiceless: Developing a Dholuo Parallel Corpus for Natural Language Processing
Journal of Linguistics, Literary and Communication StudiesDespite the exponential growth of Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies worldwide, African indigenous languages remain severely underrepresented in digital language resources.
Quin Elizabeth Awuor
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A Study of Phonological Processes in Dholuo and Suba Languages
, 2023 The study dealt with the analysis of morphophonemic processes in Dholuo and Suba languages of Rusinga Island, Homa Bay County –Kenya. The study was guided by three objectives, namely: to analyze Dholuo and Suba phonology, to contrastively analyze verbs of Dholuo and Suba languages and to examine the lexical structures of Dholuo and Suba languages.
Ochieng Aluoch Connie +3 more
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Making use of the D-layer in Dholuo
, 2021 A presentation at the 2021 Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, hosted by the University of Edinburgh.
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Developmental Scores and Prevalence of Functional Difficulty Among Preschool Children in Kenya
Child: Care, Health and Development, Volume 51, Issue 2, March 2025.ABSTRACT Background Disability‐inclusive early childhood development and education (ECDE) plays a crucial role in ensuring that all children, including those with disabilities, reach their developmental potential. However, there is little data on the prevalence of disability in mainstream ECDE in most low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), or on ...
Julia de Kadt +5 more
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