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Cogent Arts & HumanitiesWe articulate the lexicalization and extension of the meaning of kinship terms in Bantu languages spoken in Tanzania. We draw linguistic conclusion from proto-forms reconstructed in comparison with the maternal kin terms and affinal address forms in ...
Amani Lusekelo, Lea Mpobela
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The future of the indigenous languages of Kenya and Tanzania
, 2022 This paper examines the language policies and practices in Kenya and Tanzania and argues that, in spite of the observable differences between these neighbouring countries, the ethnic community languages face an uncertain future. Although language policies play a role in determining this future, there are stronger forces that defy language policy, viz ...
Kioko, Angelina Nduku +1 more
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Passivisation in Tanzanian Chingoni
Cogent Arts & HumanitiesThis study investigates passivisation in the Tanzanian Chingoni language (N12), a relatively underexplored area in the language. We specifically aim to explore the strategies for encoding the passive and determine their extent of use.
Gastor Cosmas Mapunda, Julius Taji
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
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Strategies for marking tense and aspect in Tiv
Cogent Arts & HumanitiesThis article examines the realisation of tense and aspect (TA) in Tiv, a Bantoid language spoken in Nigeria. Tense and Aspect distinctions are marked through a combination of morphological parameters, including subject prefix tone, vowel alternation ...
Ignatius Iornenge Usar, Julius Taji
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From A-Town to ATL: The Politics of Translation in Global Hip Hop Culture [PDF]
, 2015 This article examines the linguistic and cultural tensions in global Hip Hop culture through an analysis of the performance of Gsann, an emcee from the Tanzanian Hip Hop crew X Plastaz, at the 2009 Black Entertainment Television (BET) Hip Hop Awards in ...
Droessler, Holger
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Despite a growing international consensus that students need to be provided with the type of education that effectively prepares them to engage in and contribute to their globalised world, and that teachers need to be appropriately trained to facilitate this teaching and learning, ‘global education’ continues to be hindered by a lack of ...
Sarah‐Louise Jones +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Regulators in the banking industry in the Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) region are progressively concentrating on corporate innovation and bank social, health and environmental disclosures (BSHED) as crucial corporate governance (CG) structures to improve bank financial performance (BFP).
Douglas A. Adu +3 more
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Semantic extension of the verb kula ‘eat’ in Swahili
Cogent Arts & HumanitiesThis paper examines the semantic extension of the verb kula’eat’ in Kiswahili. It surveys the different meanings produced when this verb co-occurs with other words in Kiswahili. It shows how the verb kula ‘eat’ is used metaphorically. The study is guided
Chesco Habili, Devet Goodness
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New Roles for African Languages with the New Electronic Media [PDF]
, 2005 Mass communication is not new in Africa. Until the mid-20th century aural surrogate languages were used to convey messages which would immediately reach many listeners and which could even be transmitted when the telephone line was interrupted, in ...
Pasch, Helma
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