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Compiling the First Monolingual Lusoga Dictionary [PDF]

open access: yesLexikos, 2011
<p>Abstract: In this research article a study is made of the approach followed to compile the first-ever monolingual dictionary for Lusoga. Lusoga is a Bantu language spoken in Uganda by slightly over two mil-lion people.
Minah Nabirye
doaj   +5 more sources

The Monolingual Lusoga Dictionary Faced with Demands from a New User Category [PDF]

open access: yesLexikos, 2011
<p>ABSTRACT: In this article, a case is presented of an existing dictionary that is aimed at users with a minimum of primary 7 education, now faced with demands from users in primary 1–3.
Minah Nabirye   +1 more
doaj   +7 more sources

Corpus-driven Bantu Lexicography Part 3: Mapping Meaning onto Use in Lusoga [PDF]

open access: yesLexikos, 2018
This article is the third instalment in a trilogy of studies that deal with corpus-driven Bantu lexicography as applied to Lusoga. Having dealt with corpus-building in Part 1, and macrostructural aspects in Part 2, we now focus on the microstructure of a
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver   +1 more
doaj   +7 more sources

From Corpus to Dictionary: A Hybrid Prescriptive, Descriptive and Proscriptive Undertaking [PDF]

open access: yesLexikos, 2012
Despite some heroic efforts over the past few years, Lusoga remains mostly underdeveloped. It is under continuous pressure from more prestigious languages, such as the neighbouring Luganda and especially the only official language in Uganda, English ...
Minah Nabirye   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Swedish Youths as Listeners of Global Englishes Speakers With Diverse Accents: Listener Intelligibility, Listener Comprehensibility, Accentedness Perception, and Accentedness Acceptance

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2021
As reflected in the concept of Global Englishes, English mediates global communication, where English speakers represent not merely those from English-speaking countries like United Kingdom or United States but also global people from a wide range of ...
Bosse Thorén, Hyeseung Jeong
exaly   +3 more sources

Labiovelars and the labial-velar hypothesis: Phonological Headedness in Bare Element Geometry

open access: yesGlossa, 2021
This paper begins by strengthening the labial-velar hypothesis with a novel interpretation of the allophonic distributions of labials and velars in Lusoga.
Shanti Ulfsbjorninn
exaly   +4 more sources

Caring for children with neurodevelopmental disability: Experiences from caretakers and health workers in rural eastern Uganda

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundLong term outcomes of children with neurodevelopmental disability are influenced by the condition itself, available health services and caretakers' coping ability to nurture the children which may be related to their beliefs and experiences ...
Moses Tetui   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Psychological distress and associated factors among the attendees of traditional healing practices in Jinja and Iganga districts, Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2008
Background Mental health problems are a major public health concern worldwide. Evidence shows that African communities, including Uganda, use both modern and traditional healing systems.
Paul Waako   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Mistrust in marriage-Reasons why men do not accept couple HIV testing during antenatal care- a qualitative study in eastern Uganda

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2010
Background A policy for couple HIV counseling and testing was introduced in 2006 in Uganda, urging pregnant women and their spouses to be HIV tested together during antenatal care (ANC).
Anna Mia Ekström   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Perceptions of long-term impact and change following a midwife-led biomass smoke education program for mothers in rural Uganda: a qualitative study

open access: yesRural and Remote Health, 2022
Introduction: Women and children in Uganda and other low- and middle-income countries are exposed to disproportionately high levels of household air pollution from biomass smoke generated by smoke-producing cookstoves, especially in rural areas.
Lucy Cartwright   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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