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Tathmini ya Kamusi Tano za Kiswahili
Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2002 Makala hii inaeleza mbinu za kikompyuta za kutathmini kamusi, na inatoa pia matokeo ya tathmini ya kamusi tano za Kiswahili. Kamusi hizo ni: Kamusi ya Kiswahili Sanifu (TUKI), Kamusi ya Maana na Matumizi (OUP), Modern Swahili - Modern English Dictionary
Arvi Hurskainen
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Devouring the Invaders: The Racial‐Ecological Politics of the Chinese Crayfish Trade in Kenya
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 183-194, March 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines entanglements of ecology, race, and foodways at Lake Naivasha in Kenya. Nonnative Louisiana red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), first introduced to Kenya in the 1960s, were once viewed as invasive but are now sought after as a delicacy among Kenya's Chinese community.
Amanda Kaminsky
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No Difference in Face Scanning Patterns Between Monolingual and Bilingual Infants at 5 Months of Age
Developmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 2, March 2026.ABSTRACT It has been suggested that bilinguals take greater advantage of visual speech cues than monolinguals. Therefore, in a sample of 474 (47.3% females) monolingual and 101 (48.5% females) bilingual infants at 5 months of age, we examined the tendency to look at the eyes versus the mouth of dynamic faces, as well as the latency and ratio of looking
Charlotte Viktorsson +1 more
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Language, Technology, and Social MediaSwahili, as a major lingua franca in East Africa, is undergoing significant transformation through digital communication, particularly on social media platforms.
Prisca Boniphace Makulilo
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Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Commercially processed complementary foods (CPCFs) are consumed in Kenya, but little is known about caregiver perceptions and reasons for their consumption. We explored caregiver perceptions, motivations and reasons for purchasing CPCFs. This cross‐sectional mixed‐methods study was conducted in Nairobi among caregivers of children aged 6–23 ...
Antonina N. Mutoro +5 more
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UPESI: Swahili translation of the FAST acronym for stroke awareness campaigns in East Africa
African Journal of Emergency MedicineIntroduction: Despite stroke being a leading cause of death and disability in sub-Saharan Africa, stroke awareness remains a major hurdle to early stroke response and care in the region.
Peter Kuria Waweru +3 more
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National identity and the ownership of English in Nigeria
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 111-124, March 2026.Abstract It has been argued that, especially in non‐Inner Circles of English, whether or not speakers consider language to be a harbinger of national identity affects their positioning as owners of that language. A plethora of prior studies have also demonstrated that language is of central importance regarding the ways in which people enact their ...
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi, Robert M. Mckenzie
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Proverbs and Sayings of the Swahili Language in Written Discourse
RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and JournalismExamines the peculiarities of the use of proverbs and sayings of the Swahili language in written discourse, especially in literature and modern media texts. Such a study is being conducted for the first time in Russian bantu studies. The aim to establish
Victoria S. Shatokhina
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Revisiting Lemma Lists in Swahili Dictionaries
Lexikos, 2017 When compiling a dictionary, a lexicographer has a set of decisions to make — starting with drawing up a lemma list to such issues as formatting a dictionary entry. Relying on corpus data while designing a lemma list and describing entries is standard in
Beata Wójtowicz
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