Kenyan English

Domains of Use, Forms, and Users' Attitudes

Martha M. Michieka, Dr Evans Gesura Mecha (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

216 Seiten

2021
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4108-3 (ISBN)

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This volume treats the sociolinguistic reality of Kenyan English. The contributors give the readers a rare glance into various contexts of English language use, such as school classrooms, radio stations, an urban pulpit, and a multilingual family setting.

Kenyan English: Domains of Use, Forms, and Users' Attitudesfocuses on the unique issues that concern language researchers in Kenya and elsewhere. Edited by Martha M. MichiekaandEvans Gesura Mecha, the collection examines the English language forms and usages to describe the reality of Kenyan English use. The contributors address questions such as: What are the characteristics that distinguish Kenyan English from other national varieties? How is English taught, and what impact does that kind of teaching have on learner proficiency? What is the place of English in mass media, in politics, in the churches, and in multilingual homes? The contributors, all experienced language practitioners based in Kenya or currently conducting language-related research in Kenya, bring fresh perspectives to the topic at hand and give readers a glance into contexts that have not yet been addressed in this way. They highlight the sociolinguistic reality of the English language in present-day Kenya and raise questions that will prompt further research.

Martha M. Michieka is professor of linguistics at East Tennessee State University. Evans Gesura Mecha is senior lecturer of theoretical linguistics at Kisii University.

Introduction: Kenyan English or Kenyan Englishes?
Martha. M. Michieka and Evans Gesura Mecha
Chapter 1: An Empirical Study of Regional Variations in the Kenyan English Vowel System
Peter Nyansera Otieno
Chapter 2: The Kenyan English Accent: Segmental Features
Joshua Itumo and Martin C. Njoroge
Chapter 3: Error or flavor: An Account of the Lexical, Phrasal, and Syntactic Character of Fossilize Errors in Kenyan English Grammar
Ann Hildah Gatakaa Kinyua
Chapter: 4: Teaching English in Kenya: Reforms and Challenges in Early Years Education
Benard Omenge Nyatuka,
Chapter 5: English across the Curriculum in Kenya: The Reality in Primary School Classrooms and Implications on Epistemic Access
Peter Mose
Chapter 6: English Language Proficiency Among Secondary School Learners in Kenya: A Case of One Kenyan Rural Sub County
Daniel Nyongesa Khaemba and Eucabeth Ong’au- Mong’are
Chapter 7: Patterns of English Use in Kiswahili-Based Kenyan Mass Media
Sarah Marjie
Chapter 8: The English Language and Media

Erscheinungsdatum	24.06.2021
Co-Autor	Leonora Anyango, Nicholas Anyuor, Omukule Emojong
Zusatzinfo	12 b/w illustrations; 12 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 239 mm
Gewicht	508 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-7936-4108-0 / 1793641080
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-4108-3 / 9781793641083
Zustand	Neuware