Vol. 4 No. 2 (2025)

Articles

• Semantics of Affixes in Kemunang’weli dialect of Kisukuma

  Njana Masanja

  1-11

  Abstract Views: 232

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1045

• Eco-narratives and Bukusu Traditional Music through Time: A Linguistic Analysis

  Mary K. Lonyangapuo

  12-23

  Abstract Views: 194

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1092

• Sources of Frames for Organic Farming Practices in Kenya’s Newspapers: Analysis of Seeds of Gold and Smart Harvest Articles

  Leonard Koech, James Abila, Leah Komen, Millicent Otieno

  24-32

  Abstract Views: 180

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1094

• Voicing Familial Struggles: A Critical Analysis of Child Images in Selected Kenneth Khaemba’s Popular Songs

  Zadock Oyoolo, Lencer Ndede, Chris Wasike

  33-41

  Abstract Views: 300

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1098

• Integrating Total Physical Response with Traditional Pedagogical Approaches in English Oral Skills Instruction among Grade 3 Learners in Kenya

  Vivian Afandi, Atichi Alati, Ralph Wangatia

  42-50

  Abstract Views: 307

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1127

• Enhancing English Language Skills Among Female Science Students in Tanzania: Insights from the Special Foundation Programme

  Leopard Jacob Mwalongo

  51-61

  Abstract Views: 289

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1140

• The Portrayal of Nouns and Figures of Speech in the Expansion of the Standardisation of Swahili Language in Tanzania

  Sarah Vincent, Neema Julius Luhwago

  62-70

  Abstract Views: 198

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1171

• Influence of Social Media Advertising on Student Enrolment in Private TVET Institutions in the Central Economic Bloc, Kenya

  Caroline Muthoni Wanjiru, Juliet Macharia, Kellen Kiambati

  71-79

  Abstract Views: 186

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1205

• Multilingual Communication Strategies in African Religious Music: A Linguistic Study of Dholuo Ohangla Gospel Expression

  Elizabeth Quin Awuor

  80-91

  Abstract Views: 218

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1236

• The Construction of Fragile Identities: African Women’s Narratives of Post-colonial Trauma in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions and Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

  Miriam Achiso Opumbi, Lencer Ndede, Maureen Amimo

  92-100

  Abstract Views: 268

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1269

• The discourse functionality of argument schemes in county assembly debates in Kenya using the pragma-dialectical approach

  Robinson Oduma, Atichi Alati, Benson Ojwang’

  101-109

  Abstract Views: 210

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1277

• Domestic Neocolonialism through Narrative Structure: A Comparative Analysis of Mia Couto’s Sleepwalking Land and Jose Eduardo Agualusa’s The Society of Reluctant Dreamers

  Juliana Ndubi Ouma, Lencer Ndede, Maureen Amimo

  110-118

  Abstract Views: 157

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1280

• Women Politicians’ Political Communication Strategies in Kenya’s Digital Space: An Afrocentric Perspective

  Nancy Gakahu

  119-131

  Abstract Views: 140

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1316

• The Visuality of Virtue: Pre-Iconographic Analysis of Constructive Pride in Disney’s The Lion Guard

  Eunice Samwel, George Obara Nyandoro, Bwocha Nyagemi, Abou-Bakar Mamah

  132-146

  Abstract Views: 192

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1347

• Language, Identity, and Cultural Preservation: The Role of Kiswahili in Shaping African Narratives in a Globalised World

  Ernest Daimon Haonga

  147-159

  Abstract Views: 192

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1368

• Bearing Witness through Fantasy: Narrative Voice and Reclamation of Agency in Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Anguish and Anarchy

  Modesta N. Barasa, Chris J. C. Wasike

  160-168

  Abstract Views: 147

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1371

• A Description of Grammatical Competence in the Written English of First Year University Students in Kenya

  Anne Wachera Somba, Felicia Arudo Yieke, James Ogola Onyango

  169-180

  Abstract Views: 191

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1372

• Early-Career Teachers’ Vowel Phoneme Knowledge in Ghanaian Basic Schools: Leveraging Flipped Micro-Professional Development

  Shine Lillian Gifty Agbevivi

  181-192

  Abstract Views: 88

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1482

• Gendered Identities, Media Narratives, and Violent Extremism in Kenya: Rethinking Peacebuilding in the Gospel of Christ

  Joy Mueni

  193-203

  Abstract Views: 106

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1495

• A Comparative Analysis of Language-Based and Non-Language-Based Instructors in Tanzanian Universities: Exploring Perceptions Towards a Shift to Kiswahili as a Medium of Instruction

  Issaya Lupogo, Perpetua Kalimasi, James Kapaya, Emmanuel Singu, Alpha Kavishe

  204-214

  Abstract Views: 277

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.58721/jllcs.v4i2.1521