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On-going Research
- Gender dimensions in place naming in rural Kenya
- Computer corpus-based language data base development: written language corpora (from speakers of English as a second language)
Research Interests
- Language in use (Analysis of Discourse)
- Gender dimensions of language use
- issues on Language Handicap and Language Pathology
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Language and Culture – indigenous knowledge
- folklore in biodiversity conservation and management
- Gender Issues
Research
- Nature of Literacy and Use of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) among Students in Kenyan Public Universities: The Case of Freshmen at Kenyatta University
- Our Languages our tools: The role of indigenous place-naming in sustainable conservation of Linguistic and Biological Diversity.
Conference Presentations
- Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Management: Some Critical Issues for the Sustainability of Our Heritage-Our Roots’
- Reflections on the Proverb as a Text in Peace Discourse: A Corpus-based Approach.
- The Women’s Movement and Interdisciplinary Gender-related Congress on Institutions in Kenya: Gains and Challenges.
- The role of Our Languages-Our Tools in Sustainable Development of Desert Margins in East Africa through Modern and Local Community Initiatives.
- The Place and Use of Computerbased Techniques in the Development of the Kiswahili Lexicon
- Methods of Data Collection and Data Analysis in Research
