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Title/Qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Linguistics
Department/Unit/Section: Literature, Linguistics And Foreign Languages (English And Linguistics Section)
Contact Address: P.O. BOX 43844-00100 NAIROBI 
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Position: Lecturer, Kenyatta University
Area of Specialization: Syntax
Research Interests: Linguistics 

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PUBLICATIONS

  • Journal of Linguistics, Literary and Communication Studies (2024). Realization of Existential Processes in Ekegusii Declarative Clauses, Vol. 3 No. 2 (2024): ISSN (Online): 2957-8477
  • Journal of Languages, Linguistics and Literary Studies (JLLLS) (2022). Making it clearer: Elaboration strategies in Gĩkũyũ, a Bantu language Vol. 2, No. 4, 2022

Conference Presentations

  • Peter Maina Wakarindi :Clause complexity in Gikuyu: a functional approach Nairobi, Kenya.30th November, 2018
  • Peter Maina Wakarindi : Metafunctional analysis of Gĩkũyũ clause complexes of expansion Cape Town, South Africa .July, 2018
  • Peter Maina Wakarindi :A Functional Grammar approach to Gikuyu emphatic structures Nairobi, Kenya.2nd December 2010

Other Experiences

  • MARCH 2013:IEBC general elections Presiding Officer- Kipipiri Constituency
  • AUGUST 2009: KNBS population census supervisor- Geta location
  • AUGUST 2010: IIEC referendum Presiding Officer- Kipipiri Constituency

CONSULTANCY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

  • Peter Maina Wakarindi: Musa Gitau Primary School,2022-2023: Parents association (PA) Representative, Community Service
  • Peter Maina Wakarindi: Baricho Boys High School,2021-2024.Parents association (PA) Representative Community Service
  • Between 2017 and 2018: Facilitated as English Instructor for The Pentecostal Foreign Mission of Norway Aid in Somaliland during Sahil Region secondary school teachers seminar
  • Between 2013 and 2015: Taught as English skills Instructor in Dadaab Refugees Camp for Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) project through Windle Trust Kenya (WTK) in the Increased Skills for Tertiary Education Program (InSTEP)

SUPERVISION OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

S/NO.  NAME OF STUDENT THESIS TITLE STATUS OF PROJECT (FIRST YEAR, ETC)
1 Jane Nyamao Transitivity of the Ekegusii Declarative clause: A Systematic Functional Grammar Approach Examination Stage
2 Miriam Wangechi Nominal Ellipsis in Gĩkũyũ Proverbs: Discourse Grammar Approach Data collection
3 Noah Abubakar Form and meaning of Bassari personal names Developing chapter 5
4 Shehu Abubakar Morphological processes of Fulfulde neologisms: A case study of Adamawa dialect Defended Proposal
5 Bakshi Rahma Taatu A Functional Grammar analysis of simple clauses in Lusoga Defended proposal
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Dr. Kenneth Kamuri Ngure

Dr. Mark Mutali Chetambe
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Department of Literature, Linguistics, and Foreign Languages

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