Vol. 5 No. 1 (2026): JLL

Articles

• Preservation of Kalenjin Indigenous Knowledge Systems (KIKS) and Mother Languages

  Japheth Kigen

  Abstract views: 14

  https://doi.org/10.51317/jll.v5i1.1176
• Syntactic Focus Marking Strategies and Non-canonical Structure in Kiswahili

  Elishafati J. Ndumiwe

  1-12

  Abstract views: 231

  https://doi.org/10.51317/jll.v5i1.883

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• From Chalk to Chatbots: Students’ Perceptions of ChatGPT as a Cognitive Scaffold in Undergraduate Linguistics

  Zamda Yusufu Msoke

  13-24

  Abstract views: 159

  https://doi.org/10.51317/jll.v5i1.943

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• The Development of Chuga: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of a Youth Vernacular in Tanzania

  Sadiki Moshi Feruzi, Salum Japhari , Zamda Yusufu Msoke, Rubeya Ali Salim, Said Nassoro Jaff

  25-33

  Abstract views: 293

  https://doi.org/10.51317/jll.v5i1.936

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• The Sociolinguistic Implications of Inanimate Metonymies in Dholuo

  Joseph Arthur Mbara, Pamela Anyango Oloo, Charles Kesero Tunai, Joyce Wambura Boke

  34-43

  Abstract views: 98

  https://doi.org/10.51317/jll.v5i1.981

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• Evaluating and Enhancing Machine Comprehension of Hybrid Youth Language in Kenyan Social Media

  Georginah Nyatichi Makini

  44-55

  Abstract views: 128

  https://doi.org/10.51317/jll.v5i1.988

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• A Critical Discourse Analysis of Metaphors in the Eulogisation of Raila Amollo Odinga: Constructing a Political Saint in the Kenyan Imagination

  Juliet Akinyi Jagero

  56-64

  Abstract views: 138

  https://doi.org/10.51317/jll.v5i1.938

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• Language Barriers and Their Impact on Parental Guidance in STEM Practical Assignments for Grade Six Learners in Matungu Sub-County, Kenya

  Christine Omusula Angachi

  65-74

  Abstract views: 77

  https://doi.org/10.51317/jll.v5i1.1088

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• The Role of Instructional Media in Refining Pupils’ English Language Proficiency: A Case of Wete District in Zanzibar, Tanzania

  Rubeya Ali Salim

  75-84

  Abstract views: 43

  https://doi.org/10.51317/jll.v5i1.1100

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• A Relevance-Theoretic Analysis of Gendered Insults and the Policing of Female Sexuality among the Gĩkũyũ of Limuru Sub-County, Kiambu County, Kenya

  Dianah Wangari Kabiru, Nelson Ndiritu, Florence Mwithi

  85-96

  Abstract views: 35

  https://doi.org/10.51317/jll.v5i1.1118

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• Euphemistic Representations of Death in Kenyan Online Obituary and Funeral Discourse: A Corpus-Assisted Conceptual Metaphor Analysis

  Joyleen Chemis

  97-113

  Abstract views: 21

  https://doi.org/10.51317/jll.v5i1.1166

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