Vol. 5 No. 1 (2026): JLL

Articles

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

  Juliet Akinyi Jagero

  44-52

  Abstract views: 31

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

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• Syntactic Focus Marking Strategies and Non-canonical Structure in Kiswahili

  Elishafati J. Ndumiwe

  1-12

  Abstract views: 124

  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: 89

  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: 81

  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: 33

  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: 34

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

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