The Semantics of Multilingual Terminologies in Post-conflict Kenya
Olenyo, Malande Moses James; Hildah J K Masiolo-Malande
International Journal of Language and Literature, 1(1), 26-36.

Abstract
The paper examines the place of language immediately after the 2008 Kenyan political crisis. Language-vernaculars-were seen to have assisted in the escalation of the conflict. Surprisingly, Language, a tool which had divided the populace was called upon to initiate a peaceful co-existence through a generation of multilingual terminologies that united Kenyans. The growth and choice of these multilingual terms drew from a desire to forge commonness amongst inter-language speakers. These terms have acquired new circumstantial meanings and have gained widespread use in Kenyan social discourse to date.

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Olenyo, Malande Moses James., & Masiolo-Malande, J K Hildah. (2013). The Semantics of Multilingual Terminologies in Post-conflict Kenya. International Journal of Language and Literature, 1(1), 26-36.

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Moses Olenyo James Malande
Lecturer English and Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Languages
St. Augustine University of Tanzania
Malimbe campus, P.O BOX 307, Mwanza, Tanzania
Cell Phone: +255 782898838, +254722898838
E-mail: [email protected],[email protected].

Educational background

In 2011, I enrolled at Kenyatta University PhD in linguistics (by distant Education). My Thesis is: ‘The semantics of selected Kenyan political parties names, symbols and slogans.’

From 2004 to 2007, I attended Kenyatta University, Nairobi-Kenya where I obtained a Masters of Arts (MA) in English and General Linguistics. My dissertation was ‘Onomastics: Analysis of semantics of morphologically derived Lulogooli personal names.’

I obtained my Bachelor of Education Arts, Second class honors (upper division) specializing in English and literature courses at Kenyatta university between 1994 and 1999.

1998-1999African virtual university (Kenyatta University) Computer applications and advanced internet

Hildah J K Masiolo-Malande
Department of Kiswahili and African languages
Kenyatta University-Kenya
BED (Arts), MA-Candidate (Kiswahili Linguistics)

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