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Research paper thumbnail of Contextualizing Universal Theory of Acronym Formation in Kiswahili acronyms

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Nov 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of The Tonological Study on Giha Infinitive Verbs

Kioo cha Lugha, Mar 5, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Contextualizing Universal Theory of Acronym Formation in Kiswahili acronyms

Research paper thumbnail of Absence of CD59 in Guinea Pigs: Analysis of the Cavia porcellus Genome Suggests the Evolution of a CD59 Pseudogene

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), Jan 22, 2017

CD59 is a membrane-bound regulatory protein that inhibits the assembly of the terminal membrane a... more CD59 is a membrane-bound regulatory protein that inhibits the assembly of the terminal membrane attack complex (C5b-9) of complement. From its original discovery in humans almost 30 years ago, CD59 has been characterized in a variety of species, from primates to early vertebrates, such as teleost fish. CD59 is ubiquitous in mammals; however, we have described circumstantial evidence suggesting that guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) lack CD59, at least on erythrocytes. In this study, we have used a combination of phylogenetic analyses with syntenic alignment of mammalian CD59 genes to identify the only span of genomic DNA in C. porcellus that is homologous to a portion of mammalian CD59 and show that this segment of DNA is not transcribed. We describe a pseudogene sharing homology to exons 2 through 5 of human CD59 present in the C. porcellus genome. This pseudogene was flanked by C. porcellus homologs of two genes, FBXO3 and ORF91, a relationship and orientation that were consistent wit...

Research paper thumbnail of THE DETERMINER PHRASE SYNTAX OF IGIHA: A GENERATIVE SYNTAX-INTERFACES APPROACH

Saul Bichwa, 2022

By submitting this dissertation electronically, I declare that the entirety of the work contained... more By submitting this dissertation electronically, I declare that the entirety of the work contained therein is my own, original work, that I am the sole author thereof (save to the extent explicitly otherwise stated), that reproduction and publication thereof by Stellenbosch University will not infringe any third party rights and that I have not previously in its entirety or part submitted it for obtaining any qualification

Research paper thumbnail of Developing Student Teachers’ Conceptions of the Nature of Science: An Assessment of a Pre-service Science Teacher Programme in Tanzania

African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Prosodic Units in the Study of Giha

Arusha Working Papers in African Linguistics, 2018

The term "prosody" has quite ordinarily been used to mean such things as stress, tone, accent, pi... more The term "prosody" has quite ordinarily been used to mean such things as stress, tone, accent, pitch, intensity, loudness and syllabicity. Even though the precursors of Bantu languages like Bleek (1862), Meinhof (1989), Guthrie (1962, 1967, and 1970) paid courtesy to "Prosodic units" marvels but they did not give it the gravity it deserves. This study aims at giving the deserved gravity of the prosodic units in analyzing any phonological aspect of Giha linguistic. Therefore, the study argues that any serious analysis of Giha phonology is ought to consider the prosodic units of this language. The data presented here in were collected from five native speakers of Giha and analysed autosegmentally.

Research paper thumbnail of Bichwa AWPAL

The term "prosody" has quite ordinarily been used to mean such things as stress, tone, accent, pi... more The term "prosody" has quite ordinarily been used to mean such things as stress, tone, accent, pitch, intensity, loudness and syllabicity. Even though the precursors of Bantu languages like Bleek , Meinhof (1989), Guthrie (1962, 1967, and 1970) paid courtesy to "Prosodic units" marvels but they did not give it the gravity it deserves. This study aims at giving the deserved gravity of the prosodic units in analyzing any phonological aspect of Giha linguistic. Therefore, the study argues that any serious analysis of Giha phonology is ought to consider the prosodic units of this language. The data presented here in were collected from five native speakers of Giha and analysed autosegmentally.

Research paper thumbnail of The Tonological Study on Giha 1 Infinitive Verbs

Phonologists point out that accented languages have got a predictable tonal pattern. From this po... more Phonologists point out that accented languages have got a predictable tonal pattern. From this point, then each accented language has its Basic Tone Melody which is derived from the nucleus of the Melodic Tone. The accent is always associated with a certain tone in the Basic Tone Melody. Giha is among of the accented languages. Thus, this paper is aimed at identifying the Basic Tone Melody and describing the specific tone in the Basic Tone Melody which is associated with the accent in Giha infinitives. Also, this paper shows the rules which govern the tonological pattern in this language. The data used herein were collected by recording 15 native speakers of Giha language from Karunga village in Kasulu district of Kigoma region and was analyzed autosegmentally. The sample was selected by pointing elders aged 50 years and above. Then the pointed elders were selected randomly. The findings show that the Basic Tone Melody for Giha verbs is Low, High, Low (LHL) and the accent is associated with the left side low tone of the Basic Tone Melody.

Research paper thumbnail of The Tonological Study on Giha 1 Infinitive Verbs

Kioo cha Lugha, 2018

Phonologists point out that accented languages have got a predictable tonal pattern. From this po... more Phonologists point out that accented languages have got a predictable tonal pattern. From this point, then each accented language has its Basic Tone Melody which is derived from the nucleus of the Melodic Tone. The accent is always associated with a certain tone in the Basic Tone Melody. Giha is among of the accented languages. Thus, this paper is aimed at identifying the Basic Tone Melody and describing the specific tone in the Basic Tone Melody which is associated with the accent in Giha infinitives. Also, this paper shows the rules which govern the tonological pattern in this language. The data used herein were collected by recording 15 native speakers of Giha language from Karunga village in Kasulu district of Kigoma region and was analyzed autosegmentally. The sample was selected by pointing elders aged 50 years and above. Then the pointed elders were selected randomly. The findings show that the Basic Tone Melody for Giha verbs is Low, High, Low (LHL) and the accent is associated with the left side low tone of the Basic Tone Melody. Ikisiri Wanafonolojia wanadai kuwa ruwaza ya toni katika lugha zenye viinitoni huwa ni ya kutabirika. Kutokana na mazingira hayo, kila lugha yenye viinitoni huwa na Kiimbotoni Msingi chake. Kiimbotoni Msingi hicho hudhibitiwa na kiinitoni ambacho huwa na toni mahususi katika Kiimbotoni Msingi ambayo kwayo kiinitoni hicho huhusishwa. Lugha ya Giha ni miongoni mwa lugha zenye viinitoni. Makala hii inalenga kubainisha Kiimbotoni Msingi katika lugha ya Giha, kufafanua silabi ambayo kwayo kiinitoni huhusishwa pamoja na kuonesha kanuni mbalimbali zinazotawala katika utokeaji wa toni. Data iliyotumika katika makala hii ilikusanywa kwa kuwarekodi takribani wazungumzaji 15 ambao ni wazawa wa lugha ya Giha kutoka katika kijiji cha Karunga, wilaya ya Kasulu mkoani Kigoma. Sampuli ilichaguliwa kwa kuteua kinasibu wazee wenye umri wa miaka 50 na kuendelea. Data inaonesha kuwa Kiimbotoni Msingi katika lugha ya Giha ni Chini, Juu, Chini (CJC) na kiinitoni huhusishwa na tonichini ya upande wa kushoto mwa Kiimbotoni Msingi.

Research paper thumbnail of Contextualizing Universal Theory of Acronym Formation in Kiswahili acronyms

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Nov 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of The Tonological Study on Giha Infinitive Verbs

Kioo cha Lugha, Mar 5, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Contextualizing Universal Theory of Acronym Formation in Kiswahili acronyms

Research paper thumbnail of Absence of CD59 in Guinea Pigs: Analysis of the Cavia porcellus Genome Suggests the Evolution of a CD59 Pseudogene

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), Jan 22, 2017

CD59 is a membrane-bound regulatory protein that inhibits the assembly of the terminal membrane a... more CD59 is a membrane-bound regulatory protein that inhibits the assembly of the terminal membrane attack complex (C5b-9) of complement. From its original discovery in humans almost 30 years ago, CD59 has been characterized in a variety of species, from primates to early vertebrates, such as teleost fish. CD59 is ubiquitous in mammals; however, we have described circumstantial evidence suggesting that guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) lack CD59, at least on erythrocytes. In this study, we have used a combination of phylogenetic analyses with syntenic alignment of mammalian CD59 genes to identify the only span of genomic DNA in C. porcellus that is homologous to a portion of mammalian CD59 and show that this segment of DNA is not transcribed. We describe a pseudogene sharing homology to exons 2 through 5 of human CD59 present in the C. porcellus genome. This pseudogene was flanked by C. porcellus homologs of two genes, FBXO3 and ORF91, a relationship and orientation that were consistent wit...

Research paper thumbnail of THE DETERMINER PHRASE SYNTAX OF IGIHA: A GENERATIVE SYNTAX-INTERFACES APPROACH

Saul Bichwa, 2022

By submitting this dissertation electronically, I declare that the entirety of the work contained... more By submitting this dissertation electronically, I declare that the entirety of the work contained therein is my own, original work, that I am the sole author thereof (save to the extent explicitly otherwise stated), that reproduction and publication thereof by Stellenbosch University will not infringe any third party rights and that I have not previously in its entirety or part submitted it for obtaining any qualification

Research paper thumbnail of Developing Student Teachers’ Conceptions of the Nature of Science: An Assessment of a Pre-service Science Teacher Programme in Tanzania

African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Prosodic Units in the Study of Giha

Arusha Working Papers in African Linguistics, 2018

The term "prosody" has quite ordinarily been used to mean such things as stress, tone, accent, pi... more The term "prosody" has quite ordinarily been used to mean such things as stress, tone, accent, pitch, intensity, loudness and syllabicity. Even though the precursors of Bantu languages like Bleek (1862), Meinhof (1989), Guthrie (1962, 1967, and 1970) paid courtesy to "Prosodic units" marvels but they did not give it the gravity it deserves. This study aims at giving the deserved gravity of the prosodic units in analyzing any phonological aspect of Giha linguistic. Therefore, the study argues that any serious analysis of Giha phonology is ought to consider the prosodic units of this language. The data presented here in were collected from five native speakers of Giha and analysed autosegmentally.

Research paper thumbnail of Bichwa AWPAL

The term "prosody" has quite ordinarily been used to mean such things as stress, tone, accent, pi... more The term "prosody" has quite ordinarily been used to mean such things as stress, tone, accent, pitch, intensity, loudness and syllabicity. Even though the precursors of Bantu languages like Bleek , Meinhof (1989), Guthrie (1962, 1967, and 1970) paid courtesy to "Prosodic units" marvels but they did not give it the gravity it deserves. This study aims at giving the deserved gravity of the prosodic units in analyzing any phonological aspect of Giha linguistic. Therefore, the study argues that any serious analysis of Giha phonology is ought to consider the prosodic units of this language. The data presented here in were collected from five native speakers of Giha and analysed autosegmentally.

Research paper thumbnail of The Tonological Study on Giha 1 Infinitive Verbs

Phonologists point out that accented languages have got a predictable tonal pattern. From this po... more Phonologists point out that accented languages have got a predictable tonal pattern. From this point, then each accented language has its Basic Tone Melody which is derived from the nucleus of the Melodic Tone. The accent is always associated with a certain tone in the Basic Tone Melody. Giha is among of the accented languages. Thus, this paper is aimed at identifying the Basic Tone Melody and describing the specific tone in the Basic Tone Melody which is associated with the accent in Giha infinitives. Also, this paper shows the rules which govern the tonological pattern in this language. The data used herein were collected by recording 15 native speakers of Giha language from Karunga village in Kasulu district of Kigoma region and was analyzed autosegmentally. The sample was selected by pointing elders aged 50 years and above. Then the pointed elders were selected randomly. The findings show that the Basic Tone Melody for Giha verbs is Low, High, Low (LHL) and the accent is associated with the left side low tone of the Basic Tone Melody.

Research paper thumbnail of The Tonological Study on Giha 1 Infinitive Verbs

Kioo cha Lugha, 2018

Phonologists point out that accented languages have got a predictable tonal pattern. From this po... more Phonologists point out that accented languages have got a predictable tonal pattern. From this point, then each accented language has its Basic Tone Melody which is derived from the nucleus of the Melodic Tone. The accent is always associated with a certain tone in the Basic Tone Melody. Giha is among of the accented languages. Thus, this paper is aimed at identifying the Basic Tone Melody and describing the specific tone in the Basic Tone Melody which is associated with the accent in Giha infinitives. Also, this paper shows the rules which govern the tonological pattern in this language. The data used herein were collected by recording 15 native speakers of Giha language from Karunga village in Kasulu district of Kigoma region and was analyzed autosegmentally. The sample was selected by pointing elders aged 50 years and above. Then the pointed elders were selected randomly. The findings show that the Basic Tone Melody for Giha verbs is Low, High, Low (LHL) and the accent is associated with the left side low tone of the Basic Tone Melody. Ikisiri Wanafonolojia wanadai kuwa ruwaza ya toni katika lugha zenye viinitoni huwa ni ya kutabirika. Kutokana na mazingira hayo, kila lugha yenye viinitoni huwa na Kiimbotoni Msingi chake. Kiimbotoni Msingi hicho hudhibitiwa na kiinitoni ambacho huwa na toni mahususi katika Kiimbotoni Msingi ambayo kwayo kiinitoni hicho huhusishwa. Lugha ya Giha ni miongoni mwa lugha zenye viinitoni. Makala hii inalenga kubainisha Kiimbotoni Msingi katika lugha ya Giha, kufafanua silabi ambayo kwayo kiinitoni huhusishwa pamoja na kuonesha kanuni mbalimbali zinazotawala katika utokeaji wa toni. Data iliyotumika katika makala hii ilikusanywa kwa kuwarekodi takribani wazungumzaji 15 ambao ni wazawa wa lugha ya Giha kutoka katika kijiji cha Karunga, wilaya ya Kasulu mkoani Kigoma. Sampuli ilichaguliwa kwa kuteua kinasibu wazee wenye umri wa miaka 50 na kuendelea. Data inaonesha kuwa Kiimbotoni Msingi katika lugha ya Giha ni Chini, Juu, Chini (CJC) na kiinitoni huhusishwa na tonichini ya upande wa kushoto mwa Kiimbotoni Msingi.