Browsing by Author "Mathayo, Kelvin"

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    The acquisition order of English relative clauses by native speakers of Kiswahili
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2011) Mathayo, Kelvin
    This study attempts to examine the acquisition order of English relative clauses by Tanzanian native speakers of Kiswahili. It also deals with the errors made by these learners in forming relative clauses on English grammatical relations. The data for this study were collected by using a sentence combination task and a grammaticality judgement task. Also, a total of 45 Form 5 students who speak Kiswahili as their native language were involved in the present study as respondents. The findings indicate that to a greater extent the native speakers of Kiswahili who participated in this study follow the predictions of the Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy (the NPAH) in the acquisition of English relative clauses. But the majority seem to have acquired genitive relative clauses earlier than direct object relative clauses and others higher in the hierarchy. This finding poses a challenge to the NPAH, the theoretical framework used in this study. The NPAH predicts that subject relative clauses will be acquired first, followed by direct object relative clauses, indirect object relative clauses, object of preposition (oblique) relative clauses, genitive relative clauses and finally by object of comparison relative clauses. The findings also show that the respondents made errors in forming relative clauses on the English grammatical relations that are said to be complex.
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    Language use for self-legitimation and other- delegitimation in Tanzanian presidential campaign speeches
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2020) Mathayo, Kelvin
    This study examines four campaign speeches given by former president Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania and Dr Wilbroad Slaa on the campaign trail in 2010 to find out how they used language for self-legitimation and other-delegitimation purposes. Specifically, it analyses the linguistic and contextual resources the two candidates deployed to legitimate themselves. It also looks at how president Kikwete and Dr Slaa used negatively valued rhetoric-linguistic strategies to delegitimate each other. Moreover, it analyses data collected from some of the target audiences to determine their views in their on the function of the candidates’ strategies. The four campaign speeches analysed in this study were obtained from the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC). The other data set was collected in the districts of Kinondon, Nzega, Same and Tandahimba using focus group discussion. This study is grounded in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) , specifically in Theo Van Leeuwen’s version of CDA which comprises four strategies of legimation; authority, moralisation, rationalism and mythopoesis. The strategies may also be used to do delegitimation work. The findings of the themselves and delegitimate each other. Each candidate showed that he was the right person to lead the country and that his opponent was not. However, Dr Slaa articulated his plans without talking about how he would implement them. Besides using the linguistic strategies for self-legitimation purposes, the candidates exploited the context in which their speeches were embedded to influence Tanzanians’ thinking on them and on the political parties on whose platforms they were running for president. Furthermore, some of the above-mentioned strategies was geared towards self-legitimation and other-delegitimation. Others noted that, in using the strategies, the candidates’. Were lying or seeking to serve the country and its people. Moreover, arguments/pledges and other factors influenced the participants’ voting decisions. Finally, since this study has examined only campaign speeches, it is recommended that a study incorporating campaign speeches, images and music should be done to find out how self-legitimation and other-delegitimation are done through them. It is also important to impart discursive, campaign-related education to Tanzanians so that they can make the right decisions during elect
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    Language use for self-legitimation and other-delegitimation in Tanzanian presidential campaign speeches
    (University of Dar es salaam, 2020) Mathayo, Kelvin
    This study examines four campaign speeches given by former President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania and Dr Wilbroad Slaa on the campaign trail in 2010 to find out how they used language for self-legitimation and other-delegitimation purposes. Specifically, it analyses the linguistic and contextual resources the two candidates deployed to legitimate themselves. It also looks at how President Kikwete and Dr Slaa used negatively valued rhetorico-linguistic strategies to delegitimate each other. Moreover, it analyses data collected from some of the target audiences to determine their views on the function of the candidates’ strategies. The four campaign speeches analysed in this study were obtained from the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC). The other data set was collected in the districts of Kinondoni, Nzega, Same and Tandahimba using focus group discussion. This study is grounded in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), specifically in Theo van Leeuwen’s version of CDA which comprises four strategies of legitimation: authority, moralisation, rationalisation and mythopoesis. The strategies may also be used to do delegitimation work. The findings of the study show that the candidates largely employed the same strategies to legitimate themselves and delegitimate each other. Each candidate showed that he was the right person to lead the country and that his opponent was not. However, Dr Slaa articulated his plans and showed how they would be pursued, but President Kikwete only mentioned his plans without talking about how he would implement them. Besides using the linguistic strategies for self-legitimation purposes, the candidates exploited the context in which their speeches were embedded to influence Tanzanians’ thinking on them and on the political parties on whose platforms they were running for president. Furthermore, some of the participants (part of the candidates’ audiences) understood that the deployment of the above-mentioned strategies was geared towards self-legitimation and other-delegitimation. Others noted that, in using the strategies, the candidates were lying or seeking to serve the country and its people. Moreover, the candidates’ arguments/pledges and other factors influenced the participants’ voting decisions. Finally, since this study has examined only campaign speeches, it is recommended that a study incorporating campaign speeches, images and music should be done to find out how self-legitimation and other-delegitimation are done through them. It is also important to impart discursive, campaign-related education to Tanzanians so that they can make the right decisions during elections.