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This study, “An Investigation into the Inter-relatedness among Ila, Kaonde, Lenje, Nyanja, Sala, Soli, and Tonga” involved a lexicostatistical survey on the inter-relatedness of the languages mentioned above. According to Doke (1954), Bantu Botatwe refers to the language group comprising the...

This study examined some aspects of the phonology and morphology of Senga, a language spoken in Chama district of Muchinga Province of Zambia. The main assumption underlying this study was that natural languages were systematically structured and that this structure was evident at all levels of...

This study is informed by the observations and revelations that Bemba compound nouns do alter the meaning of words. At the centre of generating meanings of compound nouns in Bemba is a critical analysis into the grammar of Bemba compound nouns with regard to their morphology, syntax and...

This PhD thesis involved conducting a phonological and morphological analysis of loanwords from English into Icibemba, a major language spoken in the Northern, Copperbelt and Luapula provinces of Zambia as well as parts of Muchinga and Central provinces. The main aim of this research was to...

Mambwe language is spoken in Mbala and Senga districts of Northern Province in Zambia. The language has approximately 500,000 native speakers (CSO, 2010). Therefore, the study was conducted to identify, describe, analyse and write a comprehensive grammar of Mambwe language which is less...

This study was an attempt to investigate the meanings and sociocultural implications of selected Tumbuka anthroponyms. It sought to identify and analyse meanings of selected Tumbuka personal names; establish the kind of naming system that the Tumbuka of Lundazi district have in place; and to find...

This study is a linguistic analysis of University of Zambia (UNZA) students’ sociolect. The aim of the study is to analyse the linguistic characteristics of UNZA students’ sociolect and how in turn with this sociolect, students construct various social identities as they express group solidarity....

Significant efforts have been made to fight HIV/AIDS epidemic using multimodal semiotic modes of communication such as billboards, posters and brochures carrying HIV/AIDS and other health related education messages. However, it is unclear as to how the packagings of these HIV/AIDS prevention...

This study investigated proficiency in the use of discourse markers (DMs) in the written pieces of English composition produced by a sample of Grade Twelve (G12) learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) selected from three secondary schools in Kitwe district, Zambia in the 2014 academic...

This study investigated the syntax of verb phrases in Tonga language which is one of the Bantu languages found in Southern Province of Zambia. The descriptive study was carried out to examine whether or not verb phrases in Tonga can be analysed using insights from Government Binding (GB). Data...