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1 LIST OF STUDENT PRESENTING THEIR PROPOSAL AND PRE-PROPOSAL S/N NAME REG. NO. MOBILE TOPIC SUPERVISO READERS O R 1 NOMZAMO WINNIE GIMUZA C50/29341/ COPY THEORY OF MOVEMENT IN DHOLUO: A MINIMALIST PERSPECTIVE 2 WESWA CAROLYNE NECHESA 3 NANCY WAIRIMU WAWERU 4 MUSYOKI MUENI 5 BUROMU ELKANA MOMANYI 6 NJOROGE J. WARUNGE C50/CE/28457/2013 C50/CE/23850/2013 C50/CE/28187/2013 C50/CE/28095/2013 C50/CE/28631/ PERPETUA C50/CE/28190/2013 NJERI NG ANG A 8 WAMBUA CAROLYNE NGONYO 9 JULIUS KAIRU KANIU C50/CE/27877/2013 C50/CE/25219/ THE LUKABRAS VERB PHRASE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION COMPENSATORY ERRORS IN CLEFT PALATE SPEECH AND THEIR EFFECT ON INTELLIGIBILITY LANGUAGE STYLES AND STRATEGIES AND THEIR EFFECTS OF LEGAL DISCOURSE THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE CLAUSE AS MESSAGE IN EKEGUSII A FUNCTIONAL APPROACH ASSESS THE NON TARGET MORPHOSYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF LEARNERS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN REGULAR SCHOOL PRESUPPOSITION TRIGGERS IN A COURTROOM PROCEEDING IN KENYAN COURTS A TONAL GRAMMER OF THE KIKAMBA NOUN PHRASE: AN OPTIMALITY THEORETIC APPROACH IMPACT OF LANGUAGE DRILLING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF KCSE PAPER 3 (LIRERARY APPRECIATION) AMONG STUDENTS IN KIRINYAGA CENTRAL SUB-COUNTY.

2 10 KASWII CHRISTIAN MWONGELI 11 FRIDAH WARUTERE 12 KIRUI KENNETH KIPKORIR 13 JOSHUA GITONGA 14 FAITH MUMBUA MUTHOKA 15 NJUGUNA WAHITO PHYLIS 16 CHEPTILE EMMA 17 EUNICE BUNYUA CHILUKA 18 MERCY MUTANU MWEU 19 NANCY C. LANGAT C50/CE//24420/2012 C50/CE/26663/2013 C50/25313/2014 C82/30599/2015 C50/CE/24915/2013 C50/28775/2014 C50/CE/27559/2013 C50/CE/28079/2013 C50/CE/24450/2012 C50/KER/CE/28740/ AN INVESTIGATION OF LEXICAL VARIATION AND CHANGE IN KIKAMBA NOUNS AS SPOKEN IN YATTA SUB-COUNTY: MACHAKOS COUNTY A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED UHURU KENYATTA S SPEECHES ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AND INAUGURAL SPEECH PASSIVISATION IN KIPSIGIS LANGUAGE IN MINIMALIST PROGRAM CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN ENGLISH AND KISWAHILI A CROSS LINGUISTIC STUDY TRANSLATING HUMOR: AN ANALSIS OF EXCERPTS FROM BETRAYAL IN THE CITY INTO ITS KISWAHILI VERSION, USALITI MJINI TEXT ANALYSIS: ANALYSIS OF SYNTACTIC STYLISTICS IN TRANSLATED TEXTS AND THEIR SOURCE TEXTS DYNAMISM OF TABOO AND EUPHEMISTIC WORDS IN MARAKWET LANGUGAE SYNTAX AND MORPHOLOGY: THE MORPHOSYNTACTIC MARKING OF LUKABARASI VERB IN THE LIGHT OF INFLECTIONAL MORPHOLOGY GENDER BIAS IN THE LANGUAGE OF KEN WA MARIA: LOVE SONGS CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF NEWS ARTICLES ON THE GARRISA UNIVERSITY TERRORIST ATTACK IN SELECTED KENYAN NEWSPAPER 30/10/15

3 20 BOAZ S.W MALOBA 21 LINDA REBECCA NYONGESA C82/29591/ PARLIAMENTARY DISCOURSE C50/ THETA ROLES IN OLUKABRAS: X-BAR PERSPECTIVE LIST OF STUDENT PRESENTING THEIR PROPOSAL AND PRE-PROPOSAL S/NO NAME REG. NO. MOBILE TOPIC SUPERVIS READERS DATE

4 1 OMAYO DAVID OMONDI 2 ITUMO JOSHUA MULINGE 3 ABDULMA LIK USMAN 4 TARSICIO RUORO MAHIANYU 5 NDEREBA MUGO MARTIN 6 MACHANI ABRAHAM C50/CE/11906/2 008 C82/28686/ C82F/29019/201 4 C50/CE/24455/2 010 C50/CE/23153/2 010 C50/CE/25338/ A THEORETICAL ACCOUNT OF ELLIPTICAL ELEMENTS IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE DHOLUO CLAUSE KENYA S STIGMA FREE ENGLISH ACCEPT: AN ENGLISH AS A LINGAU FRANCA (ELF) PERSPECTIVE 30 PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH SPOKEN BY HAUSA NEWSCASTERS IN BROADCASTING MEDIA IN NIGERIA A LEXEME-BASED MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FACEBOOK NEOLOGISMS A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF GIKUYU TOPONYMS: A CASE OF MATHIRA CONSTITUENCY, NYERI COUNTY LINGUISTICS OUTCOMES OF SABAUT/KISWAHILI CONTACT IN MT. ELGON SUB-COUNTY, BUNGOMA COUNTY, KENYA: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC APPROACH ORS Dr. Ogutu Dr. Kiguru Dr. Oragi Dr. Nyamasyo Dr. Ndungu Dr. Kebeya Dr. Mwangi Dr. Njiri Dr. Ngure Dr. Gachara Dr. Nyamasyo Dr. Owili

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