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The power of words in political discourses of the general election campaigns in Kenya 肯尼亚大选竞选活动政治话语中的文字力量

Journal of Languages and Linguistics (JLL) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.51317/jll.v3i1.494

J. Khaemba

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Learning-induced errors in the written English texts of hearing-impaired learners in primary school 小学听障学生英语书面文章中的学习诱因错误

Journal of Languages and Linguistics (JLL) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.51317/jll.v3i1.469

A. S. Mang’oka, A. W. Somba

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Morpho-syntactic decomposition of place names in proximate sister languages: Gichuka, Gikuyu, Kiimenti and Kiembu 基楚卡语、基库尤语、基门提语和基恩布语近缘姊妹语地名的形态句法分解

Journal of Languages and Linguistics (JLL) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 DOI: 10.51317/jll.v2i1.409

Nelly Karimi Mbaka, Eliud Kiruji Kirigia

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