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Prof PETER MAINA MATU

Professor, DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES (DILCS)

Social Sciences and Technology Information Science, Language and Communication Studies LINGUISTICS AND LITERACY STUDIES

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Official email

maina.matu@tukenya.ac.ke

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Office telephone

.020343672

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Consultation hours

8AM-5PM MON - FRI

About

Prof PETER MAINA MATU is a Professor, DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES (DILCS) at the Technical University of Kenya, specialising in Linguistics And African Languages, Linguistics, English And Linguistics. Prof PETER MAINA MATU holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology.

Level	Qualification Name	Institution	Year
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS	UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE(South Africa)	2004
Masters of Arts (MA)	LINGUISTICS AND AFRICAN LANGUAGES	UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI(Kenya)	1991
Bachelor of Arts (BA)	LINGUISTICS	UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI(Kenya)	1989

Period	Institution	Position
2016 - TO PRESENT	TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA	PROFESSOR
2011 - 2015	TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF NEWS PAPER REPORTING OF THE RUN UP TO THE 1997 KENYA GENERAL ELECTIONS

PhD IN ENGLISH

Title	Link to publication	Year
INVESTIGATING LANGUAGE AND IDEOLOGY: A PRESENTATION OF THE IDEOLOGICAL SQUARE AND TRANSITITY IN THE EDITORIALS OF THREE KENYAN NEWS PAPERS.	View online
TRANSIVITY AS A TOOL FOR IDEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS	View online
ESTABILISHING CREDIBILITY IN CORPORATE WEBSITES: A LINGUISTIC APPROACH .	View online
lexical representation of political participants: newspaper reporting of the run to the 1997 kenyan general election.	View online
using language right concepts to evaluate the knowledge of court interpreters in kenya.	View online
face attack and patient response strategies in a kenyan hospital	View online
GROUP IDENTITIES IN KENYAN SMS MASSAGES.	View online
KENYA ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION: IMPLICATION OF TEXT MASSAGING ON SOCIAL INTERACTION.	View online
PUNCTUATION AS A SOCIAL LINGUISTIC VARIABLE IN TEXT MESSAGES	View online
PHONOLOGICAL VARIATION IN SHORT MESSAGES SERVICES (SMS) IN KENYA.	View online
NURSES' IMPOLITENESS AS AN IMPENDIMENT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHARTER OF PATIENTS RIGHTS IN SELECTED PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN KENYA.	View online
AN ANALYSIS OF LEXICAL ERRORS IN WRITTEN ENGLISH.	View online
AIDS IS CAUSED BY INVISIBLE INSECTS SENT BY SORCERERS: A COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE TO THE AIDS- WITCHCRAFT QUESTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.	View online
SYNTATIC ASPECT IN TEXT MESSAGING.	View online

Name	Project Title	Period
WANGATIA, I.R.	A MORPHOSYNTATIC ANALYSIS OF LUWANGA VERB PHRASE.	2006
OWINO. D.O.	MORPHOSYNTATIC STRUCTURES OF DHOLUE/ ENGLISH CODE SWITCHING: THE MATRIX LANGUAGE FRAME PESPECTIVE.	2007
OCHIENG,' R.O.	A LINGUISTICS OF ENGLISH/SWAHILI CODESWITCHING IN KISII FM AND EEASY FM RADIO STATIONS.	2008
YAKUB, A.	A LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF SAFARICOM ADVERTISEMENTS IN KENYA NEWSPAPERS.	2008
JORONGO, F.	A TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE KENYA COSTITUTION REVIEW REFERUNDUM CAMPAIGN BY TWO KENYAN NEWSPAPERS.	2008
OCHWAL, A.	A STUDY OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES USED BY NON SPECIALISED TEACHERS OF THE HEARING IMPARED LEARNERS	2008
ISALAMBO, B.	LANGUAGE AND THE INTERNET: A STUDY F METADISCOURSE IN CORPORATE WEBSITES ON THE NAIROBI STOCK EXCHAN	2009
ONG'ONDA, N.	SHORT MESSAGE DISCOURSE: A SOCIALLINGUISTIC APPROACH TO KENYAN TEXT MESSAGES.	2009
OSORO, E.	THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE LUTSOTSO NOUN PHRASE.	2009
BUNDE,D.	EXT INTERPRETATION: COHESION AND DEIXIS IN 'BEHIND THE MASK'	2009
LUVAHA, J.	MSHIKA MONO WA KILEKSIA KATIKA INSHA ZA WANAFUNZI WALIO NA MATATIZO YA KUSIKIA KATIKA SHULE TEULE	2009
JAGERO, J	MATUMIZI YA KISWAHILI KATIKA TECHNOHAMA KATIKA SHULE ZA SECONDARI ZA WAVULANA ZA CHAKAVALI NA MARAND	2009
ONYANGO, N.O.	EFFECTIVE LANGUAGE USE: A CASE STUDY OF PRCISION IN THE SHOWDOWN TALK SHOW IN THE PROGRAMME TV, KNY	2010
ODONGO, R.A.	AN INVESTIGATION OF ERRORS IN THE WRITTEN ENGLISH OF FOAM FOUR STUDENTS IN KISUMU EAST DISTRICT.	2010
OTIENO, C.G.	AN ANALYSIS OF MOOD AND MODALITY: A CASE OF POWER RELATIONS IN MARJORIE OLUDHE MCGOYE 'COMING TO BIR	2010
OLOO, P.A.	LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF HIV/AIDS DISCOURSE IN NYANZA KENYA	2009
OJWANG', B.	A GRAMATIC ANLYSIS OF NURSE-CLIENT INTERACTIONS IN SELECTED PUBLIC HEALTH FCILITIES IN NYANZA DSRCT	2010
OGONE, J.	AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE EFFORTS ON REVITALIZATION OF THE OLUSUBA LANGUAGE.	2010
ODHIAMBO, K.	THE LANGUAGE RIGHTS PRACTITIONERS: DHOLUENGLISH INTERPRETERS IN SUBORDINATE COURTS IN NYANZA PROVINC	2011
MAGONYA,L.A	AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLICISMS USED IN THE FRENCH PRINT MEDIA. A CASE STUDY OF AMINA AND AFRIQUE MAGAZINE	2006
ABAYA, R.N	AN ANALYSIS OF LEXICAL ERRORS IN WRITTEN ENGLISH OF STANDARD EIGHT PUPILS IN RIGOMA DVSN OF OF NYAM	2006

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