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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Articles in Refereed Journals (International)

• Kanana, F.E. & Hurst-Harosh, E. (2020) Global and Local Hybridity in African Youth Language Practices. Africa Development, Volume XLV, No. 3, 13-32. ISSN: 0850 3907 http://codesria.org/spip.php?article3135&lang=en
• Hurst-Harosh, E. & Kanana, F.E. (2020) Metaphors and their link to generation/age and popular culture in African Youth Languages. Linguistics Vanguard, 6(s4):20190053 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2019-0053
• Ntalala S.G., Orwenjo D.O. & Erastus, F.K. (2020). Rhetorical Moves of Kenyan       Parliamentary Committee Reports. Applied Linguistics Research Journal, 4 (3):65-    85 (E-ISSN: 2651-2629) DOI: 10.14744/alrj.2020.29591
• Kanana, E.F. and Nyong’a, A.C. (2019). Lexical restructuring processes in Sheng among  the Matatu crew in Nakuru, Kenya. South African Journal of Languages and         Linguistics (SAJAL), 39(1) DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2019.1572321…….
• Orwenjo, D.O., & Erastus, F.K. (2018). Challenges of Adopting Open Educational     Resources (OER) in Kenyan Secondary School: The Case of Open Resources for   English Language Teaching (ORELT). Journal of Learning for Development, 5(2), 148-162. ISSN 2311 - 1550
• Kariuki, A., Kanana, E.F. and Kebeya H. (2015). The Growth and Use of Sheng  in   Advertisements in selected Businesses in Kenya. Journal of African Cultural Studies(JACS) 27(2):229-246. (ISSN Print 1369-6815; ISSN Online 1469 - 9346) DOI:   10.1080/1369 6815.2015.1029879)
• Kanana, E.F. (2014). Noun Morphophonemics and Noun Class Restructuring: The Case of   Meru Gender 11/10. South African Journal of African Languages (SAJAL) 34(1):107-  117 (ISSN: 0257-2117; DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2014.949474)
• Kanana, F. E. (2013). Examining African Languages as Tools for National Development: The   Case of Kiswahili. Journal of Pan African Studies 6 (6): 41-48. (ISSN: 2156-5600)
• Kanana, F. E. (2011). Meru Dialects: The Linguistic Evidence. Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 300-327. (ISSN 1459-9465)

 Articles in Conference Proceedings

• Kanana, F. E. (2011). Dialect Convergence and Divergence: A Case of Chuka and Imenti. Selected Proceedings of the 40^th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, ed. Eyamba G. Bokamba et al., 190-205. Sommerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project. (ISBN 978-1-57473—446-1
• Ogutu, E. A. & Kanana, F.E. (2003). Code Switching in Multilingual Situations: Opposing    Views. Conference Proceedings of ATWS Conference, September 17-19, 2003.

Books

• Hurst- Harosh, E. & Kanana Erastus, F. (Eds.) (2018). African Youth Languages: New   Media, Performing Arts and Sociolinguistic Development. Palgrave Macmillan: UK.
• Kanana, F.E. (2014). Lexico-Phonological Comparative Analysis of Selected Dialects of   the   Meru-Tharaka group. Peter Lang: Frankfurt am Main, edited by E-ISBN 978-3-653-05161-2 (E-Book)  ISBN 978 -3- 319-64561-2   (Hard Cover), eBook ISBN 978-3-319-64561-2, DOI 10.10007/978-3-3-319-64562-9

 Chapters in Books

• Kanana, F.E. (forthcoming) Bantu languages in the media: Policies and trends in Kenya     and beyond in mainstream and new media. In Ellen Hurst, Nancy Kula, Lutz Marten         & Jochen Zeller (eds.), The Oxford Guide to the Bantu Languages. Oxford: Oxford       University Press.
• Kanana Erastus, F & Hurst-Harosh, Ellen (2019). Rural and Urban Metaphors in Sheng    (Kenya) and Tsotsitaal (South Africa).  In Joseph Schmied. & Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju (eds.). African Urban Youth Languages: The Rural-Urban Divide (REAL Studies 11). Gottingen: Cuvillier Verlag. Pp 35-51. ISBN 978-3-7369-7081-6, eISBN 978-3-7369-     6081-7
• Hurst- Harosh & Kanana Erastus, F. (2018). An Overview of African Youth Language        Practices and their Use in Social Media, Advertising and Creative Arts. In Ellen Hurst-  Harosh & Fridah Kanana Erastus (eds.). African Youth Languages: New Media,   Performing     Arts and Sociolinguistic Development. Palgrave Macmillan UK. Pp 1- 12. ISBN 978-3-319-64561-2, eISBN 978-3-319-64561-2, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64562-9
• Kanana Erastus, F. & Kebeya, H. (2018). Functions of Urban and Youth Language in          the       New Media: The Case of Sheng in Kenya. In Ellen Hurst-Harosh & Fridah   Kanana           Erastus (eds.). African Youth Languages: New Media, Performing Arts and     Sociolinguistic Development. Palgrave Macmillan: UK. Pp 15-52. ISBN 978-3-319-           64561-2), eISBN 978-3-319-64561-2, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64562-9
• Kebeya, H. O. & Kanana E.F. (2016). Devolution of Governance and Linguistic (in) equalities in Kenya. In Martin Pütz & Neele Mundt (eds.). Vanishing Languages in  Context: Ideological, Attitudinal and Social Identity Perspectives (Duisburg Papers   on Research in Language and Culture Volume 114) Peter Lang: Frankfurt am Main.        Pp51-69. ISBN 978-3-631-67049-1, eISBN 978-3-653-06261-8, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-06261-8
• Kanana, F.E. (2014). The growth of English as a status language in Africa: Insights from Kenya. In Daniel O. Orwenjo, Martin C. Njoroge, Ruth W. Ndung’u & Phyllis W.   Mwangi (eds) Multilingualism and Education in Africa: The State of The  State of The    Art, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK,ISBN (10): 1-4438-6222-3, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-6222-6.

Manuscripts

• Kanana, F.E. (in progress).  A Typology of Dialect Transitions: The Case of Meru-Tharaka     Group.
• Kanana, F.E. (in progress).  The Morpho-phonology and Semantics of Diminutives in the     Meru-Tharaka Group.
• Nthiga, P.M. and Kanana F.E. (in progress). Feedback Provision in ESL Writing: The Case            of Kenyan Secondary Schools.
• Kanana, F.E. and Orwenjo, D.O (in progress). Junior Secondary School Teachers’      Perceptions of the Potentials of ORELT in improving the quality of ESL teaching in  Kenya.
• Kanana, F.E. (in progress). Language Policy Lapses in Africa: The Curse of Statehood and    Nationhood.

Other Publications

• Coussens, A.,  Akindele, J. Abidemi., Abdeslam , B.,  Kanana, F. Khoury-Kassabri, M.          (2018). What’s Stopping Young African Scientists from Achieving their Potential. THE CONVERSATION, 21^st August 2018. Available on https://theconversation.com/whats-stopping-young-african-scientists-from-achieving-their-potential-97404
• Atheru, G., Kanana F.E., Kiriago, S. & Sang K. P. (2014).  Training Manual for  Entrepreneurship and Business Management, Kenyatta University Press.   (Copyright ©Kenyatta University, 2014)
• Otieno, M., Kanana, F. E. & Odiwour, F. (2011). Organizational Skills and Time   Management, Kenyatta University.(KU-RCD Training Manual ©2011).
• Kanana, F. E., Gimode, J. & Maroko, D. (2011). Minute Taking and Report Writing Skills,     Kenyatta University (KU-RCD Training Manual ©2011 )