Kenyan English: Domains of Use, Forms, and Users' Attitudesfocuses on the unique issues that concern language researchers in Kenya and elsewhere. Edited by Martha M. MichiekaandEvans Gesura Mecha, the collection examines the English language forms and usages to describe the reality of Kenyan English use. The contributors address questions such as: What are the characteristics that distinguish Kenyan English from other national varieties? How is English taught, and what impact does that kind of teaching have on learner proficiency? What is the place of English in mass media, in politics, in the churches, and in multilingual homes? The contributors, all experienced language practitioners based in Kenya or currently conducting language-related research in Kenya, bring fresh perspectives to the topic at hand and give readers a glance into contexts that have not yet been addressed in this way. They highlight the sociolinguistic reality of the English language in present-day Kenya and raise questions that will prompt further research.

Martha M. Michieka is professor of linguistics at East Tennessee State University.

Evans Gesura Mecha is senior lecturer of theoretical linguistics at Kisii University.

Introduction: Kenyan English or Kenyan Englishes?

Martha. M. Michieka and Evans Gesura Mecha

Chapter 1: An Empirical Study of Regional Variations in the Kenyan English Vowel System

Peter Nyansera Otieno

Chapter 2: The Kenyan English Accent: Segmental Features

Joshua Itumo and Martin C. Njoroge

Chapter 3: Error or flavor: An Account of the Lexical, Phrasal, and Syntactic Character of Fossilize Errors in Kenyan English Grammar

Ann Hildah Gatakaa Kinyua

Chapter: 4: Teaching English in Kenya: Reforms and Challenges in Early Years Education

Benard Omenge Nyatuka,

Chapter 5: English across the Curriculum in Kenya: The Reality in Primary School Classrooms and Implications on Epistemic Access

Peter Mose

Chapter 6: English Language Proficiency Among Secondary School Learners in Kenya: A Case of One Kenyan Rural Sub County

Daniel Nyongesa Khaemba and Eucabeth Ongau- Mongare

Chapter 7: Patterns of English Use in Kiswahili-Based Kenyan Mass Media

Sarah Marjie

Chapter 8: The English Language and Media Reporting on Devolution in Rural Kenya

Nicholas Anyuor and Omukule Emojong

Chapter 9: Pulpit English in Kenya: Examples of Mediatized Sermons in Kenya

Reuben Kigame and Leonora Anyango

Chapter 10: The Shadow of English: Multilingual Parents and Language Choice in Urban Kenya

Leonora Anyango

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About the Contributors