Dr Loveluck

Name
Dr. Loveluck Philip Muro

Academic Rank
Lecturer

Department
Languages and Literature

Biography

Biography

Dr Loveluck Philip Muro is a lecturer of linguistics in the Department of Languages and Literature. Her areas of teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels include English pragmatics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, social and biological aspects of language, social research methods and communication skills. Dr Muro's research interests revolve around the language of instruction, classroom talk, language and gender and gender in education.

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loveluck.muro@duce.ac.tz

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Research Interest

Research Interest
Language of Instruction, Classroom Talk, Language and Gender, Gender in Education

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Projects

Projects

2020-2021: University of Dar es Salaam Competitive Research Fund (with Benedict Lema and Fides Pangani): English Language Problems among Students in Higher Learning Institutions in Tanzania: the case of Dar es Salaam University College of Education.

Publications

Publications

  1. Philip, L. (2018). The Influence of Teacher Talk on Pupils’ Participation in Classroom Talk-In-Interaction in Tanzanian Primary Schools. Unpublished PhD Thesis.  University of Dar es Salaam.

  2. Lusekelo, A & Philip, L. (2018). Naming Practices in Contemporary Machame-Chagga Culture. Naming practices in contemporary Machame-Chagga culture. International Journal of Modern Anthropology. (2), 64-83.

  3. Philip, L. (2009). Portrayal of Stereotypical Roles of Women in Popular Lyrics: The Critical Discourse Analysis of Mipasho Taarab and Bongo Flava Lyrics. Unpublished M.A. Thesis. University of Dar es Salaam. 

  4. Philip, L. (2022). Borrowed Swahili discourse-pragmatic features in Kenyan and Tanzanian Englishes. Intercultural Pragmatics 19 (4), 489-512
  5. Philip, L. (2022). Borrowed Discourse-Pragmatic Features in Kenyan English. Language Matters 53 (2), 3-22.
  6. Philip, L & Lema, B. (2022). Confusions Between English Nominal and Adjectival Forms among Education: Are they Predictable? Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS) 11 (2).