Name
Magreth Kibiki

Academic Rank
Lecturer

Department
Languages and Literature

Biography

Biography

Magreth John Kibiki is a Lecturer in the Department of Languages and Literature. She has specialized in Swahili Linguistics and she has authored several articles in semantics and Pragmatics. She teaches Kiswahili courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her areas of teaching include Introduction to General Linguistics in Kiswahili, Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Learning, Kiswahili Semantics and Pragmatics. Her research interests include Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis and Conversation Analysis. She is currently the Head of the Department of Languages and Literature.

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Research Interest
Her research interests include Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis and Conversation Analysis.

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Publications

Publications

Kibiki M.J. (2023). Pragmatic Marker 'tu' as a Source of Implicature in Kiswahili. Language, Culture, Literature Interwined. The Swahili Perspective East African Perspective. DO  - 10.31338/uw.9788323561996.pp.117-136

Kibiki M.J. (2022). Dhima ya Kipragmatiki ya Kialami Pragmatiki “Hivi” Katika Mawasiliano ya Kiswahili. Kiswahili. Vol. 85(2):260-282.

Kibiki M.J. (2022). Athari za Kiimbo kwenye Maana za Kialami Pragmatiki mh katika Mazungumzo ya Kiswahili.  Kioo cha Lugha. Vol. 19(1):82-94.

Kibiki M.J. (2022). Dhima za Kipragmatiki za Kialami Pragmatiki mh katika Mazungumzo ya Kiswahili. Nuru ya Kiswahili. Vol. 1 (2):59-87.

Kibiki M.J. (2020). Uchunguzi wa Vialami Pragmatiki na Viziada Lugha katika Kiswahili cha Mazungumzo. Ph.D Thesis (Unpublished). University of Dar es Salaam. 

Kibiki, M.J. (2020). Mchango wa Ishara za Mwili kwenye Maana katika Lugha ya Kiswahili: Mifano kutoka  katika Vialami Pragmatiki eh, sawa, mh na ah. In Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre (JULACE J. Vol. 4/2: 67-86.

Kibiki, M.J. (2019). “The Pragmatic Functions of the Marker sawa in Spoken Swahili”.  Studies in African Languages and Cultures. Vol. 53: 29-55.

Kibiki M.J. and Malangwa, P.S.  (2019). Athari za Kiimbo kwenye Maana za Kialami Pragmatiki eh katika Mazungumzo ya Kiswahili. Jarida la Kimataifa la Isimu ya Kibantu. Vol. 2/2: 62-78.

Kibiki M.J. and Malangwa, P.S.  (2018). Dhima za Kipragmatiki za Kialami Pragmatiki ah katika Kiswahili cha Mazungumzo. Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre (JULACE). Vol 3/2: 53-73. NOTE: This paper was published in 2019 though it was backdated to 2018.

Kibiki M.J. and Malangwa, P.S.  (2018). “Dhima za Kipragmatiki za Kialami Pragmatiki eh katika Kiswahili cha Mazungumzo”. Mwanga wa Lugha.  Vol. 2: 13-30.

Kibiki M.J. and Malangwa P.S. (2011). ‘Mabadiliko ya Maana Katika Kitenzi KATA’. Kioo cha Lugha. Vol.  8:25-42.

Kibiki M.J. (2012). ‘Mabadiliko ya Maana katika Vitenzi vya Kiswahili’. M.A Dissertation. University of Dar es Salaam.