Name
Dr. Mdoe Kuria

Academic Rank
Lecturer

Department
Languages and Literature

Biography

Biography

Dr. Kuria Mdoe Michael is a lecturer in the Department of Languages and Literature within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He holds a PhD in Linguistics and specializes in Nilo-Saharan Languages Linguistics and Cognitive Linguistic studies. He completed both his undergraduate Degree at the University of Dodoma and postgraduate studies at the University of Dar es Salaam. His teaching areas include Linguistic Phonology, Morphology and semantics. His research interests and scholarly work focus on Nilo-sahara Linguistics, Language contact, Ethnobotany and Ethnolinguistic.

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Email Address
kuria.mdoe@udsm.ac.tz

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Research Interest

Research Interest
Nilo-sahara Linguistics, Language contact, Ethnobotany, Ethnolinguistic and Language documentation

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Projects

Projects
  • DALGOM Project 2018-2021 with the duties of documenting Nouns in Datooga in Flex and Elan format
  • The Ethnobotany of the Datooga Speakers (2023-2024)- A project funded by the University of Dar es Salaam 

Publications

Publications

Mdoe, K. 2020. Semantics, Morphology and Gender Marking in Datooga Personal Names. Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education, 14(2) 129-150.

Mdoe, K. (2023) The Integration of Nouns from English and Kiswahili into the Grammar of Datooga Language Spoken in Tanzania. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 12(1) 67-79.

Mdoe, K. (2024) Onomatopoeia in Datooga Nouns. Ghana Journal of Linguistics, 13(1) 90-105.

Mdoe, K. (2024) Gender in Datooga. South Africa Journal of African Languages, 44(2) 188-193.

Mdoe, K. & Lusekelo, A. (2024) Compounding in Datooga Nouns. SKASSE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, 21(2) 18-38