Prof. Devet Goodness

Name
Prof. Devet Goodness

Academic Rank
Associate Professor

Department
Languages and Literature

Biography

Biography

Devet Goodness is an Associate Professor in the Department of Languages and Literature , He holds BA (Ed), MSC(English Teaching) Aston University, UK, MA (Linguistics), PhD (Linguistics) University of Dar es salaam. He is currently teaching Linguistics and English at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. 

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devet.sinyangwe@duce.ac.tz

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Research Interest

Research Interest
Bantu languages description, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, morphology, morphosyntax and phonology.

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Projects

Projects

Investigating Global Best Practices in teaching English teaching to speakers of other languages, Funded by  Aston University 

Publications

Publications

Goodness, Devet (2013). What Triggers the Augment in Shinyiha? Journal of Humanities, Education and Science.

Goodness, Devet (2015).The Properties of Quantifiers and Numerals in Shinyiha. Journal of Humanities, Education and  Science. 

Goodness, Devet (2016). Meaning and Meaning Extension of the Verb kata in Kiswahili, Journal of Humanities Education and Science.

Goodness, Devet (2018). The nature and direction of meaning of –kali in Kiswahili, UTAFITI Journal of the College of Humanities, University of Dar es salaam.

Goodness, Devet (2019). The Morphosyntax of the demonstrative in Shinyiha, Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education, University of Dar es Salaam.

Goodness, Devet (2020). The sociolinguistics and pragmatics of Maasai greetings, UTAFITI, vol. 16. pp.101-116             

Goodness, Devet (2020). Shinyiha Noun Derivation, South African Journal of Linguistics (SAJAL). Taylor and Francis.vol. 40 (3),pp 326-334

Goodness, Devet (2020). The Form Sasa as Both a Temporal Adverb and a Discourse Marker in Kiswahili, KISWAHILI. Vol. 83 (1) 2020.

 Goodness, Devet (2021). Noun Modification in Shinyiha, Ghana Journal of Linguistics 10 (2) 151-174,

Goodness, Devet (2021). Stylistic Analysis of Selected Sermons Delivered by Pentecostal Preachers, UTAFITI Journal vol. 16 pp203-223.

 Goodness, Devet (2021). Semantics of Kiswahili Adjectives, Kioo cha Lugha. 19 (1). pp.66-81.

 Goodness, Devet (2022). Investigation into the Meaning and Meaning Extension of Nominalized and Non-nominalized Verbs in Selected Pentecostal Churches in Dar es Salaam, Journal of Language, Technology and Entrepreneurship in Africa, Kenya vol.13 (1)

 Goodness, Devet (2022). Language Styles of Automotive Mechanics in Selected Garages in Dar es Salaam, Language Matters, Taylor and Francis.

 Goodness, Devet (2023). Sociopragmatics of Language use in selected Pentecostal churches in Tanzania Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

 Goodness, Devet (2023).  The Syntax and Morphosyntax of Questions in Shinyiha, SouthAfrican Journal of African Languages,

 Goodness, Devet (2024). Kiswahili Community Speaker’s Language choice in communicating Sexuality Issues, Cogent Arts and Humanities, Taylor and Francis

Goodness, Devet (2024). The Semantics and Sociopragmatics of possession in Kiswahili, South African Journal of African Languages, Taylor and Francis.

Goodness, Devet (2024).Semantic Extension of Body part, mkono in Kiswahili, UTAFITI Journal of the University of Dar es Salaam. 

Kiruya, M & Goodness, Devet (2025). The Intonation of Questions in Cinyambwa Dialect of Cigogo Language, Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Goodness, Devet (2025) Kiswahili Animal Names and their Anthroponymic Connotations, UTAFITI  (Forthcoming)