Contributors to this Issue

CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE COORDINATION IN NKAMI Author: Rogers Krobea AsanteInstitutional Affiliation: University of Education, WinnebaCurrent Status: LecturerMailing address: College of Languages Education, University of Education, Winneba.Phone number: +233 242 8500Email address: nanarogs@yahoo.com; krasante@uew.edu.ghBio Statement: Rogers Krobea Asante is currently a lecturer at the Department of Applied Linguistics in the College of Languages Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. His research interests include the documentation and description of endangered Guang languages such as Nkami and Nkonya, Akan linguistics, and the typology of animacy in Kwa and Gur languages of Ghana. UNDERGRADUATE WRITING IN A SECOND LANGUAGE CONTEXT: ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH INTRA-SENTENCE ISSUES Author: John AgorInstitutional Affiliation: University of GhanaCurrent Status: LecturerMailing Address: Department of Linguistics, P. O. Box LG61, Legon, GhanaEmail Address: jtagor@ug.edu.ghBio Statement: John Agor is a lecturer in the Department of Linguistics, University of Ghana, Legon. He is an Applied Linguist with research interest in Second Language Acquisition, Language Teaching, English Syntax, and Student Writing. THE MORPHO-SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC-PRAGMATIC REALISATION OF DEFINITENESS AND SPECIFICITY IN SWAHILI Author: Gerald Eliniongoze KimamboInstitutional Affiliation: University of Dar es SalaamCurrent Status: LecturerMailing address: Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, College of Humanities, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35040 Dar es Salaam.Email address: kimambog@udsm.ac.tz Bio Statement: Gerald Eliniongoze Kimambo is a Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. He is a linguist with research interest in Morpho-Syntax, Semantics, Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, and Language Teaching. EVENT AND ACTORS REPRESENTATION IN SELECTED NIGERIAN DAILY NEWSPAPERS Author: Hameed Tunde AsiruInstitutional Affiliation: Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, NigeriaCurrent status: Lecturer 1Mailing Address: Department of English and French, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, NigeriaEmail Address: asiru.hameed@umyu.edu.ngBio Statement: Hameed Tunde Asiru holds a Ph.D in English and Linguistics from Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, M.A and B.Ed in English Language from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He teaches linguistic related courses in the Department of English and French, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, Nigeria. His research interests include: Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Semantics, Stylistics and Media Discourse. Hameed is currently working on migration and gender role de/reconstruction of Northern Nigerian women immigrants. Author: Emily A. OgutuInstitutional Affiliation: Kenyatta University, Nairobi, KenyaCurrent status: Senior LecturerMailing Address: Department of English and Linguistics, Kenyatta University, NairobiEmail Address: eatogutu@gmail.comBio Statement: Emily A. Ogutu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Linguistics, Kenyatta University, Kenya. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. She has published articles in international journals and participated in several international conferences. She has also supervised and examined a number of Master’s and Doctoral students locally and internationally.Author: Daniel Ochieng OrwenjoInstitutional Affiliation: The Technical University of KenyaCurrent status: Senior LecturerMailing Address: Department of Language and Communication Studies, The Technical University of KenyaEmail Address: orwenjo@daad-alumi.deBio Statement: Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Frankfurt in Germany (2009), a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics from Kenyatta University, Kenya (2004) and Bachelor of Education degree from Kenyatta University, Kenya. As an applied linguist, his main research interests revolve around the nexus between linguistics and other disciplines by focusing on the application of linguistic knowledge in solving real life problems in other disciplines such as education, law, anthropology, sociology and psychology on one hand; and using knowledge in these disciplines to solve linguistic problems on the other hand. Presently, his research focuses on early literacies practices and environments that preschool children are exposed to in western Kenya and how such exposure impacts on their literacy development at their onset of schooling.