Difference between revisions of "User:Allen Asiimwe"
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My name is Allen Asiimwe. | My name is Allen Asiimwe. | ||
| − | I am a | + | I am a Ugandian and I live in Kampala. |
| − | I work at Makerere University | + | There I work at Makerere University in the Institute of Languages as an Assistant Lecturer. |
I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education both from Makerere University, Kampala Uganda. I also hold a Master of Philosophy (Linguistics) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. | I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education both from Makerere University, Kampala Uganda. I also hold a Master of Philosophy (Linguistics) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. | ||
I am currently teaching (and coordinating) Runyakitara at Makerere University. Runyakitara is the name given to the four closely related dialects i.e. Runyankore, Rukiga, Runyoro, and Rutooro, spoken in the south-western part of Uganda. Since the lexical similarity between Runyankore and Rukiga is very high, they are normally referred to as Runyakore-Rukiga, as one language and the same is true for Runyoro and Rutooro. My dialect is Rukiga and all my research so far is on Runyankore-Rukiga. | I am currently teaching (and coordinating) Runyakitara at Makerere University. Runyakitara is the name given to the four closely related dialects i.e. Runyankore, Rukiga, Runyoro, and Rutooro, spoken in the south-western part of Uganda. Since the lexical similarity between Runyankore and Rukiga is very high, they are normally referred to as Runyakore-Rukiga, as one language and the same is true for Runyoro and Rutooro. My dialect is Rukiga and all my research so far is on Runyankore-Rukiga. | ||
Revision as of 14:43, 19 October 2009
My name is Allen Asiimwe. I am a Ugandian and I live in Kampala. There I work at Makerere University in the Institute of Languages as an Assistant Lecturer. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education both from Makerere University, Kampala Uganda. I also hold a Master of Philosophy (Linguistics) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. I am currently teaching (and coordinating) Runyakitara at Makerere University. Runyakitara is the name given to the four closely related dialects i.e. Runyankore, Rukiga, Runyoro, and Rutooro, spoken in the south-western part of Uganda. Since the lexical similarity between Runyankore and Rukiga is very high, they are normally referred to as Runyakore-Rukiga, as one language and the same is true for Runyoro and Rutooro. My dialect is Rukiga and all my research so far is on Runyankore-Rukiga.
About my MPhil thesis titled: Morpho-syntactic Patterns in Runyankore-Rukiga, the approach is descriptive. The main purpose was to document important grammatical constructs in Runyankore-Rukiga. The Introductory Chapter describes, in brief the noun and verbal morphology of Runyakore-Rukiga. I investigated Locative Marking, Locative-Inversion with a comparative approach with other Bantu languages, and to the best of my knowledge, no one has ever done a comprehensive research on locative marking in Runyankore-Rukiga. There is also a chapter on the Grammatical Functions of the Initial Vowel in Runyakore-Rukiga, an interesting yet neglected area that impacts on almost all parts of grammar of Bantu languages . All the illustrations in Runyankore-Rukiga used in my thesis were glossed using Typecraft.
Together with Dorothee Beermann, my MPhil(Lin) supervisor, I have continued to investigate locative Marking in Runyankore-Rukiga. We are currently looking at the morpho-syntax of locative expressions in Runyankore-Rukiga, focusing mainly on the multi-functional nature of locative classes.
I am committed to doing more research on my mother tongue. I would like to see it develop. I am also devoted to working with Typcraft.