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Factors influencing sports content in Ugandan newspapers : a study of New Vision and Daily Monitor’s coverage of international and local sports
(Makerere University, 2020-05)
There are many factors which influence sports content in the media. This study explored factors that influence sports content in the media with a particular interest in newspapers. The study used a case of New Vision and ...
Myth and Political Mythmaking in the Narratives about Mwalimu Julius Nyerere among the Banyakyusa
(Makerere University, 2021-08)
This study examines myth and political mythmaking about Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania, in the narratives told by the Banyakyusa people of southwest Tanzania. It examines the constructions ...
The linguistic landscape of Kampala: The case of shop signs
(Makerere University, 2022-05)
This dissertation, with a focus on shop signs, investigates the linguistic landscape (LL) of Kampala. The objectives of this study were to find out the languages which appear on the commercial shop signs in Kampala; to ...
The morphosyntax of locative inversion in Rutooro
(Makerere University, 2021-05)
‘The Morphosyntax of Locative Inversion in Rutooro’ is a study that describes the properties of locative inversion constructions in Rutooro. In locative inversion constructions, the locative phrase is inverted and functions ...
Examining the influence of social media on a corporate companies reputation: a case study of MultiChoice Uganda Limited
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
This study set out to explore the influence of social media on the reputation of MultiChoice Uganda limited, a corporate company. The study was guided by three specific objectives: to establish the influence of social media ...
The Makerere Nkore-Kiga Corpus
(Makerere University, 2020)
The corpus is organized into 16 different genres/topics: Agricultural texts; Cultural texts; Environment texts; Financial texts; General development texts; Governance texts; Health texts; Historical texts; Instructional ...
Portraits of the girl child in the Kinyankore folktale
(Makerere University, 2021-04)
This study sought to examine the portraits of the girl-child in the Kinyankore folktales. The focus of the research was to collect and analyse Kinyankore folktales comprising girl-child themes. The study sought to establish ...
David Rubadiri and the mentoring of a Malawian poetic tradition in English
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
This research evaluates Malawian writer David Rubadiri’s poetic achievement, and also traces his mentorship role to poets that write after him. Malawian poetry has been widely studied with several scholars loosely acknowledging ...
Enhancing disambiguation of meanings in the transalation of synonyms : the case of English and Rutooro
(Makerere University, 2021-05)
This study, Enhancing disambiguation of meanings in the translation of Synonyms: The Case of English and Rutooro aimed at investigating how synonyms can be translated more effectively given that they overlap in meaning ...
Husbandry-segmented communication for promoting adoption of climate-smart agricultural technologies for coffee production in Luwero District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-01-27)
This study sought to examine whether low adoption of Climate-Smart Agricultural Technologies (CSATS) was due to farmers’ level of awareness, communication techniques used, and the factors determining it. The study focused ...