Alfred Buregeya

List of John Benjamins publications in which Alfred Buregeya is involved.

Buregeya, Alfred 2022 How real has the long-anticipated fast-growing influence of American English on Kenyan English been? A corpus-backed focus on vocabulary English World-Wide 43:2, pp. 192–219 | Article

In the 1990s, the existing literature anticipated a fast-growing influence of American English on Kenyan English in the following years. Mazrui and Mazrui (1996) even predicted a “coca-colanization” of Kenyan English. Focusing on vocabulary, the present study investigated whether the anticipated… read more

Buregeya, Alfred 2011 Review of Higgins (2009): English as a Local Language: Post-colonial Identities and Multilingual Practices English World-Wide 32:1, pp. 105–110 | Review

Buregeya, Alfred 2010 Review of Arua, Bagwasi, Sebina & Seboni (2006): The Study and Use of English in Africa English World-Wide 31:1, pp. 115–119 | Review

Buregeya, Alfred 2006 Grammatical features of Kenyan English and the extent of their acceptability English World-Wide 27:2, pp. 199–216 | Article

This study sought to provide evidence for the existence of specific grammatical features which one could definitely say are characteristic of Kenyan English. Using a questionnaire, it gauged the extent of acceptability of twenty-six features by between 75 and 188 respondents. The twenty-six… read more