Assessing Kibena (G 63) endangerment basing on intergenerational language transmission parameter

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dc.contributor.authorMgimba, Felician Boniface
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-04T09:54:06Z
dc.date.available2020-03-04T09:54:06Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionDissertation (MA Linguistics)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis work aimed at assessing Kibena endangerment basing on intergenerational language transmission parameter. The researcher worked on three objectives which were; domains of its use, the role of intermarriages and speakers’ attitudes as a motivating factor behind transmitting it to younger generations. He carried out this study in Uwemba, Mtwango and Kidugala villages in Njombe and Wanging’ombe districts in Southern Highlands of Tanzania. In the study, the researcher used both quantitative and qualitative methods. He used questionnaires to collect quantitative data. It is through this method where data were gathered and analyzed quantitatively to get percentages, frequencies (recurring numbers) and tables which reflected the endangerment status of Kibena basing on the three variables investigated. The researcher also used interviews and participant observation (qualitative methods) to gather information which supplemented those collected through questionnaires. The study revealed that Kibena is on grade two (2) of endangerment when focusing on domains of its use, meaning that it has limited domains of use. Kibena is also on stage 3 of endangerment that is it is definitively endangered when considering the role of intermarried speakers on transmitting it to younger generations. Basing on its speakers’ attitudes it is on grade 3 of endangerment, signifying that many of Kibena members support its maintenance but few of them are indifferent and support its loss. The general conclusion considering the interplay of the assessment of all three objectives by rating on the LVEAG UNESCO (2003) factor number one, Kibena is definitively endangered. This means that its intergenerational transmission is delinked, since the language is used mostly by parental generations and upwards. This work has greatly contributed to reveal the endangerment status of the language to date. This situation alerts Kibena speakers and other stake holders to take deliberate measures to rescue it from further endangerment.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMgimba, F. B. (2014). Assessing Kibena (G 63) endangerment basing on intergenerational language transmission parameter (Master's dissertation). The University of Dodoma, Dodoma.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/1934
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Dodomaen_US
dc.subjectKibenaen_US
dc.subjectKibena Speakersen_US
dc.subjectNative Languageen_US
dc.subjectEndangered Languageen_US
dc.subjectLanguage transmissionen_US
dc.subjectIntermarriagesen_US
dc.subjectLanguage useen_US
dc.subjectSouthern Highlandsen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectNjombeen_US
dc.subjectWanging'ombeen_US
dc.subjectYounger generationsen_US
dc.subjectLVEAG UNESCOen_US
dc.subjectG 63en_US
dc.titleAssessing Kibena (G 63) endangerment basing on intergenerational language transmission parameteren_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US
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