Research Areas

My research interests are in the areas of meaning, language use and interpretation, figurative language acquisition and interpretation, language as a resource for meaning-making in social and cultural context, early literacy development and child discourses and literacies.,

Publications

• Journal Article
  The use of Chichewa proverbs as a political campaign tool in Saulos Klaus Chilima’s speeches. Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 57, 101 - 123. (2023)
  https://doi.org/10.32690/SALC57.5

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• Journal Article
  Foliage pest of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) in Malawi: susceptibility of different provenances. Agroforest Systems 95, Pp 383 – 393 (2021)
  DOI: 10.1007/s10457-021-00592-z

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• Journal Article
  The role of linguistic context in children’s interpretation and acquisition of Cicewa idiomatic expressions: A systemic functional linguistics approach. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 35, 2, Pp. 135 – 154. (2017)
  DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2017.1338141

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• Journal Article
  Factors influencing children’s interpretation and acquisition of Chichewa idiomatic expressions: A Systemic Functional Linguistic approach. Journal of Humanities, 25, 2, Pp. 90 – 117. (2017)
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jh/issue/view/16534

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• Conference Papers
  The recognition and interpretation of Chichewa idioms. In Proceedings of the University of Malawi, Chancellor College Research Conference, Pp. 267 – 284. (2012)
  

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• Journal Article
  The interpretation of Chichewa idioms: An optimality theoretic account. Journal of Humanities 21, Pp. 46 – 71 (2008)
  

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