Prof. Peter Muriungi

Name: Prof. Peter K. Muriungi Ph.D 

Position: Vice-Chancellor Tharaka University

Official Email: vc@tharaka.ac.ke

Office Telephone: +254745838353

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Education Background

Level

Qualification Name

Institution

Year

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Doctorate in Linguistics

University of Tromsø, Norway


2008

Master of Arts (Linguistics)

Linguistics

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

2003

Bachelor

 Education (Arts)

University of Nairobi

1998





Academic Appointments/ Related Experience

Period


Institution


Position

December, 2019

Chuka University

Full Professor

June, 2016

Chuka University.

Associate Professor

May 2012

Chuka University

Senior Lecturer

Spring 2006

University of Tromsø, Norway.

Tutor

Fall 2005

Lecturer

University of Tromsø, Norway

Administrative Experience

Period


Institution


Position

August, 2023 – To present

Tharaka University

Vice-Chancellor

August, 2022

Tharaka University

Ag. Vice-Chancellor

January 2019

Tharaka University College

Principal

June 2010

Chuka University.

Coordinator Quality Assurance and Performance Contracting

Publications

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Publication Link


Year

Why-questions in Kitharaka

2003

Wh-movement in Kitharaka as focus movement

2004

The S-Aux-OV-Other syntagm in Atlantic

Principal

The focus marker in Kîîtharaka: Syntax and semantics

2008

Phrasal movement inside Bantu verbs: Deriving affix scope and order in Kîîtharaka



2009

The union spell-out mechanism

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2009

Accounting for the three readings of the causative morpheme in Kîîtharaka

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2010

Typology of Kimbeere Relative Clauses in Kimbeere

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2011

Education and language: Errors in English language and their remedies

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2011

The influence of mother-tongue maintenance on acquisition of English language skills among day secondary school students in Imenti South District, Kenya

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2013

The Syntax of Wh-Questions in Gichuka

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2014

Phrasal movement in the Bantu verbal complex: deriving affix scope and order in Kîîtharaka

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2014

Wh-question formation in Kenyan bantu languages: The case of Kitharaka, Gichuka, Kikuyu, Kiembu and Kikamba

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2015

The influence of motivation on acquisition of English language skills among day secondary school students in Imenti South District, Kenya

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2015

Agreement in Kimbeere relative clauses

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2019

Typology of Kimbeere Relative Clauses in Kimbeere

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2019

Order of modifiers in Kîîtharaka determiner phrase

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2019

Title


Link to publication

The influence of mother-tongue maintenance on acquisition of English language

skills among day secondary school students in Imenti South District, Kenya


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Education and Language: Errors in English Language and their Remedies


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The focus particle in Kîîtharaka

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Why-Questions in Kitharaka


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The focus marker in Kîîtharaka: Syntax and semantics


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