Dr.Florence Gachugi

I am a researcher and lecturer passionate about the Linguistics of African Languages. Currently I am teaching Linguistics at both undergraduate and post graduate levels in the department of humanities at Murang’a University of Technology. I have previously taught Communication Skills, Social Studies and Life Skills at the Murang’a College of Technology . I obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education (English/Literature in English option) from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in 2004, a Master of Arts in Linguistics from the University of Nairobi in 2007 and a PhD in Linguistics from Moi University in 2023. My doctoral thesis which adopts a Cognitive Linguistic Approach is on the Polysemy of the Gĩkũyũ Nouns. My current research is situated in the fields of Phonology, Semantics and Pragmatics with a special focus on the Phonology of African Languages, lexical and Cognitive Semantics. Some of the papers I have authored are: Animal Metaphors in in Gĩkũyũ in the Journal of Applied linguistics and Language research Vols, issue2, PP 296-302; Systematic Polysemy in in Gĩkũyũ in the Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research Vol issue 3, PP 81-90; The Polysemy of the Gĩkũyũ Nouns that Denote Celestial Bodies in the International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced studies, Vol5, issue 6; The Polysemy of in Gĩkũyũ body Part Terms Kĩongo ‘Head” and Gũtũ ‘Ear’. A Cognitive Linguistics Approach in the International Journal of Education and Research, Vol 6 No 3 ; Conceptual Metaphor and Perception Verbs in Gĩkũyũ in the International Journal of Linguistics,Vol.10.No 6. I am a founder member of the Language Association of Eastern Africa (LAEA) and is a reviewer for the Nordic Journal of African Studies and the Journal of West African Languages.