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Dr. Jean Josephine Chavula

LECTURER
Language, Linguistics and Classical Studies

Research Areas

Descriptive linguistics, Linguistic Typology, General linguistics, Syntax, Bantu linguistics, Language planning and policy, Multilingualism, Research Methods,

Publications

  • Journal Article
    Mjaya, Ahmmardouh, Symon Chiziwa, Jean Chavula &Alick Bwanali (2024). Unmasking the dynamics of intergenerational learning: an ethnographic study of two rural communities in Malawi. In Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, Volume 55 Issue 1. (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2024.2429823
  • Book Chapters
    Bwanali, Alick K., Jean J. Chavula-Hara, A. Mjaya (2024) (De)Marketing Political Products: An Analysis of the Branding of Malawian Political Leaders in Indigenous Languages (1964–2023). In Abiodun Salawu and Kehinde Oyesomi (eds). Marketing Communication in African Languages. London: Taylor &Francis (2024)
    . https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003517382
  • Book Chapters
    Reilly, Colin, Jean Chavula, Vera Kamtukule, Rajendra Chetty (2023). Vignette: Changing Language-in-Education Policies in Malawi: Consultation and Implementation. In Reilly, Colin et al. (eds). Multilingual Learning: Assessment, Ideologies and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. New York: Routledge (2023)
  • Journal Article
    Colin Reilly, Elvis ResCue and Jean Josephine Chavula (2022) Language policy in Ghana and Malawi: differing approaches to multilingualism in education. Journal of the British Academy, 10(s4), 69–95 . https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/010s4.069 (2022)
    DOI: 10.5871/jba/010s4.069
  • Book Chapters
    Chavula, J.J. (2020). The Polysemy of the reciprocal suffix -an- Citumbuka (N21). Van der Wal, J. H. Smits, S. Petrollino, V. Nyst and M. Kossman (eds). Essays on African Languages and linguistics in honour of Maarten Mous. Leiden: ASCL occasional publications 41. Pp213-227 (2021)
  • Journal Article
    Chavula, J.J. (2018). The polysemy of the neuter extension -ik- in Ctumbuka (N21) and Citonga (N15). Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 36:3, 197-209 (2018)
    https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2018.1552166