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Biography
Biography
Dr. Deodatus Justice Rutagwerela is a senior academic and linguist specializing in Kiswahili linguistics, Bantu languages linguistics and General linguistics. He holds a PhD in Kiswahili Linguistics and has over twenty years of university teaching experience across multiple higher education institutions. His academic profile reflects sustained excellence in linguistics research, undergraduate postgraduate supervision and language education.
His research engages with both theoretical and applied perspectives in linguistics, with a strong focus on Kiswahili within the Bantu language family. His scholarly interests include Phonetics, phonology, morphology, semantics and pragmatics, sociolinguistics, language and education, language and politics and applied linguistics, with particular emphasis on second language acquisition, Kiswahili as a second language, and language pedagogy in multilingual contexts. Dr. Deodatus’s work contributes to ongoing debates in African language studies, language policy, and linguistic theory and practice.
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Email Address
deodatus.rutagwerela@muce.ac.tz
Research Interest
Research Interest
Kiswahili Linguistics, Bantu Languages Linguistics, Second Language Learning
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Publications
Publications
Rutagwerela, D. (2020). Mikakati ya kukabiliana na dosari katika ujifunzaji wa kiswahili kama lugha ya pili miongoni mwa wanafunzi wa jamiilugha ya Wahaya. Mkwawa Journal of Education and Development, https://doi.org/10.37759/mjed.2020.4.2.1 4(2): 1-28.
Link to this article: https://doi.org/10.37759/mjed.2020.4.2.1 DO
Rutagwerela, D. (2022). Dosari za Kimatamshi Zinazojitokeza katika Ujifunzaji wa Kiswahili kama Lugha ya Pili kwa Wanafunzi wa Jamiilugha ya Kihaya. Kiswahili, 84 (1),1–19. Retrieved from https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ksh/article/view/226324.