Tag: Assimilation

Driving SME Performance through Absorptive Capacity: An Empirical Analysis

Driving SME Performance through Absorptive Capacity: An Empirical Analysis

Kule Julius WarrenDepartment of Business Administration, Faculty of CommerceUniversity of EswatiniPrivate Bag 4, EswatiniORCID – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3029-7899Email: kulewarren@gmail.com Abstract: Absorptive capacity, the ability of firms to acquire and utilise external knowledge, is essential for enhancing performance in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Despite its importance, empirical studies focusing on this relationship within the SME context are…

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Phonological Adaptation of Dholuo Verbs and Nouns Borrowed into Ekegusii

Phonological Adaptation of Dholuo Verbs and Nouns Borrowed into Ekegusii

Dorothy Kwamboka Magara, George Anyona & George AberiDepartment of Languages, LinguisticsKisii University, KenyaEmail: dorothymagara@gmail.com Abstract: This study evaluates how Dholuo lexical items (nouns and verbs) that got their way into EkeGusii language are integrated and nativised to fit within EkeGusii phonological inventory. Languages tend to borrow words from other languages when they get into contact…

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