English in Kenya is a stable post-colonial variety that is used as an inter-ethnic lingua
franca in private domains is the medium of instruction as well as the language spoken in
parliament and court rooms. Yet so far no comprehensive research monograph on Kenyan English
has been published that surveys its characteristic linguistic features. The present book closes
this gap by giving a full description of the characteristic linguistic features of Kenyan
English. The book provides an in-depth overview of Kenyan English phonetics phonology
morphology syntax semantics and pragmatics and also gives a meticulous account of the
diachronic evolution of this post-colonial variety.
