{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7128601037","doi":"https://doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2026.10100342","title":"Analyzing The Use of Code Switching and Code Mixing in Joel Kimetto\u2019s Songs","display_name":"Analyzing The Use of Code Switching and Code Mixing in Joel Kimetto\u2019s Songs","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7128601037","doi":"https://doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2026.10100342"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.47772/ijriss.2026.10100342","doi":"https://doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2026.10100342","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2026.10100342","pdf_url":"https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/uploads/vol10-iss1-pg4435-4441-202602_pdf.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210198394","display_name":"International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science","issn_l":"2454-6186","issn":["2454-6186"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"parent_works":[],"lineage":["https://openalex.org/W7128601037"],"child_works_count":0,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/uploads/vol10-iss1-pg4435-4441-202602_pdf.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5115581805","display_name":"Anne Chepkemboi Langat","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5688-0676","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5688-0676"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I299595467","display_name":"University of Kabianga","ror":"https://ror.org/03rk9qf06","country_code":"KE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I299595467"]}],"countries":["KE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Anne Langat","raw_affiliation_strings":["Kenya","University of Kabianga (School of Education, Arts & Social Sciences) Kericho"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Kenya","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Kabianga (School of Education, Arts & Social Sciences) Kericho","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I299595467"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5115581805"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I299595467"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"10","issue":"1","first_page":"4435","last_page":"4441"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13727","display_name":"Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies","score":0.9945999979972839,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3310","display_name":"Linguistics and Language"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13727","display_name":"Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies","score":0.9945999979972839,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3310","display_name":"Linguistics and Language"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14006","display_name":"Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity","score":0.0034000000450760126,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1203","display_name":"Language and Linguistics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12658","display_name":"Language and Culture","score":0.000699999975040555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3310","display_name":"Linguistics and Language"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code-switching","display_name":"code-switching","score":0.9869999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code-mixing","display_name":"code-mixing","score":0.9959999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/religious-songs","display_name":"sacred songs","score":0.800000011920929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/english-language","display_name":"English language","score":0.6389999985694885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/swahili-language","display_name":"Swahili language","score":0.9940000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/language-contact","display_name":"language contact","score":0.7059999704360962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/listener-attitudes","display_name":"listener attitudes","score":0.7260000109672546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/song-lyrics","display_name":"song lyrics","score":0.4449999928474426}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18552078","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q255615","display_name":"Code-switching","level":2,"score":0.8816999793052673},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778598016","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3201279","display_name":"Code-mixing","level":3,"score":0.628000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6017000079154968},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776436406","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q602446","display_name":"Lyrics","level":2,"score":0.5519000291824341},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776760102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5139990","display_name":"Code (set theory)","level":3,"score":0.5347999930381775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776453491","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5659234","display_name":"Harmony (color)","level":2,"score":0.5037999749183655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.48539999127388},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.4507000148296356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C164850336","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3685487","display_name":"Interpersonal communication","level":2,"score":0.4162999987602234},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94922259","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33215","display_name":"Constructed language","level":2,"score":0.4124999940395355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55958113","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169480","display_name":"Indigenous","level":2,"score":0.391400009393692},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14036430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736076","display_name":"Function (biology)","level":2,"score":0.37059998512268066},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776445246","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1792644","display_name":"Style (visual arts)","level":2,"score":0.3628000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2185349","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190558","display_name":"Negation","level":2,"score":0.357699990272522},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138777275","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6884054","display_name":"Mixing (physics)","level":2,"score":0.3206999897956848},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C171041071","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36870","display_name":"First language","level":2,"score":0.3179999887943268},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776545096","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33831","display_name":"Pidgin","level":3,"score":0.3082999885082245},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775957009","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q399495","display_name":"Standard language","level":2,"score":0.30489999055862427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195324797","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33742","display_name":"Natural language","level":2,"score":0.3028999865055084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49876356","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7002651","display_name":"Neuroscience of multilingualism","level":2,"score":0.2874000072479248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C129792486","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1050419","display_name":"Language identification","level":3,"score":0.2858999967575073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.2840000092983246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124577441","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558937","display_name":"Low-level programming language","level":5,"score":0.2827000021934509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781426162","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2275793","display_name":"Casual","level":2,"score":0.2736999988555908},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46312422","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11024","display_name":"Communication","level":1,"score":0.2727000117301941},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779444607","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213777","display_name":"Tape recorder","level":2,"score":0.2583000063896179},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.2563000023365021},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777601683","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6499736","display_name":"Vocabulary","level":2,"score":0.2502000033855438}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.47772/ijriss.2026.10100342","doi":"https://doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2026.10100342","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2026.10100342","pdf_url":"https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/uploads/vol10-iss1-pg4435-4441-202602_pdf.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210198394","display_name":"International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science","issn_l":"2454-6186","issn":["2454-6186"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.47772/ijriss.2026.10100342","doi":"https://doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2026.10100342","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2026.10100342","pdf_url":"https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/uploads/vol10-iss1-pg4435-4441-202602_pdf.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210198394","display_name":"International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science","issn_l":"2454-6186","issn":["2454-6186"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7128601037.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7128601037.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7221301624","https://openalex.org/W3123151488","https://openalex.org/W4392208837","https://openalex.org/W4416833110","https://openalex.org/W4372325230","https://openalex.org/W2235583568","https://openalex.org/W4406296078","https://openalex.org/W2937450212","https://openalex.org/W4413405380","https://openalex.org/W2218754908"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Language":[0,76],"is":[1,38,183],"an":[2,16],"important":[3],"tool":[4],"in":[5,9,12,21,25,30,35,57,66,113,166,198,211,217,295],"our":[6],"society":[7],"and":[8,27,47,73,110,151,157,185,192,201,215,229,245,249,277,292],"human":[10],"life":[11],"particular.":[13],"It":[14],"plays":[15],"essential":[17],"function":[18],"not":[19],"only":[20],"communication":[22],"but":[23],"also":[24],"restoring":[26],"maintaining":[28],"harmony":[29],"interpersonal":[31],"relationships.":[32],"The":[33,207,238],"style":[34],"which":[36],"language":[37,45,58,64,171,177,205,273],"used":[39,96,281],"portrays":[40],"a":[41,278],"lot":[42],"about":[43],"the":[44,48,86,91,105,138,163,169,175,193,213,222,225,230,233,247,254,261,264,287,296],"users":[46,65,77],"audience.":[49],"This":[50,101,179],"paper":[51],"focuses":[52],"on":[53],"two":[54,87,92,160,190],"major":[55],"codes":[56,93],"that":[59],"have":[60,78],"become":[61],"common":[62],"with":[63,168,253],"recent":[67,142],"times.":[68],"These":[69,159],"are:":[70],"code":[71,74,108,111,199,202,290,293],"switching":[72,109,200,291],"mixing.":[75],"different":[79],"reasons":[80,223,262],"as":[81,174],"to":[82,97,241,259,282],"why":[83,181,224],"they":[84],"employ":[85],"codes.":[88],"Amongst":[89],"some,":[90],"could":[94],"be":[95],"display":[98],"their":[99,236,284],"creativity.":[100],"study":[102],"specifically":[103],"analyzed":[104],"use":[106],"of":[107,115,188,232,270,289],"mixing":[112,203,294],"four":[114],"Joel":[116,131,218,242,298],"Kimetto\u2019s":[117,219,243,299],"religious":[118],"songs":[119,146,244],"(Hatari":[120],"Corona,":[121],"Wolowoli,":[122],"Rat":[123],"Torosta":[124],"&":[125],"Kichigili).":[126],"In":[127,141],"his":[128,134,145],"earlier":[129],"songs,":[130,220],"Kimetto":[132],"sang":[133],"lyrics":[135],"using":[136],"purely":[137],"Kipsigis":[139,272],"language.":[140],"times,":[143],"though,":[144],"are":[147,162],"marked":[148],"by":[149,204],"switches":[150,214,248],"mixes":[152,216],"from":[153],"other":[154],"languages,":[155,196],"English,":[156],"Kiswahili.":[158],"languages":[161,165,191],"official":[164],"Kenya,":[167],"Kiswahili":[170],"being":[172],"recognized":[173],"national":[176],"too.":[178],"explains":[180],"there":[182],"frequent":[184],"inevitable":[186],"contact":[187],"these":[189],"Kenyan":[194],"indigenous":[195],"resulting":[197],"users.":[206],"researcher":[208,239],"was":[209,256,275,280],"interested":[210],"highlighting":[212],"establishing":[221],"artist":[226,255],"uses":[227],"them,":[228],"attitude":[231],"listeners":[234],"towards":[235,286],"usage.":[237,265],"listened":[240],"described":[246],"mixes.":[250],"An":[251],"interview":[252],"carried":[257],"out":[258],"establish":[260],"for":[263],"A":[266],"selected":[267,297],"target":[268],"population":[269],"40":[271],"respondents":[274],"picked,":[276],"questionnaire":[279],"survey":[283],"attitudes":[285],"usage":[288],"songs.":[300]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-10-28T10:33:24.094632","created_date":"2026-02-11T00:00:00"}