Moureen Nanteza

@article{Nanteza2025b,

title = {Language attitudes and identity construction among L2 Luganda speakers in Gulu City},

author = {Moureen Nanteza and Merit Kabugo and Deo Kawalya},

doi = {10.70060/mak-mjllc-2025-106},

issn = {3106-5198},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-10-31},

journal = {MJLLC},

volume = {1},

number = {1},

publisher = {Makerere University},

abstract = {This paper investigates how attitudes towards Luganda among second-language (L2) users in Gulu City, Northern Uganda, shape identity construction. Originally spread from the south-central region through colonial administration and missionary education (Green, 2010), Luganda now occupies a prominent place in Uganda’s multilingual landscape. The study examines how non-native speakers in Gulu use Luganda as a social resource for negotiating identity in a multilingual urban context. Drawing on ethnographic observations and semi-structured interviews, the analysis applies Appraisal Theory (Martin & White, 2005) to explore evaluative language that reveals attitudes, emotions, and social positioning. Data were collected across informal settings, workplaces, and religious gatherings to capture diverse interactions. Findings show that L2 users adopt labels such as Mucholi-Muganda and Mucholi wa Kabaka, reflecting both aspirational affiliation and contested legitimacy. These identities highlight Luganda’s dual role: enabling positive identity affirmation while exposing users to ambivalence, exclusion, and stigma. The study demonstrates how language attitudes reshape ethnic and linguistic identities in contemporary Uganda and calls for broader research on indigenous language ideologies and L2 identity formation in similar contexts.},

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@article{Nanteza2025c,

title = {Book review: the promise of linguistics and language studies in Africa (Eds. Mugumya, L., Asiimwe, A., Ssentanda, M. E., Wagaba, W. G., & Bayiga, F. T., 2024)},

author = {Moureen Nanteza},

doi = {10.70060/mak-mjllc-2025-110},

issn = {3106-5198},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-10-31},

journal = {MJLLC},

volume = {1},

number = {1},

publisher = {Makerere University},

abstract = {The volume brings together a diverse set of voices in African linguistics to interrogate the potential of language studies in shaping social, cultural, and academic futures on the continent. The editors as well as all the authors of the chapters are some of the scholars working on African indigenous languages today. Moreover, their ideological orientation bears a critical perspective that has been largely absent from research on the continent, particularly in eastern Africa.},

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@article{Nanteza2025,

title = {Luganda in the Language Ecology of Gulu, Northern Uganda},

author = {Moureen Nanteza},

doi = {10.37284/eajass.8.3.3729},

issn = {2707-4285},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-07-23},

journal = {East Afr. j. arts soc. sci.},

volume = {8},

number = {3},

pages = {598--613},

publisher = {East African Nature and Science Organization},

abstract = {Luganda, Uganda’s most widely spoken indigenous language, is used by over 11 million speakers and ranks second only to English, the country’s official language. While it originates from the Southern-Central region, its traditional home in Buganda, Luganda, has increasingly gained second-language users across other regions. Despite this expansion, limited scholarly attention has been given to its acquisition, diffusion, and public communicative functions outside Buganda. This study examines the spread and everyday use of Luganda in two non-traditional urban settings: Mbale City in Eastern Uganda and Gulu City in Northern Uganda. Drawing on ethnographic observations, interviews, and document analysis, the research qualitatively explores the macro-, meso-, and micro-level dynamics driving its adoption, including post-conflict mobility, institutional language practices, and individual agency. Findings reveal that Luganda’s urban diffusion is a complex, temporally contingent process shaped by socio-economic aspirations, historical legacies, and shifting demographic patterns. These insights contribute to broader debates on language ecology, urban multilingualism, and the sociolinguistics of mobility in post-conflict African contexts},

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@article{Nanteza2022,

title = {Pragmatic Inferences of Locative Enclitics in Luganda},

author = {Moureen Nanteza},

doi = {10.5642/jlaea.xbag3103},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-00-00},

journal = {JLAEA},

volume = {1},

number = {1},

pages = {1--14},

publisher = {Claremont Colleges Library},

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