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MARY Z. CHARWI

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Languages and Literature, Dar Es Salaam University College Of Education
Education:

BA (Education), M.A (Linguistics), University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, PhD (African Linguistics), University of Bayreuth, Germany

Teaching:

Swahili Morphology, Swahili Syntax, Swahili Semantics, and Swahili Lexicography. Dr Charwi’s Research interest/ Consultancy and Area of specialization is Bantu Linguistics; more specific: Bantu Morphosyntax, Swahili Morphology, Swahili Syntax, Swahili Semantics and Pragmatics

Research:

Swahili Morphology, Swahili Syntax, Swahili Semantics, and Swahili Lexicography. Dr Charwi’s Research interest/ Consultancy and Area of specialization is Bantu Linguistics; more specific: Bantu Morphosyntax, Swahili Morphology, Swahili Syntax, Swahili Semantics and Pragmatics

Projects:

Assistant Researcher

  1. STATE OF THE TANZANIAN FATHERS’ (SOTFs) REPORT: Uncovering Men’s Engagement in Parenting, Child Protection, and Gender Equality in Tanzania. Grant Total: Tzs. 10,000,000.

Co-Principal Investigator

  1. STUDY ON THE EXTENT OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM) DAR ES SALAAM REGION. Grant Total: Tzs. 9,000,000.

 

  1. GLOBAL MINDS - SHORT RESEARCH STAYS (SRS) 2021-2022 - An Ethnobotanical and Ethnolinguistic Study of Kuria

Medicinal Plants (Grant Total: Euro 4,214,52)

Publications:

1. Mary Zacharia Charwi, Neema Gideon Mogha, Joseph Koni Muluwa & Koen Bostoen (2023): Indigenous Knowledge and Use of Medicinal Plants Among the Kuria Communities in the Tarime and Serengeti Districts of Mara Region, Tanzania, Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants, DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2022.2163734

2. Charwi, M. Z. (2021). Chanzo cha Tofauti za Kileksika na Maana zake Tanzania Bara na Visiwani na Athari zake kwa Watumiaji wa Lugha ya Kiswahili. MULIKA. Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam. Vol. 40(2) Uk. 42-59.

3. Charwi, M. Z. (2021). Language and Culture as Tools of Gender Inequality among the Kuria.  Journal of University of Namibia Language Centre. Volume 6, No. 1, pp. 24-35. 2021 (ISSN 2026-8297)

4. Charwi, M. Z. (2019). Viambishi Nafsi katika Muundo wa Kitenzi cha Kikuria (E43). University of Dar es Salaam, UTAFITI; 14(12): 2 339-352.

5. Charwi, M. Z. (2019). “A Semantic Analysis of Personal Names in Datooga Society,” ETHNOLOGIA ACTUALIS, Vol. 19, pp. 90-105.

6. Charwi, M. Z. (2019). The Argument and Argument Structure in Kuria Sborník z 16. mezinárodního setkání mladých lingvistů, Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Vol. 16 pp. 115 – 128.

7. Charwi, M. Z. (2017). Morphosyntactic and Semantic Aspects of Verb Extension Systems in Bantu Languages: A Case Study of Kuria (E43) in Tanzania. Bayreuth: University of Bayreuth.

8. Charwi M.Z. (2013). Unyambulishaji wa Vitenzi vya Kikuria na Athari zake Kisintaksia, KIOO CHA LUGHA JOURNAL, Vol. 11: 58-77.

9. Charwi M.Z. (2012). Vowel Harmony in Kuria, Journal of Education, Humanities and Sciences (JEHS), Volume 1, No. 2, 2012: 105-114

10. Zacharia, M. (2011). Verb Extensions in Kuria Language: Co-occurrence and Ordering Restrictions. (Unpublished Master's Dissertation), University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam.