Dr. Victor Ondara Ntabo is a Lecturer in the School of Education and Social Sciences; Department of Humanities and Languages. He has been a faculty member since April, 2023. He holds a Ph.D in Applied Linguistics from Laikipia University, Kenya and a Master of Arts Degree in Linguistics from Karatina University, Kenya. Dr. Ntabo also has a Bachelor of Education Arts degree specializing in English and Literature from Maseno University, Kenya.

Dr. Ntabo has both collaboratively and individually published in the areas of Cognitive Linguistics and Indigenous Language Education. He has attended and presented in academic conferences.

Ndung’u C. W., & Ntabo, V. O. (August, 2023). The role of plantosemic metaphors in the conceptualization of the males in Ekegusii: A cognitive Linguistic approach. International Journal of English and Comparative Literary Studies, 4(2), 19-31. 

Ndung’u C. W., & Ntabo, V. O. (May, 2023). Representation of young people in Ekegusii proverbial metaphors: An image schematic account. European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies, 6(2), 36-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v6i2.440

Ogal, G. O., Kirigia., E. K., & Ntabo, V. O. (2022). Unpacking modified idiomatic expressions in Kenyan political discourse: A cognitive linguistic perspective. Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT, 10(2), 48-65.

Ntabo, V., Onyango, J., & Ndiritu, N. (2022). The value of conceptual mental spaces in structuring a man as endagera (food) in Ekegusii. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 13(1), 7-15.

Ntabo, V., Onyango, J., & Ndiritu, N. (2021). Significance of the CONTAINER image schema in the conceptualization of selected Ekegusii male metaphors. International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies, 9(4), 47-55.

Ntabo, V. O., & Ogal, G. O. (January, 2021).  A metaphoric analysis of Miriri’s Ekegusii pop song Ebunda. International Journal of English and Comparative Literary Studies, 2(1), 24-33.

Ntabo, V. O., Gathigia, M.G., & Nyarigoti, N. M. (May, 2019). A statistical analysis of gender and metaphorical conceptualization of Ekegusii pop songs. Journal of Environmental Sustainability Advancement Research of Chuka University, 5, 129-139.

Ntabo V. O. (March, 2019). A categorization strategy for objects metaphors in Ekegusii pop songs. Bulletin of Advanced English Studies, 2(1), 1-10.

Ntabo V. O. (January, 2019). The value of metaphors in Ken Walibora’s Kiswahili text: ‘Kidagaa Kimemwozea.’ European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies, 1(2), 1-14.

Ntabo, V. O., Nyarigoti, N. M., & Gathigia, M.G. (December, 2018). Interpreting the human being metaphors in Ekegusii pop songs within the cognitive semantics framework. Issues in Language Studies, 7(2), 73-86.

Ntabo, V. O., Gathigia, M. G., & Nyarigoti, N. M. (June, 2018). A cognitive approach to EkeGusii pop songs. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 9(3), 166-172.

Ntabo, V. O. (January, 2017). A cognitive semantics analysis of Fulstop and Valentine Taarab Songs by Khadija Kopa and Mzee Yusuf. International Journal of Psychology           Research, 12 (1), 61-74.