Category: Humanities – Language/Linguistics
Language Consumption Under “The Belt and Road Initiatives”: A Case Study of Guangdong
In China, because of the government's "One Belt, One Road" policy, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay is currently facing linguistic and …
Handsome Is As Handsome Speaks
The presented work is a multi-year project of defining essential lingual characteristics for building up a Gestalt of a positive …
The Persuasive Power of Person Deixis in Political Discourse: The Pronoun ‘We’ in Obama’s Speeches as an Example
Politicians resort to ‘soft power’ to influence others and to convince them to support their attitudes about given issues through …
Cultural Peculiarities and Equivalents : A Perspective of French and Igbo Proverbs
Every culture has its mode of expression. This is true for its various aspects including social, material, political or religious …
The Power of Rhetoric Figures as Foregrounding Elements in J. Steinbeck’s the Pearl
A writer's style of narrating is worth analyzing, especially when this style of writing can serve as a powerful tool …
A Survey of Vocabulary Learning Strategies of English for Business Communications (EBC) Students at NUIC
This survey tries to investigate the receptive vocabulary size levels and the vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) of ninety-three Bachelor of …
Arabizi: Is Code-Switching a Threat to the Arabic Language
Classic Arabic is widely spoken all over the world and is the official language in 23 Arab countries. Moreover, Arabic …
Use of Technology in English Language Teaching: Is it Helping Students and Teachers?
Electronic devices can be bought cheaply, and nowadays everybody is using all sorts of these devices. Many new apps, devices …
Okinawa: “The Land of Courtesy” in a Conflict of Linguistic Interests
UNESCO has listed Ryukuan, the language of the ancient Ryukyu Kingdom, now Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, as severely endangered. That means …