International Journal of Language and Linguistics

Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2020

  • Communication Skills Course in Bridging the Gap of Weak Students’ Communicative Competence and Accentuating Performance: A Case of Sokoine University of Agriculture

    Job Wilson Mwakapina

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2020
    Pages: 1-10
    Received: 9 December 2019
    Accepted: 21 December 2019
    Published: 6 January 2020
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    Abstract: This paper reports the findings on the effectiveness of Communication Skills (CS) course in boosting students’ communication competence at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). In particular, the study determined whether there is a relationship between the ability in the CS and performance in other courses offered at the university. It also asse... Show More
  • Critical Analysis of Social Genetics and Linguistic Inquiry

    Samuel Leykun

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2020
    Pages: 11-16
    Received: 27 August 2019
    Accepted: 24 October 2019
    Published: 7 January 2020
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    Abstract: Human being on Earth has undergone several transitions during its history, from the fire age to modern technology. There has been notable progress in linguistic development and social development. Sociolinguistics and Social genetics as a newlly emerging discipline have strong relationship and enaged with one another. This study tried to analyzed c... Show More
  • About Latin Ecce ‘Behold! Lo! See! There!’ and Some Ancient Languages Presentatives

    Marie-Ange Julia

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2020
    Pages: 17-23
    Received: 19 December 2019
    Accepted: 18 January 2020
    Published: 4 February 2020
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    Abstract: In this study, which is part of a larger research project on dialogue, the author deals with “little words” (as they are often called). These common and polyfunctional words seldom appear in grammars and are only dealt with within short lemmata in dictionaries. Presentatives, such as Fr. voici / voilà, Lat. ecce, Gr. ἰδού “Here is, lo!”, form an in... Show More
  • The Azerbaijani Language in Azerbaijan After the Political Independence: The Governmental Support of Mother Tongue and Multilingualism

    Jamala Ismayil Mammadova

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2020
    Pages: 24-33
    Received: 17 October 2019
    Accepted: 18 January 2020
    Published: 7 February 2020
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    Abstract: This article is about ongoing language policy and language planning in the Republic of Azerbaijan after the political independence from the ex-Soviet Union in 1991. The intensive policy of Russification through education, especially during the Soviet period created a sizeable Russian-speaking segment in society. With regard to Russian, Azerbaijani ... Show More
  • Understanding Code-switching from a Sociolinguistic Perspective: A Meta-analysis

    Abdullah Mefareh Almelhi

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2020
    Pages: 34-45
    Received: 29 October 2019
    Accepted: 18 January 2020
    Published: 21 February 2020
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    Abstract: A meta-analysis or synthesis of prior research critically presents research findings in a discipline of knowledge to review and summarize these findings from a bird's eye view in order to put these findings appropriately within the state of the art. This meta-analysis seeks to tackle the issue of code-switching from a sociolinguistic and language p... Show More
  • A Review on the Book of On the Symbiosis of Discourse Types

    Youping Jing

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2020
    Pages: 46-49
    Received: 11 January 2020
    Accepted: 17 February 2020
    Published: 26 February 2020
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    Abstract: This paper gives a critical review on the book of On the Symbiosis of Discourse Types. In this book, the author, Xinfang Liu clarifies the symbiosis of the three discourse types from the perspective of rhetorical reciprocity, and proposes a comprehensive model of discourse types in the writing practice. He finds that the current problems of English... Show More
  • Trivialization and Exquisite Sensationalism: The Importance of Being Earnest

    Yang Yu

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2020
    Pages: 50-59
    Received: 26 January 2020
    Accepted: 17 February 2020
    Published: 26 February 2020
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    Abstract: It is commonly recognized that Oscar Wilde’s main contribution to the late-Victorian drama is his dramatic dialogue. The present paper attempts to explore the linguistic features of Wilde’s social comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, which is summed up here as trivialization and exquisite sensationalism. It shows that Wilde’s special skill of tr... Show More