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{"title":"Eurocentric or Indigenized Educational Curriculum: What Possible Option between Foreign Languages and National Languages (Fulfulde) in Education in the Far North Region of Cameroon?","authors":"Herbert Rostand Ngouo","doi":"10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.23","url":null,"abstract":"languages in education, as well as their opinion about the option of their replacement with Fulfulde, a lingua franca of the Northern regions of Cameroon.\u0000The data were collected using a quantitative approach through a questionnaire administered to 525 informants, all residing in the Far regions of Cameroon. They originated from the three northern regions but the majority (90%) are native of the Far North.  The multiple-choice questions (with 5 scales ranging from absolutely agree to absolutely disagree) aimed at eliciting the opinion of the respondents regarding the reformation of the LIEP by supressing the prevalence of foreign language over national languages, while upgrading the status of the latter in the secondary schools.\u0000The findings reveal an attitude inclined in favour of foreign languages as the perspective of the substitution of foreign languages by Fulfulde as subject is not opted for. Foreign languages are perceived as being important. As a result, their presence in the Francophone education curriculum is seen as relevant and pertinent. Logically, it is suggested that their teaching be extended to the Anglophone system of education. As concerns instrumentality in social mobility, German is highly rated among foreign languages, and Italian is underrated. English and French are perceived as being more important that these foreign languages. Fulfulde is not perceived as relevant enough to replace FLs in education, however, national languages are seen as deserving a place in the school system.","PeriodicalId":204201,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Language and Culture Studies","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123923569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Allophonic Variations in Educated Yoruba-English Bilinguals’ Pronunciation","authors":"M. A. Bankole","doi":"10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.34","url":null,"abstract":"The study of Nigerian English phonology had been taken to the regional levels such as Hausa-English, Igbo-English and Yoruba-English by different scholars. This study is a response to the clarion call of Jowitt (2020:28) that the concentration of the scholars should be on the task of identifying, describing, and analyzing the forms of English usage in Nigeria for the purpose of working towards the codification of the variety called Nigerian English and, most importantly, the reception of the international recognition it deserves. While Standard English remains a model and a reference point against which other varieties can be evaluated, the local standard also needs to be specified, described, and recognized as belonging to the assemblage of world Englishes. A total number of 64 respondents comprising newscasters, lecturers, pastors, and part three University students were purposively selected for the study. The study employed Chomsky and Halle’s Generative Phonology to generate rules which account for the variations attested in the realisations of conditioned past tense morphs by educated Yoruba-English bilinguals in Southwestern Nigeria. Findings reveal that the pronunciation of Nigerian broadcasters can be described as a supportive model of Standard British English for Nigerian users of English. Also, noticeable variations in the realisations of the conditioned past tense morphemes by other participants; lecturers, pastors and students can be described as the reflections of Nigerian spoken English which can be arranged in form of re-written rules explicable within the scope of Generative Phonology.","PeriodicalId":204201,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Language and Culture Studies","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115544039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"EFL University Students’ Attitudes Towards ICT Use for English Language Learning","authors":"Tubagus Zam Zam Al Arif, Hidayati, D. Kurniawan","doi":"10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.36","url":null,"abstract":"Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become an essential tool in the field of education, especially for English language learning. This study aims at investigating EFL university students’ perception toward the use of ICT for English language learning. The descriptive quantitative method was applied in this study, which involved 304 students' teachers of English department at a state university in Indonesia. The instrument used in collecting the data was a questionnaire. Descriptive quantitative analysis was used to analyze the data obtained in this study. The result shows that the respondents’ perception was positive in some dimensions. Positive and high perceptions were found in (1) perceived ease of use, (2) perceived usefulness, and (3) attitudes. The results also revealed that the majority of respondents had an ICT device, with YouTube being the most popular activity for English language learning, followed by Google translate and social media.","PeriodicalId":204201,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Language and Culture Studies","volume":"413 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130338459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Prospective Survey of Native Population’s Attitude towards Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MTBMLE) and Fulfulde as Medium of Instruction in the Far North Region of Cameroon","authors":"Herbert Rostand Ngouo","doi":"10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.22","url":null,"abstract":"This paper sets out to investigate the attitude of native peoples of the Far North Region of Cameroon towards the prospects of a MTBMLE and the use of Fulfulde as a medium of instruction (MOI) in the primary school of the region. The data were collected through a survey using a set of close-ended questions in a questionnaire administered to more than 467 informants. Some interviews were also conducted to gain more insight into the opinion of the population toward this educational paradigm. The findings show there is some support for the use of mother tongue and French in a transition model and there is stark support for primary school education in mother tongue and French but not Fulfulde as a substitute for French. In fact, there seems to be strong opposition to the idea of using Fulfulde as MOI in nursery school with natives of other ethnic groups. There is a mixed opinion regarding the use of ethnic language from year one to three and the use of the mother tongue to teach maths. This research points to the fact that indigenous languages still suffer some stigma.","PeriodicalId":204201,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Language and Culture Studies","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124417984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Signing a Pact with the Devil: Hermeticism in Shakespeare’s Macbeth","authors":"Oumeima Mouelhi","doi":"10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.32","url":null,"abstract":"The Renaissance was an enlightening period in which new ethics and world views emerged. A move from a zealous Christian creed to an interest in worldly pleasures and the cult of the self and beauty were preached.\u0000Running parallel to these big discoveries and giant progress in different spheres, Renaissance England still bore the vestige of credence in what is considered as “weird” to contemporary man as ghosts, apparitions, and witches. Magic continued to be evoked and practices of witchcraft bore its fruition back then. What is noticeable is that despite the overall ambiance of a prevailing rational mood and thirst for the palpable, Hermeticism had a strongly felt presence in the new social milieu.\u0000This paper seeks to turn an analytical eye on hermeticism that was vividly present during Shakespeare’s time through his tragedy, Macbeth. Above all, it sheds light on the evil practices that were conquering the Elizabethans despite the progressive era that the nation was witnessing.","PeriodicalId":204201,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Language and Culture Studies","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122296571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Generic Structure Analysis of Anthems of Selected Universities in Nigeria: A Genre Based Approach","authors":"M. Ayoola","doi":"10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.26","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the Universities’ Anthems in Nigeria as a distinct Genre. The present study analyzes a corpus composed of ten (10) anthems texts belonging to six federal Universities, two State owned Universities, and two private Universities in Nigeria. This study seeks to establish University anthems in Nigeria as a sub-genre of anthems by identifying the Generic structure Potential (GSP) of the selected university anthems as permitted by their contextual configuration (CC) following the theory of Halliday and Hasan (1985) as a theoretical framework for the study. The analysis in this study intends to come up with the total range of optional and obligatory elements in the University anthems analysed which are the possibilities of text structure for every text that can come up under the Genre of University anthem. The analysis revealed two obligatory elements -Identity/ Orientation IO* and Mission /Vision MV*- and five optional elements- Ideology (ID), Evocation/Eulogy (EE), Prayer (PR), Exhortation (EX), and Pledge/Allegiance (PA). The study concludes that even though University anthems, as a form of poem seemingly appear in different structures, there is a certain pattern of a Generic Structure that construes the purpose the anthems are intended to serve for the institutions; that is to communicate the identity of the institution.","PeriodicalId":204201,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Language and Culture Studies","volume":"186 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123053239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Storytelling Tradition at Larteh, Ghana: Implications for Language Vitality","authors":"E. Adjei, M. A. Ansah","doi":"10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.28","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines storytelling practices in a triglossic community, Larteh, in South-east Ghana, West Africa. The three languages which are in use co-exist in a triglossic relationship; each language plays defined roles in the language community. It has been observed that there is a growing gap between storytelling ideologies that link the practice to language transmission. As a traditional practice which is closely linked to processes of cultural reproduction/intergeneration language transfer, storytelling has particular significance for language revitalization in the language community. This article demonstrates how a shift in the storytelling practices of the people is negatively impacting language transmission and how the revival of the practice could positively impact the revitalization of the Lɛtɛ language.","PeriodicalId":204201,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Language and Culture Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128236050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Western Framing of the Female Captive: A Hermeneutic Study of Captivity in Morocco","authors":"Abdelaaziz El Bakkali, Tayeb Ghourdou","doi":"10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.21","url":null,"abstract":"The study of the Western consumption of the female captive remains central to the circulation of cultural and social constructions in the mainstream visual and literary texts. Due to the massive upsurge of such constructs, the hermeneutic study of the existing images about captivity in the East has stipulated new perspectives into the production of these substantial messages that determine genuine challenges to the preexisting canonical view of cultural representations. As many scholars have advanced critics about the female images in many narratives, Western cinema has shown significant portraits of the female which draws an orientalist design of a discursive discourse, introducing extreme exoticness of both pleasures and destruction. With the promise to deconstruct the captive portraits of the female identity, this paper discusses the circulation of such images, explaining why they exist, offering some solutions, as well as offering an analysis of their possible impact on the public. Given the damaging misperceptions that exist as a result of their circulation and consumption, this paper fills a much-needed research gap by asking the following research questions. How does the circulation of these images reproduce issues of femininity and captivity? How do visuals reinvent the literary tradition to depict the female captive in the orientalist discourse? By answering these questions, the paper attempts to examine the issue of representation by adopting a cultural studies approach, relying specifically on qualitative content analysis to reveal alternative possibilities of some of the Western perceptions. The rationale behind this approach lies in the fact that cultural studies bash to study all aspects of cultures without canonizing some artifacts at the expense of others.","PeriodicalId":204201,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Language and Culture Studies","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128216727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Morphophonological Features of Lɛtɛ Loanwords from English","authors":"Mornica Apenteng Obiri Yeboah, Mercy Akrofi Ansah","doi":"10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.29","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is two-fold: to describe the phonological and morphological features of English loanwords (nouns and verbs) which appear in Lɛtɛ lexicon and to identify and account for the largest semantic class of English loanwords. Lɛtɛ (Kwa: Guan) is spoken in Larteh, a town in southeast Ghana. The language has not received much attention, and as such, there has been no study to investigate the phenomenon of lexical borrowing in the language. The linguistic situation in Larteh is characterized by trigglosia, a situation where three languages with distinct communicative functions are in use. Akuapem Twi is the second language of most Lɛtɛ speakers. The paper distinguishes between codeswitching from borrowing to initiate the discussion from the right perspective. Motivation for borrowing from English primarily stems from the need to fill lexical gaps in Lɛtɛ. Consequently, data for the study suggest that the semantic class of science and technology is the largest of all the semantic domains of English loanwords. Data sources include bilingual wordlists of English and Lɛtɛ; focus group discussions and Lɛtɛ folktales. Upon analyzing the data, we observed that English loanwords undergo morphological and phonological alterations such as epenthesis and vowel harmonization to become nativized. The study is underpinned by the Matrix Language Frame Model (MLFM) (Myers-Scotton, 1997; Myers-Scotton et al., 2002), a model which is designed to account for bilingual speech. Following the MLFM, lexical items which enter Lɛtɛ lexicon are expected to take up morphological and phonological features of the language. Our study however found out that not all loanwords exhibit morphophonological features of Lɛtɛ; in the case of loan nouns, the Akuapem Twi number markers are rather employed. The paper adds to existing literature on borrowing and points out that a matrix language does not always dictate new linguistics features that are borne by the loanwords, but the linguistic situation of the recipient language community, coupled with the language repertoire of speakers play a roleю","PeriodicalId":204201,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Language and Culture Studies","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127337894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Free and Phonologically Conditioned Allomorphs of the Bidayuh-Somu Language","authors":"Eusabinus Bunau","doi":"10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.27","url":null,"abstract":"This study is on linguistics, that is, morphology. It aims to describe the morphemes and allomorphs of the Bidayuh-Somu Language. The study is descriptive, that is, documentary analysis. The data of this study is secondary, a-ready-to-use data, taken from a doctoral dissertation. It is an example sorted based on morphemes and allomorphs of the language. Since the language is indigenous and not in written form, the data is phonemic and morphemic transcription. As a limitation, the data is only morphemes with allomorphs. The sole morpheme with zero allomorphs is not included in this study. As an exemplification, this study describes the morphemes that are nominal and verbal. They are prefix {puN-} and circumfix {niN-ŋeh}. The allomorph of the morpheme for this current study is the element of nasalization consisting of the phoneme /m-/, /n-/, /ŋ-/, and /ɲ-/, and alternants. The allomorphs of this language are free and phonologically conditionedю","PeriodicalId":204201,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Language and Culture Studies","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122190473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}