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Analyzing the content of conversation textbook for undergraduate students: A case study of An-Najah National University, Palestine 本科会话教材内容分析——以巴勒斯坦安纳杰国立大学为例

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.5897/jlc2023.0581

Awad Ahmed

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Study of language planning on English taught programs/English as medium of instruction programs in Taiwan 台湾英语授课课程/以英语为教学媒介课程的语言规划研究

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2021-01-31 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2020.0549

Chuo Jia-chen

{"title":"Study of language planning on English taught programs/English as medium of instruction programs in Taiwan","authors":"Chuo Jia-chen","doi":"10.5897/JLC2020.0549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/JLC2020.0549","url":null,"abstract":"English Taught Programs (ETPs) first appeared in European countries. Research showed a growing trend of ETPs, not only in Europe but also in other continents. However, despite the increasing number of such programs, there is a lack of consistent language policy and language planning in these programs. Without a clear language policy, the problems caused by language diversity cannot be solved properly. EMI researchers have indicated the urgency of a language plan in English-taught degree programs to maintain a collaborative relationship with the university’s policy. This study aims to present how language policies will work from a macro view to a micro one, from country as a whole to educational institutions. The author will first examine the language policy in all levels and then focus on the ETP programs in Taiwan. From the investigation, the author finds that it takes time for language policy to be effective. If ETP programs are the future trend as a result of globalization, language policies should be specifically drawn up for these programs. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: English as medium of instruction, language policy, Taiwan, Language planning, English taught programs.","PeriodicalId":310631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Languages and Culture","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128499664","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}

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Friendship: acquisition forms and functions as a web of social relationship in Raya Community of Southern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia 友谊:在埃塞俄比亚北部提格雷南部的拉亚社区中，作为社会关系网络的获取形式和功能

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2021-01-31 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2021.0552

Bereket Godifay Kahsay

{"title":"Friendship: acquisition forms and functions as a web of social relationship in Raya Community of Southern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia","authors":"Bereket Godifay Kahsay","doi":"10.5897/JLC2021.0552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/JLC2021.0552","url":null,"abstract":"This cultural study was conducted in Raya community of Southern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, focusing on the relevance of friendship for social relationships. Specifically, the study aimed at identifying the forms of friendship acquisition, describing friendship application procedures and rituals performed and depicting the social function of friendship as a web to strengthen social networks. The study was limited to the friendship of males. To meet these objectives, fieldwork and interviews were used to gather the primary data. The research design was descriptive, while the study approach was qualitative. The author found that there are two friendship acquisition forms in the study community; inherited and acquired. In the community under study, there are three friendship entitlement occasions that is friendship during an early age, friendship at social events, and friendship formed through daily routine practices. In the procedure of applying friendship, there are cultural rituals performed. Furthermore, there are local names with cultural connotations that intimates use to address each other. The social relevance of friendship has appeared as a base for the creation of fictive affinity which ensures decent social relations. Similar ethnographic studies that would contribute to the critical reading of anthropology of friendship are suggested. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Cultural study, friendship, social relations, Raya, Ethiopia.","PeriodicalId":310631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Languages and Culture","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131138117","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}

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Multiple identities of multilingual minorities: Values and practices influencing social, national and personal identity formation 使用多种语言的少数民族的多重身份:影响社会、国家和个人身份形成的价值观和做法

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2021-01-31 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2020.0548

Stefanie SiebenhÃ¼tter

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Hybridizing Gikuyu in the face of globalization: The case of Ngugi wa Thiongos novel Murogi wa Kagogo 面对全球化的杂交吉库语:以Ngugi wa thiiongos的小说《murrogi wa Kagogo》为例

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2021-01-31 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2020.0541

M. Ngumo

{"title":"Hybridizing Gikuyu in the face of globalization: The case of Ngugi wa Thiongos novel Murogi wa Kagogo","authors":"M. Ngumo","doi":"10.5897/JLC2020.0541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/JLC2020.0541","url":null,"abstract":"African literature in European languages entrenches the marginalization of large communities who cannot use European languages. Therefore, the revolutionary move by the Kenyan writer, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, to write in Gikuyu is a bold step towards empowering marginalized groups in Africa. In his literary essays, Ngugi argues that in the era of globalization African languages should enrich themselves by entering into dialogue with other languages of the world. A reading of Ngugi’s novel, Murogi wa Kagogo, using insights from sociolinguistics, reveals that Ngugi achieves this through hybridizing Gikuyu with English, Kiswahili, Sheng and even Latin. The article, specifically, attempts to show how Ngugi has hybridized Gikuyu using strategies like codeswitching, borrowing and diglossia. Drawing on Murogi wa Kagogo, this article argues that literature in African languages must embrace the strategies of hybridity in order to make African languages relevant to new global realities. The article further seeks to problematize the tendency by postcolonial theorists to almost wholly exclude African literature written in indigenous languages from the orbit of their critiques. This article is also an attempt to add to the few studies that exploit sociolinguistic approaches to examine literary texts. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Murogi wa Kagogo, hybridity, sociolinguistics, postcolonial theory.","PeriodicalId":310631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Languages and Culture","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117267958","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}

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Elements in color: A symbolistic approach to analyzing the Haitian flag 色彩元素:海地国旗的象征分析方法

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2021-01-31 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2020.0546

M. M. Thrasybule

{"title":"Elements in color: A symbolistic approach to analyzing the Haitian flag","authors":"M. M. Thrasybule","doi":"10.5897/JLC2020.0546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/JLC2020.0546","url":null,"abstract":"The literature and artifacts associated with Haiti’s history have puzzled its people for a long time. One historical symbol left open to interpretation is the Haitian flag, although its aesthetic appeal is apparent to many. Ascertaining precise meanings from the flag's design is difficult due to the lack of available information and alteration of the original design by successive political administrations. This study is an attempt to decipher the hidden significance embedded in the Haitian flag and explore various themes represented in its colorful elements. The themes that are displayed in the Haitian flag are an exemplification of symbols that carry several important messages pertaining to order, discipline, unity, self-control, strength, opportunities for commerce, economic development, stability, wisdom, and health. It embodies a bond in which the native takes pride in self-identifying with a culture rich in beauty and content. The artifact is a resourceful guide that elicits substantive lessons aiming at progress, nationalism, and governance. It is also a spatial-temporal ensign with positive connotations and an ongoing inspiration for the homeland. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Haitian flag, flag symbolism, national symbolism.","PeriodicalId":310631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Languages and Culture","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132812470","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}

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Orality, performance and creativity: A descriptive perspective of the Izon Obobo bi necromancy 口齿、表演与创意:《伊桑·奥波比巫术》的描述视角

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2020-04-30 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2019.0509

Odingowei M. Kwokwo, Tarikiye E. Angaye

{"title":"Orality, performance and creativity: A descriptive perspective of the Izon Obobo bi necromancy","authors":"Odingowei M. Kwokwo, Tarikiye E. Angaye","doi":"10.5897/JLC2019.0509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/JLC2019.0509","url":null,"abstract":"African traditional literature is fraught with songs, dances, riddles, jokes, proverbs as well as chants, incantations, invocation, rituals and musical performances. Some of these features are found in earlier poet, Christopher Okigbo’s Labyrinths and comparatively recent poet, Christian Otobotekere’s A Sailor’s Son: in the wake of dance and games. Oral poetry in Iza»n tradition is diverse but one that is often neglected in scholarly discourse is the elegiac poetry of the ‘Obobo bi’ or necromancy which involves songs, dances, rituals, recitations, incantations and performances. The study will focus on the orality, performative style and creativity in the spoken word as a sub-genre of African poetry. This paper therefore seeks to investigate the poetry of Obobo bi with the aim of projecting into scholarly attention and reveal the alienation, liminality and the hidden literary aesthetics of the obobo bi tradition. The study hinges on the post-colonialism theory. Data for the study were collected from live performances in the Kolokuma communities of Bayelsa State as well as from the researchers’ introspection. This study is relevant for scholarship and society because the tradition which is fast fading due to influence of Christianity is now being projected to the consciousness of the world as a form of oral literature. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Orality, incantations, necromancy, creativity, liminality, alienation.","PeriodicalId":310631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Languages and Culture","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126819006","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}

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The role of the ancient Egyptians beliefs in the afterlife in preserving the ancient Egyptian cultural heritage 古埃及人对来世的信仰在保存古埃及文化遗产中的作用

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2020-04-30 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2019.0515

J. M. Agai

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Looking at Chinese parent-teenager conflict talks from the perspective of the rapport management theory 从关系管理理论的视角看中国亲子冲突谈话

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2020-04-30 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2020.0530

Yining Cao, Ping-Hsuan Wang

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Verbal semiotics resources employed in advertising cigarette on TV in Indonesia 印尼电视香烟广告中的语言符号学资源

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2019-04-30 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2018.0489

Bambang Nur Alamsyah Lubis, Busmin Gurning, A. Saragih

引用次数: 8