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Pragmalinguistic Problems Encountered in Rendering some Qur’ānic Satirical Expressions into English, with Special Reference to Surrat Al-Masad: A Comparative Study 《古兰经》ānic讽刺语英译中的语用语言学问题——以苏拉特·马萨德为例

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.71

Ali Albashir Mohammed Alhaj, Majda Babiker Ahmed Abdelkarim

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How do Saudis ask for a favor? A Pragmatic Analysis 沙特人是怎么请求帮助的?语用分析

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.11

Abeer Alqahtani

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Lexical Metaphor in Proverbs in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, and A Man of the People: A Systemic Functional Linguistics Perspective 从系统功能语言学的角度看阿切比《事物破碎》和《人民的人》中谚语中的词汇隐喻

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.25

Emodi Livina Nkeiruka, Emeka J. Otagburuagu

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Social Oppression and American Cultural Imperialism: The Crisis of the Muslim Minority Groups’ Identity in Terrorist by John Updike 社会压迫与美国文化帝国主义:穆斯林少数民族在恐怖主义中的认同危机

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.1

Saif Raed Nafia Fakhrulddin, Ida Baizura Bahar

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A Generic Structure Analysis of Selected News Commentaries on Radio Nigeria 尼日利亚广播电台精选新闻评论的一般结构分析

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.59

-. Agbeleoba, S. Oyeyemi, -. Bamisaye, -. Toyin

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Freedom, Choice and Achieving Self-Realisation in the Dystopian World of Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler 奥克塔维亚·巴特勒《人才寓言》中的反乌托邦世界中的自由、选择与自我实现

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.47

Z. Rezaei, Ida Baizura Bahar, Zahraa Abdullah Mohan

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Investigating Onto-cartographies of Memory and Postmemory, and (Trans)raciolinguistics and Practice of Race Theory in Selected Excerpts of Ellen Kuzwayo’s Call Me Woman 调查记忆和后记忆的Onto-cartographies，以及(跨)种族语言学和种族理论的实践，选自Ellen Kuzwayo的《叫我女人》

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.32

Chaka Chaka

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The Symbolic Representation of Evil and Good in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies 论威廉·戈尔丁《蝇王》中善与恶的象征表现

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.21

Mahmoud A. Al.Sobh, Ameen Z. Al Khamaiseh, Samer M. Al-Zoubi

{"title":"The Symbolic Representation of Evil and Good in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies","authors":"Mahmoud A. Al.Sobh, Ameen Z. Al Khamaiseh, Samer M. Al-Zoubi","doi":"10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.21","url":null,"abstract":"This Study sheds a new light on William Golding’s view of evil and good in Lord of the Flies. For many writers, critics and theorists, evil is a societal construct, while good is an internal one. Both are structured by external factors. William Golding, however, believes that man has an inherent potential for evil and that it cannot by any means be a cultural product as has long been thought. Man’s potential for good, on the other hand, is dictated by law, common sense, culture and from the fact that man’s social engagement with others is inevitable. In Lord of the Flies, Golding seeks to give answers to the philosophical questions: Can man live a lone? Can there be a life in the absence of law and order? What would become of people should there be no society or civilization? Golding’s central argument centers on critiquing the inherent potential of man’s capacity for evil in the absence of law and order. In this study, there will be an examination of Golding’s pessimistic view of good and evil in light of the modern literary definition of these polarities.","PeriodicalId":341726,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature","volume":"126 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114611948","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 Perspectives of English Teachers Toward Writing Education, as well as the Obstacles they Encounter 英语教师对写作教育的看法及遇到的障碍

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.54

Md. Harun Rashid, Yu Lan, Wang Hui

{"title":"The Perspectives of English Teachers Toward Writing Education, as well as the Obstacles they Encounter","authors":"Md. Harun Rashid, Yu Lan, Wang Hui","doi":"10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.54","url":null,"abstract":"Many ESL teachers find it difficult to build their students’ linguistic competency, which makes teaching one of the most productive talents in the English language. The main objective of the study is to investigate the difficulties that ESL teachers have while attempting to teach writing skills to students in university settings. According to the findings of this study, art faculty professors at the university level are experiencing difficulties. Teachers’ concerns regarding teaching writing skills were gathered using questionnaires, which were administered by the researcher. It was decided to adopt a descriptive approach to report the issues that instructors experienced when teaching writing skills to their students. There were a total of 12 questions on the questionnaire. It was discovered through this investigation that there were some problematic elements, but that there were also some practical remedies that might be implemented. Teacher reflection could be helped by the findings and recommendations of this study, which could also help authorities support teachers’ efforts to improve students’ writing skills.","PeriodicalId":341726,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126394756","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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Surmounting Gender Disparities: A Study of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow 超越性别差异:对Ngugi wa Thiong 'o的《乌鸦巫师》的研究

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.1p.41

Vivian Bongka Tah

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