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Silence as a Tool for Managing Conflict in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus 沉默是在Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie的《紫色木槿》中管理冲突的工具

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gewv680j

Sylvanus Uwamaka Ojumah

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Kenyan English: The Chimera in Sociolinguistics of English-speaking Communities in Kenya 肯尼亚英语:肯尼亚英语社区社会语言学中的嵌合体

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gml211at

Gerry Ayieko

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Pragmatic Analysis of African Proverbs and Idioms in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart 阿契贝《分崩离析》中非洲谚语和习语的语用分析

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gc8q9sut

Osipeju, Babasola Samuel

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Language, Literature and Conflict Management 语言、文学与冲突管理

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gfrp8x9l

Tony E. Afejuku

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English in Africa: A Diachronic Linguistic Perspective 非洲英语:历时语言学视角

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/g9q77vjf

D. Jolayemi, Alexandra Esimaje

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An Experiment with a Video Conference Oral Examination during the Peak of COVID-19 in Tanzania 坦桑尼亚新冠肺炎疫情高峰期视频会议口试试验

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gyjn28u3

Dunlop Ochieng

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Impact of Cohesive Ties on Speech Acts Within Extended Discourse 扩展语篇中衔接关系对言语行为的影响

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gjgmafyr

Rosarri C. Mbisike

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The Teaching and Learning of English Sentence in Africa: The Nigerian Perspective 非洲英语句子的教与学:尼日利亚视角

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/g34eci3a

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Grammatical Forms for What?: An Experimental Investigation of the Teaching of the English Lexical Verb in a Nigerian University 什么的语法形式?尼日利亚某大学英语词汇动词教学的实验研究

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gwy7qpxd

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English Language Teaching from Behaviourism to Interactionism: Implication for Second Language Teaching 从行为主义到互动主义的英语教学:对第二语言教学的启示

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gsykb7az

U. Gbenedio

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