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Discourse Diversity in Language Use: A Pragmatic Inference of ‘I’m Coming’ in Ghanaian Interpersonal Communication 语言使用中的话语多样性:加纳人际交往中“I’m Coming”的语用推断

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/g0op0wy8

C. Marfo, M. Mpotsiah

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Cross-gender Journey Motif in Daniel Black’s They Tell Me of a Home and Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing 丹尼尔·布莱克《他们告诉我一个家》和亚嘉西《回家》中的跨性别旅行主题

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/g6fek26r

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Rhetorical Pattern of Argumentation in the Research Article: A Corpus Approach 研究论文中的议论文修辞模式:语料库分析

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gcknyu3o

Faith Amuzie

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The Changing Patterns of English Spelling in Cameroon Social Media 喀麦隆社交媒体中英语拼写模式的变化

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/g3fby37h

C. Tabe, Peniel Zaazra Nouhou

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Challenges and Coping Mechanisms of Bilingual Students: A Case of French-English Model 双语学生的挑战与应对机制:以法英模式为例

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gsmyi8ux

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Dissent as Thematic Tropes in Peter Abrahams’ Tell Freedom and Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country 彼得·亚伯拉罕的《告诉自由》和艾伦·佩顿的《呐喊，亲爱的国家》中不同意见的主题修辞

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/g01mrb88

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A Semio-linguistic Analysis of the Emblems of Nigerian military and Para-military Organisations 尼日利亚军事和准军事组织标志的符号学分析

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gquviuv3

Daniel Ejodamen, D. Teilanyo, B. Ekundayo

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Reference Assignment and Character Identification in Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter 巴玛丽亚玛的《这么长的一封信》中的参考赋值与人物识别

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gcz8rle0

Temple Chibueze Odoemenam

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Nnimmo Bassey: The Activist and His Poetry of Environmental Activism 尼莫·巴西:环境运动的积极分子和他的诗歌

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gc6kd172

D. Udoinwang, Kufre A. Akpan

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Verb Complementation Patterns in Nigerian English: A Corpus-based Study 基于语料库的尼日利亚英语动词补语模式研究

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/g09eahhs

Folajimi Oyebola, B. Alfred

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