{"title":"Digital Communication across Culture: A Case Study of the Linguistic Features of WhatsApp Communication and Applied Linguistics","authors":"Abdullah A. Khuwaileh","doi":"10.15640/ijlc.v8n1a3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijlc.v8n1a3","url":null,"abstract":"The central aim of this study is to measure the level of linguistics in the appliedWhatsApp communication among people including their social and academiclife as the number of people using digital communication including theWhatsApp has remarkably increased worldwide. To ensure reliable data andresults, we collected our data randomly from the society of the North ofJordan, definitely from Jordan University of Science and Technology (hereafterJUST) and the area surrounding the campus (Irbid area). Samples were bothmales and females B.A., B.Sc. and M.A. students (200 respondents forquestionnaires and 10 educationalists and/or fathers for semi-structuredinterviews). Moreover, the researcher monitored Jordanian soft and hard massmedia to collect observations about people reaction towards the WhatsApp.Tabulating and filtering out the responses given in the questionnaires andinterviews revealed that the application of WhatsApp has both semioticnegative and positive effect on people depending on users and their purposes.Whereas a considerable number of people saw the WhatsApp application as asource of serious problems like semiotic human addiction, cheating in variouseducational tests, reducing physical communication and time wasting, etc.,many others found it as a very good means of digital, cheap, fast and clarifiedcommunication which can carry heavy electronic loads like video clipsand images. Our study is concluded with a number of research and practicalrecommendations.","PeriodicalId":442422,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS & COMMUNICATION","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131733450","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":"An Optimality Analysis of Hiatus Resolution Strategies in Olusuba","authors":"Walter Ochieng Sande, E. Ondondo, F. O. Rew","doi":"10.15640/ijlc.v7n1a4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijlc.v7n1a4","url":null,"abstract":"Vowel hiatus is a prohibited configuration of vowels in many languages of the world. This study is established to examine strategies used to resolve vowel hiatus in Olusuba, a Bantu language spoken in parts of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, within the framework of Optimality Theory (OT). The work describes two vowel processes used as hiatus resolution strategies in Olusuba. Well-formedness of data obtained in this study are analysed using OT. The theory explains how constraints interact to optimise the output in this language. Using descriptive analytic research design and following the available data obtained from native speakers of Olusuba, this paper provides two vowel processes used as strategies in resolving a sequence of dissimilar vowels in the language under study.","PeriodicalId":442422,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS & COMMUNICATION","volume":"646 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120975325","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":"Language Problems from the Perspective of the Roma in the Context of the Romani Language Network","authors":"M. Samko","doi":"10.15640/ijlc.v7n2a5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijlc.v7n2a5","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is a probe to the language problems from the perspective of the Roma in the Slovak Republic in the context of the width and reach of the Romani language network. The aim of the paper is to open up a space for discussing the language problems in the Roma, an extraction of the current Romani language problems with an emphasis on the language policy and the implementation of the linguistic rights in practice. The research question is what the Roma consider to be a language problem in the context of the width and reach of the language network of the Romani language and what solutions they propose. To obtain the empirical material, we used a qualitative methodology tool, a semi-structured interview conducted in the Romani language. Furthermore, the paper more clarifies the language problems of the Roma in this context and contributes to broader knowledge of the strategies the Roma use in dealing with these problems. The aim is to present and characterise language problems from the perspective of the Roma, to propose measures to solve the problems, and to outline the direction and perspectives of the Romani language.","PeriodicalId":442422,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS & COMMUNICATION","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127645393","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}
M. D. Oliveira, Beatriz Corrêa Pires Dornelles, Cristian Yáñez Aguilar
{"title":"Folkcommunication: a Latin American Approach for the Research of the Cultural Manifestations","authors":"M. D. Oliveira, Beatriz Corrêa Pires Dornelles, Cristian Yáñez Aguilar","doi":"10.15640/ijlc.v7n2p2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijlc.v7n2p2","url":null,"abstract":"This article proposes an itinerary of the studies on folkcommunication, a theory that emerged in Brazil during the sixties, and that has been constituted as a conceptual and methodological contribution for the study of the cultural manifestations from the social communication processes, that incorporates the economic and technological challenges in which local and traditional communities are involved in Latin America. This article proposes a conceptual and historical itinerary of the different contributions that form part of this theoretical field that is increasingly growing, both in the Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries.","PeriodicalId":442422,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS & COMMUNICATION","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128117512","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":"Focus in the Kenyang Language","authors":"Mbu Martha Njui","doi":"10.15640/IJLC.V7N1A1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/IJLC.V7N1A1","url":null,"abstract":"Focus abbreviated “FOC” refers to that part of the clause that provides the most salient information in a given discourse situation.. It is also a grammatical category that determines which part of the sentence contributes new, non derivable or contrastive information. Focus is related to information structure. This article looks at focus from several theoretical and methodological perspectives, ranging from a detail generative analysis to careful typological generalization. Their common aim is to deepen our understanding of whether and how the information –structured category of focus is represented and marked in the Kenyang language. Focus marking refers to the overt realization of focus by special grammatical means which is subject to cross linguistic variation. Topics investigated in this article are among others the focus particles ,the structure of focus ,and their graphical representations, question formation, the information structure on word order, situ versus in-situ strategies of focus marking, , and related constructions.","PeriodicalId":442422,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS & COMMUNICATION","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123820460","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 Seat at the Table: A Repetitive Narrative of Abuse","authors":"Ka’Lyn Banks-Coghill, Adrian Krishnasamy","doi":"10.15640/ijlc.v8n2a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijlc.v8n2a1","url":null,"abstract":"As Twitter usage continues to expand discourse certain events that occur, which can lead to healthy and sometimes unhealthy discussions among Internet users. Online trolling and digital violence is one form of unhealthy discussion. This phenomenon stems from these conversations and targets various marginalized groups. Online bullying can cause emotional distress. This study seeks to address the lack of care and concern for the safety of Black women on Twitter and other sites. It also discusses the problematic handling of abuse towards these women and investigates the ways in which these problems can be resolved. Based on Creswell‟s (2013) and Kraner and Warren‟s (2015) breakdown of the characteristics of qualitative research methods and Finn‟s (2004) demonstration of these methods this study seeks to gather information based on the focus group conducted on the experiences that Black women have faced with online harassment.","PeriodicalId":442422,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS & COMMUNICATION","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129851391","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":"Negation in Lamnso","authors":"Fonkpu Charles Banfegha","doi":"10.15640/ijlc.v8n1a2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijlc.v8n1a2","url":null,"abstract":"Negation is a grammatical phenomenon on which descriptive and theoretical linguists have been working on for over the years. Since there is no unique syntactic position that negative markers or particles occupy, their varying positions need to be determines especially at the deep structure level of language. This paper, therefore focuses its attention on what obtains with yo’ / la’ (not) in Lamnso (a semi Bantu language spoken in the larger parts of the Bui Division of the Northwest Region), within the theoretical considerations of the principles and parameters theory. Unlike in English and other languages where the negative particles of “not” are generated below the TP (Tense Phrase) and in some cases as bound morphemes, the Lamnsoyo’ and la’ manifest two distinct features. Firstly, they operate as a free morpheme and secondly they are generated below the TP (as in English) and secondly above the VP in all contexts of time-specifications (tenses) at the D-Structure. However, at the S-Structure, while la’ remains constantly generated below the TP within the Conditional Phrase (ConP), the yo’Neg morpheme for the present tense (P0), the past tense (P1), the future tenses (F1, F2 and F3) moves to the head of the Agreement Phrase (AgrP) Agr, while remaining constant below the TP for P2 and P3.","PeriodicalId":442422,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS & COMMUNICATION","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124386852","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":"Analysis of the Implicit in eton Proverbs.","authors":"Théophile Calaina, Cyrille Christal Ondoua Engon, aurentine Ntsimi Owona","doi":"10.15640/ijlc.v7n2a3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijlc.v7n2a3","url":null,"abstract":": This article is based on a pragmatic analysis of eton proverbs, a Bantu language, according to the classification of Dieu and Renaud (1983). This study makes it possible to return to the notion of implicit in eton proverbs. The implicit is apprehended as any content present in the discourse but which is not expressed explicitly. And one of the characteristics of the proverb is that words are not taken literally. Thus, this work consists of identifying the types of implicit contents: presupposed and understatement present in eton proverbs.","PeriodicalId":442422,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS & COMMUNICATION","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124255676","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 Critical Review of Sibel Tatar’s Article “Why Keep Silent? The Classroom Participation Experiences of Non- Native- English-Speaking Students”","authors":"Mymuna Khatun","doi":"10.15640/ijlc.v7n2a6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijlc.v7n2a6","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores Sibel Tatar’s contribution to the field of language teaching and learning. The main focus is to understand the functions and interpretations of silence from learners’ insights through the prism of multidimensional factors such as learners’ cultural, psychological and contextual perspectives to ensure a smooth teaching and learning. Tatar’s interview with Turkish learners made us understand that there’s more to silence than the word’s literal meaning suggests it is revelatory. Turkish learners have their own interpretations for their silence and to them, silence is logical. This study basically addresses the needs of the Turkish students and will help instructors to comprehend the background of learners’ silence. Undoubtedly understanding the underlying causes of silence can come in handy in teaching. It also aims to elaborate the impact of learning behavior in the field of second language acquisition. It unfolds silence as an effective learning process. The study traces out the significance of learners’ silence and found both silence and activity as quintessential learning tools. In order to clarify the connection of silent learners with their society and culture, I have taken ideas from Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory of cognitive development and quoted from different other journals and books of the related areas. I have tried also to justify the meaning and function of silence in Tatar’s study based on my classroom observation in secondary schools and in tertiary level institutions. I have compared among the findings of learners’ silence from many studies, analyze them and evaluate learners’ needs.","PeriodicalId":442422,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS & COMMUNICATION","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133671869","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 Phonology of Loanwords in the Ejagham Language","authors":"Magdaline Bakume Nkongho","doi":"10.15640/ijlc.v7n1a5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijlc.v7n1a5","url":null,"abstract":"A general observation of the lexical stock in the Ejagham language shows that the language has a panoply of borrowed words which originate from Indo-European languages such as English, French and German as well as some local languages. The presence of loanwords in this language to a large extent can be explained by Cameroon‟s earlier colonization by the said countries, resulting to language contact. Schneider (2007), Melchers and Shaw (2011). Interestingly, loanwords in Ejagham have undergone some phonological and morphological restructuring thereby making them conform to the phonetic and syllable structure of the said language. This paper is an analysis of the phonological processes that loanwords undergo to suit the word structure of the recipient language. The work has been divided in two main parts. The first part is a presentation of the syllable structure of the Ejagham language. The second part is a presentation of data and analysis of the loan items from the donor to the recipient language","PeriodicalId":442422,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS & COMMUNICATION","volume":"161 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132696326","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}