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Teaching English Online in the Times of Covid-19 at a Saudi University: Opportunities and Challenges 新冠肺炎疫情下沙特大学在线英语教学:机遇与挑战

IF 0.1 4区文学

International Journal of American Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-02-22 DOI: 10.5296/ijl.v15i1.20708

Abrar Alsulami, Turki Alsolami

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Correlation Between Japanese EFL Learners’ Attitudes Toward L1 Dialects and Japanese English 日本英语学习者对母语方言态度与日本英语的相关性研究

IF 0.1 4区文学

International Journal of American Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-02-22 DOI: 10.5296/ijl.v15i1.20691

Arifumi Saito

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Africanizing of the English language in African Novels: Analysis of Abdulrazack Gurnah’s Afterlives (2020) 非洲小说中英语语言的非洲化——析阿卜杜拉扎克·古纳的《来生》(2020)

IF 0.1 4区文学

International Journal of American Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-02-09 DOI: 10.47604/ijl.1759

Geniva Kazinja, Shiya xu

{"title":"Africanizing of the English language in African Novels: Analysis of Abdulrazack Gurnah’s Afterlives (2020)","authors":"Geniva Kazinja, Shiya xu","doi":"10.47604/ijl.1759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47604/ijl.1759","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This article aimed to ascertain which methods were used to Africanize the language used in Gurnah’s Afterlives. It is well known that Abdulrazack was born and raised in Tanzania (Africa), and how to be an African was reflected in his work through language was the main aim of this article. Unfortunately, studies on Africanizing English language in African novels are few and based on old novels. Therefore, researchers need to analyze the current works written in English by Africans to find out which methods were used to Africanize English in their works. \u0000Methodology: This research used a descriptive qualitative method. It means that it describes the method used in Gurnah's Afterlives to Africanize the English language based on the data gained through reading the whole content of the novel. This article was grounded on the Languages in Contact theory introduced by Uriel Weinreich's languages in Contact: Findings and Problems (1953). Data were analyzed by using a content analysis-directed approach. \u0000Findings: It was found that Gurnah used code-mixing, code-switching, and translation to Africanize English Language. Furthermore, the main reason was to reflect on the language used in daily activities in Tanzanian society. \u0000Unique Contribution To Theory, Practice and Policy: This article contributes to the theory that, not only in spoken language where we can notice languages in contact, but also in literary works where the writers reflect on how the certain society use language in daily activities. Thus, even though the writer chooses to write in another language, we can still notice the characteristics of his language in his writing, as shown in Gurnah's Afterlives novels.","PeriodicalId":46577,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of American Linguistics","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2023-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89742633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Pragmatic Study of Corporate Apologies for Impression Management: A Case of Chinese Food Industry 企业道歉对印象管理的语用研究:以中国食品行业为例

IF 0.1 4区文学

International Journal of American Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.5296/ijl.v14i6.20465

Kexin Zhou, Zhanghong Xu

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:Lakota Texts: Narratives of Lakota Life And Culture in the Twentieth Century 拉科塔文本:20世纪拉科塔人生活和文化的叙述

IF 0.1 4区文学

International Journal of American Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1086/722238

Jan Ullrich

引用次数: 1

On the Guaikuruan Inverse System: Interpreting Kadiwéu and Mocoví Person Hierarchies 拐弯打拐逆系统:解读kadiw<s:1>和Mocoví人的等级制度

IF 0.1 4区文学

International Journal of American Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1086/722239

F. Sandalo

引用次数: 1

Pech and the Basic Internal Classification of Chibchan 语言与赤禅的基本内部分类

IF 0.1 4区文学

International Journal of American Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1086/722240

Matthias Pache

引用次数: 1

Some Aspects of Aspect in Wá∙šiw Wá∙šiw中的某些方面

IF 0.1 4区文学

International Journal of American Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1086/722242

M. Bochnak

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Jussive Constructions in Ojibwe 奥吉布语的Jussive构式

IF 0.1 4区文学

International Journal of American Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1086/722241

Brendan Kishketon

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:Language Rights and the Law in the United States and its Territories ：美国及其领土的语言权利与法律

IF 0.1 4区文学

International Journal of American Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1086/722236

Arthur Ivan Bravo

引用次数: 3