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Identifying the Impact of Stringent Immigration Rules on International Students: The Case of Türkiye 确定严格的移民规定对留学生的影响：土耳其案例

International Journal of Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.61424/ijah.v2i1.89

A. Abass, Yahaya Halidu

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Coup d’états in Africa: A cure or prophylactic for good governance? 非洲政变：善治的良药还是预防针？

International Journal of Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2024-07-03 DOI: 10.25082/ijah.2024.01.004

I. Norman

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A pragmalinguistic analysis of Im/Politeness in selected Nigerian Open Letters 尼日利亚部分公开信中的 "意指/礼貌 "语用分析

International Journal of Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.25082/ijah.2024.01.002

R. A. Ajadi, Faosat Biola Olagunju

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A pragmalinguistic analysis of Im/Politeness in selected Nigerian Open Letters 尼日利亚部分公开信中的 "意指/礼貌 "语用分析

International Journal of Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.25082/ijah.2024.01.002

R. A. Ajadi, Faosat Biola Olagunju

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An examination of the strategic logic of nonviolent resistance in Fela's Afrobeat 费拉的《非洲节拍》中非暴力抵抗的战略逻辑研究

International Journal of Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2024-01-03 DOI: 10.25082/ijah.2024.01.001

Noah Opeyemi Balogun, T. Oladipo

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