{"title":"Handling bad news in a male reproductive health clinic: a speech act perspective","authors":"Melvin Ouma, Furaha Chai","doi":"10.2989/16073614.2023.2288885","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2023.2288885","url":null,"abstract":"Communication is a crucial tool in all forms of interaction. The medical world without communication is inconceivable. Guided by Austin’s speech act theory, this work explores how doctors relay bad...","PeriodicalId":54152,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142254586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Death euphemisms on tombstones: A case of the Vhavenḓa’s metaphorical conceptualisation of death","authors":"Mmbulaheni Lawrence Mudau","doi":"10.2989/16073614.2024.2321903","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2024.2321903","url":null,"abstract":"Direct reference to death has long been taboo in Tshivenḓa culture, and it is sanctioned by social, psychological and religious constraints. Like in other African societies, explicit reference to d...","PeriodicalId":54152,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142254587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Police interviews in a non-native context: Misconstructions and possible solutions","authors":"Gabriel Lesetsa Babili","doi":"10.2989/16073614.2023.2288882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2023.2288882","url":null,"abstract":"Section 6(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa serves as the material cornerstone for promoting the equitable use of all official languages in government departments. This right, ...","PeriodicalId":54152,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141933575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A multimodal discourse analysis of COVID-19 posters in Tanzania: the case of the University of Dar es Salaam","authors":"Godfrey Francis Muganda","doi":"10.2989/16073614.2023.2288059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2023.2288059","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54152,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141648154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"English L2 vocabulary learning and teaching: concepts, principles, and pedagogyEnglish L2 vocabulary learning and teaching: concepts, principles, and pedagogy, Lawrence J. Zwier and Frank Boers, 2023, New York: Routledge, ISBN: 978-0-367-77173-7, pp. ix+274, $48.95 (paperback)","authors":"Kai Zhang, Yanxue Wu, Xuemei Zhou","doi":"10.2989/16073614.2023.2288061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2023.2288061","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54152,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141647354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stylistics of the injunction in the advertising language of mobile telephony","authors":"Arsène Elongo","doi":"10.2989/16073614.2023.2263487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2023.2263487","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54152,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141649877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vocalic and intervocalic intervals in the speech of educated Idoma speakers of English","authors":"Omotosho Moses Melefa, Faith Olije Abah","doi":"10.2989/16073614.2023.2288060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2023.2288060","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54152,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141705012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring disciplinary authors’ conflict negotiation in published research article discussions","authors":"Mahsa Alinasab, Mehdi Sarkhosh","doi":"10.2989/16073614.2023.2271010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2023.2271010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54152,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141385357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adoption of mixed method designs in applied linguistics research","authors":"Abuelgasim SE Mohammed","doi":"10.2989/16073614.2023.2282437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2023.2282437","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54152,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141265927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}