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The Logarithmic Intellectualism Dimensionality and the Formal Logic Differentiability in Souleymane B. Diagne’s Le Fagot de ma Memoir (2021)
No full textThrough an interpersonal function methodology, the dynamic of intellectuality and the axis of discourse in this “Le fagot de ma mémore" become a panchromatic intellective orientation course, an orthogenetic formative intellectual dimension, and a morphallactic intellect quantity and differentiability. In this run, the homodiegetic narrative within remains embedded the intellectual dimensionality, and the formability cause differentiability, marks out the boundaries of a systematizing chromatic scale text approach. In this stand, the logarithmic spiral intellectualism, the narratorial modality of text, and the analysis and synthesis of narrative transitivity in Souleymane Bachir Diagne’s text define a neo-perception system and a post-conception three-dimensional representation. Therein, the dimensionality and differentiability of information and arrangement become a generative system and a transformative experience.  
The Loss of Final Dental in Spanish Voseo Imperatives
No full textIn modern Spanish, singular imperatives the vocalic final stress assignment is the morphological marker of familiar vos. Historically, these imperatives are marked with a –d. The loss of –d has been regarded as a pure phonetic reduction (De Souza, Menéndez Pidal, Penny) which morphologizes in the singular (Rini 1999). This paper provide 95 examples of vos imperatives from 1555 to 1858 in Hispanic America to show that morphological distinction of informality plays a role in the maintenance of –d until the 19th century, while inverse standardization triggers the definite loss of –d in all Hispanic American dialects, since the more prestigious form (with –d) is eliminated from a less prestigious address such as vos
Same Sacred Space, Diverse Emotions: A Semio-Stylistic Analysis of Marriage and Funeral Rituals in Nigerian Churches
No full textA sacred space is a location imbued with spiritual, cultural, or religious significance for individuals and communities. The church, as a prominent example, not only holds spiritual and cultural meaning, but also accommodates a wide range of emotional experiences.
This study examines how Anglican churches in Ondo State, Nigeria, transform their emotional character through ritual practice, focusing on marriage and funeral rites as contrasting celebratory and mourning contexts.
Through ethnographic observation of twenty-two ceremonies across Akure, Ondo, and Owo (2020-2025), and textual analysis of programme pamphlets, the study analyses how semio-stylistic elements - linguistic choices, spatial arrangements, and symbolic displays - generate contrasting emotions within the same architectural setting.
Data collection involved systematic documentation of twelve marriage ceremonies and ten funeral services, with four programme pamphlets selected for detailed analysis using Peirce\u27s triadic semiotic model and Halliday\u27s systemic functional linguistics.
Findings reveal that spatial arrangement, symbolic objects, performative acts, and linguistic expressions function as multivalent signs, generating opposing emotional meanings depending on ritual context. The church emerges as a dynamic architectural space, capable of accommodating diverse emotional experiences, navigating both joy and grief through strategic deployment of semio-stylistic resources that transform the same physical environment into emotionally distinct ritual spaces
Logic and Truth: Gendered Words Perspectives in Sukuma Speech Community, Tanzania
No full textThe paper informs what exists pertinent to gender norms in the Sukuma speech community within the scope of philosophy of language and logic and truth in particular. The paper was motivated by the exiting of social and gender norms in Sukuma through language and logic in Sukuma land and thus was selected purposively. The study used an interpretivism paradigm under a case study design in which the Njingani village of the Geita region of Tanzania was surveyed. The study used 21 informants in data collection via focus group discussion. An embedded (mixed) research approach was applied in data analysis which was seconded by cognitive-developmental, grammar and Social theories. The study revealed that Sukuma lexemes i: e kaya, Nshimbe, mbehi, kulilwa and tola develop gender stigma on the expense of women in forms of gender disparity. Logically, it is a social pragmatics construction whose insights have no truth on gender stigma, thus needs new revelation for harmony. It was recommended some communities including Sukuma need education on gender stereotypes and stigma; educators should avoid generalizations in their discussions of gender issues as people know their rights in their homestead. This would reduce gender stereotypes and biases which have been developed using different linguistics lexemes
Phonological Simplification Strategies in Oromo-Speaking Children: A Perspective from Optimality Theory
No full textThe present study aimed at investigating the developmental phonological simplification methods in the normally developing Oromo speaking three year olds. Hence, a total of sixteen children from western Oromo speakers were selected. The collected speech samples were transcribed according to IPA. The study utilized Optimality Theory (OT) in investigating the creative adaptations in the speech of the participants. The most frequently encountered strategy was systematic replacement, where markedness outranks faithfulness. The patterns were largely preoccupied with sound preference replacements. Some of these patterns were found to be language-specific, while others declared universality. Full assimilation in clusters was found to be language-specific, but lateralisation, fronting, backing, devoicing, and final consonant deletion were found to be universal patterns across languages. The current research is interested in the intricate interaction of strategies of phonological simplification in the early speech development of Oromo-speaking children and presents information on language-specific as well as universal patterns
Excavating Counter-Humanistic Discourses Through Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita (1967)
No full textHumanism is an anthropocentric discourse that weaves a narrative of progress and happiness around an essentialist construct of being human. Since all discourses are historical in nature, this study aims at analyzing humanism as a historical discourse that was dominant in the 20th century modern era and legitimized an exclusionary definition of being human. Furthermore, this study aims to reveal that humanism’s essentialism dehumanizes and alienates people by making them conform to rigid standards of thought and behavior that it posits as universal and absolute. For this purpose, the selected text The Master and Margarita (1967) by Mikhail Bulgakov is taken as representative of the modern episteme wherein humanism was the dominant discourse and therefore dehumanized several characters. To reveal the historicity of humanism, the study utilizes Michel Foucault’s archaeology for undertaking an archaeological analysis of humanist discourses throughout the text. An archaeological analysis of discourses analyzes and makes evaluative claims regarding discourses as products of their historical time periods rather than having a universal essence. To supplement archaeological analysis, the research utilizes textual analysis as the research methodology to study and analyze humanist discourses and excavate counter-humanistic discourses from the text. Finally, the study posits supernatural discourses as counter-humanist discourses with the potential to rehumanize historically dehumanized characters within the selected text
Simultaneous Language Acquisition: A Case Study of Concurrent L2 and L3 Learning
No full textSecond Language Acquisition (SLA) is neither a linear nor a simple process; it is distinctly different from how we acquire our first languages. Today, there is a growing demand to acquire languages beyond the first language from early childhood. This is driven by the current global recognition of bilingualism—the ability to communicate effectively with multiple languages. Among the current trends that attract the attention of researchers in the field of SLA is the simultaneous learning of foreign languages, especially among children. This paper investigates the contemporary phenomenon of children simultaneously acquiring a second language (L2) and a third language (L3) by analysing their levels of proficiency and the external factors that influence the process of L2 and L3 acquisition. Hence, the paper assesses the extent to which second languages learned concurrently can be successfully acquired and identifies the external factors contributing to or hindering the process. The findings illustrate the successful simultaneous acquisition of L2 and L3 by children, given that they exhibit a high level of proficiency by being able to comprehend and communicate effectively in more than one language. These findings further challenge previous studies’ views that simultaneous language acquisition may hinder progress in each language
Phonological Adaption of Swahili Loanword in Matengo Language
No full textThe study investigates the phonological adaptation of Kiswahili loaned words in Matengo Language, with specific objectives, namely: to examine the underlying structure and surface structure of the loaned Swahili words in Matengo Language and to assess the phonological processes involved in the loaned Swahili words in Matengo Language. The study was guided by the Generative theory.
Data were collected through interviews and documentary reviews, employing a descriptive approach. Ten adult native speakers of Matengo language were sampled from Mbinga District and those residing in Dar es Salaam using non-probability sampling (snowball).
The study revealed that borrowing across languages shares commonality in phonological processes, although there is variation in the environments where the processes take place. Several strategies for phonological processes were identified in the adaptation of Swahili loaned words in Matengo: substitution, vowel deletion, adoption or structure preservation, insertion, homorganic nasal assimilation, devoicing, and stopping
Effects of TBI on Students’ Essay Writing Performance and Engagement
No full textThis study attempted to investigate the effects of TBI on students’ essay writing performance and their writing engagement, and again to examine the mediating effects of writing engagement between the causal relationship of TBI and essay writing performance. The study was conducted on Grade-11 students of Ediget Feleg Secondary School in Gondar City, Ethiopia. The design employed in the study was quasi-experimental, taking randomly two intact groups as control and experimental, with 56 and 58 students in each, respectively. The experimental group students were taught using the TBI approach as intervention, whereas the control group students were taught, employing the conventional (PPP) approach. Writing test was used to collect the writing performance data, whereas questionnaire was employed to collect data about students’ writing engagement. Independent samples t-test, Chi square, and Structural Equation Model were used to analyze the data. And it was found that direct significant difference came true between the control and experimental group students’ essay writing performance posttest scores, favoring experimental group participants, i.e., (B = 1.581 CR = 5.190 (>±1.96), p < .05). And, it happened that there was significant effect of TBI on engagement, favoring experimental group participants, showing results (β = .543, CR = 4.757 (>±1.96), p < .05). Still, results (β = .345, CR = 2.103(>±1.96), p < .05) reveal that TBI had positive effect on experimental group participants’ writing performance posttest score through writing engagement. The TBI, therefore, has a positive effect, directly and indirectly /through writing engagement, on students’ writing performance. The implication is that writing engagement plays a partial mediation role in the causal relationship between TBI and Essay writing performance.
 
Exploring Prosodic Pragmatics at Affective Level
No full textThis research work presents a conceptual framework to explore the interplay between intonation and emotional expressions that conveys pragmatic meaning of linguistic utterances. Theory of Affective Pragmatics (TAP), an innovative theory that functions parallel to speech act theory, is applied to introduce a conceptual framework to study prosodic pragmatics at a profound level. The affective component of attitude is introduced in the framework using Ostrom’s ABC model to comprehend affective pragmatics. For further study on this framework, quantitative research design is desirable to analyze data and the data is suggested to be obtained through emotional recordings from emotional prosody speech and transcripts (EPST). Praat as an apt tool recommended for the prosodic analysis of the data. This framework explains how intonation patterns signal unabridged emotions and feelings to understand speaker’s implied meaning. It elaborates the emotional expressions that convey pragmatic meaning to intellectualize affective pragmatics. It highlights some other facets that render affective pragmatics a new-fangled field of research. It has also been envisioned to broaden the scope of prosodic pragmatics as a distinctive research domain in linguistics. The framework is an application of TAP and provides grounds to researchers to understand prosodic pragmatics at a deeper level and to perform future researches in more effective ways. The research is unique in its essence as it offers a conceptual framework to explore affective component of attitude in prosodic pragmatics that has not yet been explored.