N. Lavanya[1] & M. Anjumkhan[2] See authors’ affiliations [1] Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Email: lavanvimalviji@gmail.com, Orcid: 0000-0002-9058-1931 [2] Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Email: anjumkhan_eng@avinuty.ac.in, Orcid ID: 0000-0003-2594-721X Abstract Refugees all…
Identity Negotiation in the Arab Spring Discourse: the Egyptian Case
Abdullah Qabani[1] See authors’ affiliations [1] Abdullah Qabani King Abdulaziz University, Email: baqabani@kau.edu.sa Orcid: 0000-0003-4468-3758 Abstract In both Eastern and Western traditions, political discourse and its relation to identity have been studied. The focus of this paper is the construction of…
Revolutionary Trope and Environmental Pedagogy in Frank Arase’s Somewhere in Africa: The Cries of Humanity and David Attwood’s Blood and Oil
Chinyere Lilian Okam[1] & Onyekachi Peter Onuoha[2] See authors’ affiliations [1] Department of Theatre and Media Studies, University of Calabar, Nigeria Email: clookam@gmail.com, chinyere.okam@unical.edu.ng Orcid: 0000-0001-5408-8608 [2] Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Calabar, Nigeria Email: onyekachidara@gmail.com, onyekachidara@unical.edu.ng Orcid: 0000-0002-2145-8139 Abstract The…
A Study of Hate Speech in the North and South: Politicians as Communicative Agents
Stéphane Rodrigues Dias[1] & Phoebe Kisubi Mbasalaki[2] See authors’ affiliations [1] Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology Uruguaiana, Brazil, Email: stephane.dias@iffarroupilha.edu.br Orcid: orcid.org/0000-0002-5519-125 [2] African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Email: phoebe.mbasalaki@uct.ac.za Orcid: orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-8198 Abstract Hate speech as…
‘If you ride a lame horse into a race …’: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Metaphors in John Mahama’s Political Speeches
Richmond Sadick Ngula [1] See authors’ affiliations [1] University of Botswana, Communication and Study Skills Unit, CAD, https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-3499-4480, ngular@ub.ac.bw Abstract Studies on metaphor in political speeches have gained prominence in recent years, especially in Western political contexts where it has…
The Past Doesn’t Stay Behind Us: RC 25 in Historical Perspective
Celine-Marie Pascale [1] See authors’ affiliations [1] Prof. Celine-Marie Pascale, PhD, American University in Washington, D.C. Founding member of the RC25 ISA. The International Sociology Association established “Research Committee 25, Sociolinguists” in the late 1960s. When the RC…
Book review: Zbigniew L. S. (2019). SHE, Intimate Questions. Poland: Wydawnictwo Czarne i Czerwone
Paulina Gano [1] See authors’ affiliations [1] Paulina Gano, MA, CME, St. Anna Hospital, Piaseczno, Poland, paulina.gano@gmail.com Abstract Book review of Zbigniew Lew Starowicz (2019). She, Intimate Questions, Warsaw, Wydawnictwo Czarne i Czerwone, pp. 256, price approx. 8 USD. Book published…
Book review: Pascale, C.-M. (2021). Living on the Edge. When Hard Times Become a Way of Life.
Joanna Pawłowska[1] See authors’ affiliations [1] Joanna Pawłowska, MA, MsC, PhD Student, Insitute of Pedagogy, Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland, jpsd16@aps.edu.pl Abstract Book review of Celine-Marie Pascale (2021). Living on the Edge. When Hard Times became a Way of…
A Move Analysis of the Concluding Sections of Televised Sports News Presentations in Ghana
Benjamin Amoakohene[1] Margaret Ivy Amoakohene [2] See authors’ affiliations [1] University of Health and Allied Sciences, Department of General and Liberal Studies, bamoakohene@uhas.edu.gh [2] University of Ghana, Department of CommunicationStudies mamoakohene@ug.edu.gh Abstract The study presents an analysis of the concluding sections of televised…
’Guys from Egypt’ and others. Problematizing narratives about Islam of Polish female romance tourists
Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska [1] See authors’ affiliations [1] SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Institute of International Relations, kgorak@sgh.waw.pl Abstract Polish female romance tourism is a relatively recent phenomenon linked to mass tourism to Middle East and North Africa with Egypt being one…