The persistent evolution of language has always been reflective of society as limits of human intelligence and logical thinking are continuously overcome. Linguistic education thus takes on a critical role in advocating the development of human civilization and culture.

This journal focuses on the scientific and systematic theoretical research of Language. Through the analysis and study of the human instinctual language ability, spoken language, written language, and even sign language, the journal aims to provide an understanding of the nature and development of human beings. 

The scope of the papers in this journal includes, but is not limited to:

  • Sociolinguistics
  • Language acquisition and education
  • Psycholinguistics and education
  • Computational linguistics and development
  • Corpus linguistics
  • Discourse analysis
  • Conversational analysis
  • Linguistic anthropology and research
  • Language socialization
  • Narrative research
  • Gesture/Symbol/Visual form communication
  • Language ideology and development

Vol. 5 , Iss. 2 (December 2022)

Articles

  • Stress Assignments of Loanwords among Nigerian Speakers of English

    Oluwasegun Matthew Amoniyan, Abiola Oladipo, Odilia Ifeanyichukwu OGUNKA

    Article ID: 5059
    43  (Abstract) 17  (Download)

    Nigerian English like a variety of world Englishes has received scholarly investigations at the segmental and suprasegmental levels. At the suprasegmental level, studies on the major varieties of Nigerian English have identified the characteristic nature of stress assignment and interactions, but little or no research has explored stress assignment on loanwords in Nigerian English. The...

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