International Journal of Language and Linguistics

Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2018

  • The Effect of Task Complexity and Strategic Planning Time on Writing Accuracy: A Case Study of Undergraduate Students at AMU

    Malek Ahmad Kord

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2018
    Pages: 1-7
    Received: 16 October 2017
    Accepted: 23 October 2017
    Published: 14 December 2017
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    Abstract: Tasked –Based Language Teaching has widely provided learners some opportunities to learn spoken and written language through learning activities in the major of English Language Teaching (ELT). A growing body of research on the effects of task complexity on written productions, the present study explored the impacts of task complexity and strategic... Show More
  • Transformation or Socio-Cultural Identity: Style Shifting on Language Used in Tanzanian Film Industry (Bongo Movies)

    Rafiki Yohana Sebonde

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2018
    Pages: 8-14
    Received: 8 January 2018
    Accepted: 25 January 2018
    Published: 26 February 2018
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    Abstract: This paper seeks to demonstrate how there has been a manifestation of a style-shifting on the languages used in Tanzanian film industry (Bongo movies), from less to highly prestigious language; Kiswahili and English being the case. That, when people are highly negotiating for the use of Kiswahili in different domains, in Tanzanian film industry the... Show More
  • Psychosemiotic Approach to Comprehension, or a Sense Text Model

    Nikitina Elena Sergeevna

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2018
    Pages: 15-19
    Received: 5 October 2017
    Accepted: 6 February 2018
    Published: 2 March 2018
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    Abstract: As a sign formation, text is fundamentally heterogeneous and heterostructural. Since the times of classical rhetoric, three layers have been identified in the text: the object layer, the logical layer, and the language layer. Each had relative independence, which enabled them to be the subject of analysis in a special section of the rhetorical cano... Show More
  • Linguocultural and Cross-Cultural Components in the Structure of the Word

    Galina Vasilievna Klimenko

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2018
    Pages: 20-23
    Received: 17 January 2018
    Accepted: 31 January 2018
    Published: 6 March 2018
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    Abstract: The article introduces a new approach in linguoculturology based on the semantic analysis of the lexemes, which may become perspective in the studies of the triad: language – personality – national world view. The paper manifests the relevance of this approach, determines the aim – the research of the semantic structure of a lexeme, and the object ... Show More
  • The World Miraculous Characters in the Dream – the Interesting Symbol in Vietnamese Fairy Tales

    Nguyen Thi Dung

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2018
    Pages: 24-30
    Received: 26 January 2018
    Accepted: 16 February 2018
    Published: 8 March 2018
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    Abstract: Currently, the world has grown deep concern of the issue of symbols. The symbol has become popular research direction and has made certain achievements in the interactive language issues - literature - culture, especially in folklore studies. In the course of research on sub-type miraculous fairy tales Vietnam, the author found that the world mirac... Show More