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Title: MATERIAL PROCESSES IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT REVIEWS: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS APPROACH Authors: Thu Le Hoai, Vietnam Abstract: This study investigates the realization of Material processes in English and Vietnamese restaurant reviews from the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), with particular reference to Halliday’s Transitivity system. Drawing on a corpus of 300 five-star restaurant … Read more

Title: A STUDY ON THE BURA TRADITIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND DEPLOYMENTS Authors: Dr. Abdullahi Haruna, Usman Abdullahi and Godiya Mamman Pindar, Nigeria. Abstract: Bura traditional music is facing existential threat due to the influence of modernity and assimilative tendencies of the cultures of other ethnic groups. If concerted effort is not made to arrest the situation, … Read more

Title: FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE OF NGUGI WA THIONG’O’S PETALS OF BLOOD Authors: Dr. Abdullahi Haruna, Nigeria. Abstract: This article offers a sustained feminist reading of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood, arguing that the novel articulates a radical critique of patriarchy that is inseparable from its condemnation of neo-colonial capitalism. While Ngũgĩ is frequently read primarily as a … Read more

Title: AFFECTIVE MOBILIZATION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION: THE POWER OF MARGINALIZED POETIC VOICES Authors: Roseline Jesudas, Saudi Arabia Abstract: This study examines how significant, yet often overlooked, poetic voices in world literature contribute to social change. Utilizing the emotional insights of Hugh Mackay and Charles Tilly’s mobilization theory, it analyzes works by poets such as Maya Angelou, Audre … Read more

Title: THINKING FROM WINNIPEG’S EXIGUITY: A SITUATED ECOLOGY OF RECOGNITION IN FRANCO-MANITOBAN LITERATURE (A PIERRE MICHON RECEPTION CASE) Authors: Laurent Poliquin, Canada Abstract: How can a small literary milieu set its own pace and value without folding into defensive identity? Starting from Winnipeg, this essay develops exiguity as a method rather than a deficit: a way of … Read more

Title: EXPLORING EPENTHESIS IN THE PRODUCTION OF INITIAL “S” BY CHADIAN EFL LEARNERS Authors: Ababah Pongsoumouna* and Michael Etuge Apuge, Chad Abstract: This study sets out to explore the phenomenon of epenthesis in the production pre-initial ‘s’ by some Chadian EFL learners of the University of Ndjamena. In total, 46 level Three students of the Department of … Read more

Title: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT IN TYPICALLY DEVELOPING HINDI-SPEAKING CHILDREN Authors: Annanya Singh, Abhishek BP and Brajesh Priyadarshi Abstract: This study investigates the developmental trajectory of subject-verb agreement comprehension in typically developing Hindi-speaking children across Grades 1 to 5. Given Hindi’s morphologically rich verb agreement system, which encodes person, number, and gender, the study aimed to examine how children … Read more

Title: DECOLONIZING LANGUAGE AND ETHNIC-RACIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE TEACHING Authors: Alex Pereira de Araújo, Brazil Abstract: Based on the discussion on the monolingualism of the other undertaken by Derrida and the notions of decolonization, coloniality, decoloniality, zone of non-being and the abyssal line found in Fanon, Quijano, Mignolo and Sousa Santos, this work brings in its textual … Read more

Title: C-E TRANSLATION OF MUSEUM TEXTS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF RELEVANCE THEORY: WITH TEXTS OF HENAN MUSEUM AS EXAMPLES Authors: Yuxuan Ma, China Abstract: In the context of globalization, museums have emerged as pivotal platforms for the dissemination of Chinese traditional culture. The translation of museum texts plays a crucial role in facilitating cross-cultural communication. Under the guidance … Read more