FLOUTING OF GRICE’S MAXIMS IN BOARDROOM DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN CANDIDATES AND LORD SUGAR’S PANEL IN “THE APPRENTICE UK”

Title: FLOUTING OF GRICE’S MAXIMS IN BOARDROOM DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN CANDIDATES AND LORD SUGAR’S PANEL IN “THE APPRENTICE UK” Authors: Hien Minh Le Nguyen, Vietnam Abstract: Situated within pragmatics, this study investigates the strategic use of language in institutional discourse, where indirectness often plays a crucial communicative role. Boardroom discussions provide a productive context for such analysis, as … Read more

FROM CRADLES TO COLLARS ANALYZING THE RISE OF “PET PARENTING” AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR TRADITIONAL FAMILY STRUCTURES IN 2026

Title: FROM CRADLES TO COLLARS ANALYZING THE RISE OF “PET PARENTING” AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR TRADITIONAL FAMILY STRUCTURES IN 2026 Authors: Ruchie Sah, India Abstract: In recent years, India has embraced a touching and transformative movement — the surge in pet adoption. What was once seen as a luxury reserved for affluent households has now blossomed into … Read more

PANDEMIC AS ANTAGONIST: TRAGIC ABSURDISM IN OKINBA LAUNKO’S COVID-19 POEM, “SEASON OF THE UNNAMEABLE”

Title: PANDEMIC AS ANTAGONIST: TRAGIC ABSURDISM IN OKINBA LAUNKO’S COVID-19 POEM, “SEASON OF THE UNNAMEABLE” Authors: Stephen T. Ogundipe, Nigeria Abstract: This paper examines “Season of the Unnameable,” a Nigerian COVID-19 poem by Okinba Launko (Femi Osofisan). It analyses how Launko portrays the pandemic as an active antagonist through the framework of tragic absurdism. Drawing on Albert … Read more

THE BANQUET SCENE IN MACBETH: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS

Title: THE BANQUET SCENE IN MACBETH: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS Authors: Dr. Krushna Chandra Mishra, India Abstract: This paper offers a sustained semiotic and political analysis of the Banquet Scene (Act III, Scene IV) in Macbeth by William Shakespeare, arguing that the scene constitutes the decisive site where signs begin to betray their maker and meaning collapses across … Read more

AI-DRIVEN DIFFERENTIATION IN THE MOROCCAN EFL CLASSROOM

Title: AI-DRIVEN DIFFERENTIATION IN THE MOROCCAN EFL CLASSROOM Authors: Abdelmoula El khdar, Morocco Abstract: This study explores the prospect of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support differentiated instruction (DI) in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom in Morocco. Drawing on focus group data from practicing EFL teachers, it examines their conceptual understanding of AI, its practical implementation, … Read more

SACRIFICE, SUBSTITUTION, AND BIBLICAL INTERTEXTUALITY IN ANNIE ERNAUX’S L’AUTRE FILLE

Title: SACRIFICE, SUBSTITUTION, AND BIBLICAL INTERTEXTUALITY IN ANNIE ERNAUX’S L’AUTRE FILLE Authors: Yang Hang, China Abstract: In L’Autre fille (The Other Girl), Annie Ernaux presents personal trauma and familial silence through the recollection of her deceased sister. Adopting biblical motifs as an analytical framework, this article examines the resonance of the narratives of Abel, Isaac, and Job within … Read more

AN ANALYSIS OF INTERLINGUAL WRITING STYLE ERRORS IN OPINION ESSAYS COMMITTED BY VIETNAMESE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH MAJOR AT A UNIVERSITY IN VIETNAM

Title: MATERIAL PROCESSES IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT REVIEWS: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS APPROACH Authors: Oanh Kieu Thi Ho, Vietnam Abstract: It is different from most previously related studies where Intralingual writing errors from various writing genres, topics, made by learners at diverse levels of education from different foreign language centers, classes, universities and unlevelled sample population have … Read more

MATERIAL PROCESSES IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT REVIEWS: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS APPROACH

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