ijlllc.org Title: WE THINK WHAT WE EAT: CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR AND THE CULINARY MIND IN THE LANGUAGE OF BAKLAVA Authors: Anfal Jabbar Nouri and Asmaa Khalaf Mohaisen, Iraq Abstract: In Diana Abu-Jaber’s memoir, the language of baklava, food functions as a universal language, battleground, and peace treaty rather than a means for survival. While the work reveals a teenage … Read more
Title: THE THEME OF SELF- DISCOVERY IN THE NOVEL A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN Authors: Dr. Ramesh Kumar Shukla, India Abstract: James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish novelist, and poet. He was a pioneer of the modern English novel. He used the stream of consciousness technique to perfection in Ulysses and in … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
Title: THE HARMONIOUS AGGREGATE OF BUDDHISM AND CONFUCIANISM IN THE WORKS OF ZEN MASTER CHÂN NGUYÊN Authors: Dũng, Trần Văn, Vietnam Abstract:Zen Master Chân Nguyên (1647-1726) was a renowned master of Đại Việt Buddhism in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. His extensive body of works reveals many practical thoughts of Buddhism and Confucianism, which were … Read more
Title: THE INTERFACE BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE: ITS PORTRAYAL IN THE WORKS OF INDO-ANGLIAN WRITERS Authors: Dr. Rakesh Chandra, India Abstract: The age-old relationship between humans and nature has produced enormous literature in olden times. The stories from Panchtantra, Hitopdesha and several other books bear testimony to this fact, Wildlife and nature in general have been a … Read more
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
