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Title: POLITENESS IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH: A PRAGMATIC CONTRASTIVE STUDY Authors: Lect. Bahaa A. Muslim Al-Zobaidy, Iraq Abstract: This article scrupulously explores the subtle appropriation of politeness strategies in Arabic and English from a general pragmatic and contrastive viewpoint. Having built on what Brown and Levinson’s (1987) politeness theory has provided, the research examines in detail how both … Read more

Title: THE INVENTION OF FRENCH-LANGUAGE LITERATURE IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN CANADA Authors: Laurent Poliquin, Canada Abstract: This article traces the emergence of French language literature in Western and Northern Canada, a vast prairie and boreal region largely absent from international literary maps. It examines how francophone writing developed in this minority setting, far from Québec and France, and … Read more

Title: ERROR ANALYSIS ON WRITING ACADEMIC ESSAYS IN FILIPINO OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Authors: Rica Rose P. Arsate*, Flora Mae T. Tupiasan, Jessica T. Tabat and Dr. Elleine Rose A. Oliva, Philippines Abstract: Writing proficiency is a vital academic skill that must be developed among students; however, the correct use of language structure and adherence to … Read more

Title: REVISITING THE SHADOW OF SLAVERY: WOMEN AND TRAUMA IN ATTAH’S HUNDRED WELLS OF SALAGA Authors: Lydia Apio, Ghana Abstract: This paper seeks to explore how women recount the pains slavery subjected them to in Attah’s Hundred Wells of Salaga. Women who were enslaved in pre-colonial Ghana were seen as chattel by their slave masters and were exploited … Read more

Title: THE ORIGINS OF BUDDHISM – CONFUCIANISM – TAOISM INTEGRATION ISSUE IN VIETNAM Authors: Dũng, Trần Văn, Vietnam Abstract: Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism come to be through the synthesis of all aspects of life to attain all-encompassing advantages, with the nation’s and the fatherland’s interests given priority. Initially, we emphasize the fundamental basis of patriotism and the sense … Read more

Title: POLITICAL POWER SECESSION AS A CAUSE OF CIVIL WAR IN MAXWELL NKEM NWAGBOSO’S THE ROAD TO DAMNATION Authors: SIDI CHABI Moussa, Benin Abstract: This paper aims at examining critically political power secession as a cause of civil war through the lens of Maxwell Nkem Nwagboso’s The Road to Damnation. Political power secession generally occurs in a country … Read more

Title: CRISIS OF EXISTENTIAL SELF-APPREHENSION IN ESIABA IROBI’S NWOKEDI Authors: Dr. Olufemi Adeosun, Nigeria Abstract: This paper interrogates crisis of existential self-apprehension in Esiaba Irobi’s Nwokedi. Consequently, it explores a possible nexus between the playwright’s existential experiences and the framing of his dramaturgy, particularly as it is mirrored in the violent dispositions of Nwokedi, the central character in … Read more