14 articles in this issue
Mujahid Shah,Stefanie Pillai,Malarvizhi Sinayah
Code-switching can be used to express and create different meanings and ideologies, as well as different identities. Speakers can choose various codes in their linguistic repertoires to do these things. In academic settings in Pakistan, English is likely ... see more
Nurjanah Mohd Jaafar,Siew Ming Thang
Verbal input is integral and is the core component in any language learning materials. As such, despite the incorporation of non-verbal input to facilitate language learning, language learners, more often than not, give attention more to the verbal compon... see more
Manar Mustafa,Zahariah Pilus
This study focuses on the frames utilized in the depiction of Syrian refugees and social and political actors involved in the Syrian resettlement in Canadian online news media. The role of the media is vital in portraying Syrian refugees' image and affect... see more
Badrulzaman Abdul Hamid,Hasherah Mohd Ibrahim,Nuraini Farhana Keria
Masa Mula Suara (MMS) merupakan penanda akustik yang efektif dalam membezakan kontras penyuaraan bunyi plosif dalam pelbagai bahasa termasuklah bahasa Melayu. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti pola MMS pada kedudukan awal kata yang dihasilkan oleh penut... see more
Hamidah Abdul Wahab,Khazriyati Salehuddin,Mohammed Azlan Mis,Imran Ho Abdullah
Perceraian merujuk kepada putusnya ikatan pernikahan antara suami dan isteri. Fenomena ini cenderung membawa konotasi yang negatif, misalnya dari sudut implikasi perceraian itu sendiri dan emosi individu yang terlibat. Pada dasarnya, perceraian bukanlah s... see more
Linda S. Al-Abbas,Ahmad S. Haider,Riyad F. Hussein
Search engines have become an essential part of everyone's life, with Google being the most popular. Google Search provides the autocomplete feature for faster and easier search results, offering 10 top suggestions at a time, and these may influence how u... see more
Jamila Mohd,Jamaluddin Aziz,Talaibek Musaev
Scholars in pragmatics argue that the teaching of a second language (L2) must pay extra attention to the language forms and expressions within specific cultural contexts. Not being able to use a L2 according to the nature of its cultural context could som... see more
Normalis Amzah,Intan Safinaz Zainudin
Eksplorasi kognitif dalam bidang terjemahan mengkaji proses terjemahan melalui dua jenis pendekatan iaitu concurrent verbalization iaitu hasil kajian ke atas penterjemah apabila melakukan kerja terjemahan menggunakan kaedah Think Aloud Protocol, analisis ... see more
Mohamed Zain Sulaiman,Muhamad Jad Hamizan Mohamad Yusoff
Penggunaan kata ganti nama diri orang berbeza daripada satu bahasa ke bahasa yang lain. Perbezaan paling ketara antara bahasa Inggeris dan Melayu terdapat pada penggunaan kata ganti nama diri orang kedua. Terdapat pelbagai pilihan dalam bahasa Melayu bagi... see more
Rabiah Tul Adawiyah Mohamed Salleh,Bruno Di Biase,Wan Nur Madiha Ramlan
Studies to document the English acquisitional trajectory of Malaysian learners are scant and this normative data is imperative for syllabus-designers, policy-makers, teachers as well as linguists to understand the root cause of the students’ low proficien... see more
Dayang Sariah Abang Suhai,Kesumawati A. Bakar,Norsimah Mat Awal
Perbahasan Parlimen merupakan salah satu kegiatan interaksi bahasa yang melibatkan perbincangan antara pemeran utama yang secara tidak langsung dapat menyerlahkan hubungan sosial melalui unsur bahasa yang dimanfaatkan. Juseru, analisis unsur modaliti dala... see more
Rafal Augustyn,Ewelina Maria Prazmo
In the present paper we examine the use of non-technical terms used to refer to the SARS-Cov2 virus, which – in a deliberate or non-deliberate fashion – stress the place of the virus’ origin. In particular, we consider the three following terms: Chinese v... see more
Naimah Ahmad Al-Ghamdi,Areej Hammad Albawardi
This paper examines the discourse of COVID-19 (also known as coronavirus) in social media posts and argues that the mediated COVID-19 discourse in Saudi Arabia enacted a variety of voices and thematic discourses that cannot be fully evaluated without refe... see more
Sultan Sultan,Muhammad Rapi
The Covid-19 pandemic that is sweeping across the globe has caused increased anxiety. Studies in linguistics have found a variety of language expressions that convey people's anxiety and fear. However, there are only a few researchers that studied the use... see more