14 articles in this issue
Joanna Lozinska,Henriette Hendriks
This study examines and compares the lexicalization patterns of pulling and pushing events in two satellite-framed languages: Polish and English. On the basis of the descriptions of pulling and pushing events in two novels and their translations from Poli... see more
Bartosz Ptasznik
Both quality and quantity matter when lexicographers select examples. It may be true that in the digital era of lexicography, unrestricted storage space in dictionaries is a convenience publishers can afford to have. But at the same time it cannot be deni... see more
Rusni Mohamad,Thuraya Ahmad
Perkataan mahrudatayn merupakan antara perkataan arkaik yang disebut dalam hadith dalam ?a?i? Muslim. Wacana mengenainya dapat dilihat dalam karya hadith, leksikografi, botani dan farmakologi ternyata menggambarkan maklumat yang berbeza untuk merujuk kepa... see more
Nur Ad-Diina Shamsudin,Ashinida Aladdin
The Qur’an is a linguistic miracle that was revealed in the Arabic language to mankind. However, not everyone can fully understand this divine revelation as Arabic is not everyone’s mother tongue. Therefore, to facilitate non-native Arabic speakers to und... see more
Elizaveta G. Grishechko
The language used to frame controversial topics on social media has profound implications for public discourse and opinion formation, warranting a close examination of their sentiment and thematic distribution. This study investigates the sentiment and th... see more
Naina Mohamed Mohamed Safeek,Kway Eng Hock
This research delves into the psycholinguistic profiles of proficient and struggling readers among junior secondary Tamil students in Sri Lanka, with the aim of enhancing literacy instruction and intervention. Grounded in the Simple View of Reading (SVR) ... see more
Hussien Algweirien,Majed Al-Quran,Nisreen Al-khawaldeh
This study investigates the functions that the diglossic code-switching between Modern Standard Arabic and Jordanian Arabic serves in Jordanian newspaper ironic articles. It also explores Jordanians’ attitudes towards this linguistic phenomenon. Data were... see more
Ling Khai Lee,Kumaran Rajandran
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as heart disease and diabetes have a high mortality rate, which inspired governments to develop plans to manage NCDs. The Malaysian government produced the National Strategic Plan for Non-Communicable Diseases 2016-2... see more
Cahyaningrum Dewojati,Moch. Zainul Arifin
Javanese women, particularly Muslim women, in the colonial era were often portrayed as passive, gentle, obedient, and powerless parties. Whereas Muslim women also took part in the resistance movement against tradition and the oppressive colonial system. S... see more
Ruikai Yuan,Ravichandran Vengadasamy,Melissa Shamini Perry,Ruzy Suliza Hashim
The characters, stories, and various issues related to female consciousness discussed in literary texts can serve as a conduit for readers to understand the complex of gender, culture, and identity in postcolonial contexts. This article explores how Chine... see more
Abdullah F. Al-Badarneh,Carly J. Wassel
This article analyzes the intricacies and possibilities of home to refugees in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s novel By the Sea (2001). It explores the role of the city—London—in the novel in (de)stabilizing diasporic identities, providing a counter-discursive argume... see more
Pooja Jana,C.V. Padmaja
E. O. Wilson commented that phobia is not innately present but acquired. The article highlights how the fear of nature shapes the cultural and social behaviours of Man. Wide Sargasso Sea, written by Jean Rhys, primarily portrayed as a postcolonial respons... see more
Altaf Fakih,Mozhgan Ghassemiazghandi,Abdul Hafeed Fakih,Manjet K. M. Singh
Addressing the global increase in social media users, platforms such as Instagram introduced automatic translation to broaden information dissemination and improve cross-cultural communication. Yet, the accuracy of these platforms' machine translation sys... see more
Priyanka Priyanka
The institution of marriage prescribes different norms for men and women. Patriarchal and heterosexual marriage expects husband and wife to follow their set gender roles which is an inseparable part of this institution. It works in a hierarchy. The Palest... see more