International Journal of Language and Linguistics

Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2019

  • A Comparative Account of Possession Expression in Tugen and Kiswahili

    Prisca Jerono

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2019
    Pages: 55-62
    Received: Jan. 21, 2019
    Accepted: Mar. 13, 2019
    Published: Apr. 10, 2019
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    Abstract: Ownership, kinship and whole/part relationships are possessive expressions in natural languages. Possession is distinguished between alienable and inalienable possession, depending on the semantic relationship between the possessor and possessum. Alienable possession is a contextually dependent semantic relationship, where the elements in the relat... Show More
  • The Design and Publication of iBooks Author Conference Interpreting Course-Books in the Age of Big Data

    Wensheng Xu, Cheng Ye

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2019
    Pages: 63-68
    Received: Feb. 15, 2019
    Accepted: Mar. 18, 2019
    Published: Apr. 10, 2019
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    Abstract: In the age of Big Data, the heterogeneous omnimedia conference interpreting (CI) books are introduced into the design and publication of the CI course-books by providing the learners with enormous amount of bilingual information and an interactive reading mode in accordance with their cognitive patterns. The present paper sets forth the four modern... Show More
  • English Communication Needs of Engineering Students

    Dwi Poedjiastutie, Lailatul Rifah

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2019
    Pages: 69-77
    Received: Feb. 18, 2019
    Accepted: Mar. 25, 2019
    Published: Apr. 22, 2019
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    Abstract: Oral communication is critical for engineer graduates to be more competitive in the work-places. In foreign and second language teaching, one of several consequences is the increasing importance attached to careful studies of learner needs as a prerequisite for effective course design. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the oral com... Show More
  • Cognitive Study for Language as a Complex Adaptive System: Evidence from Chinese WeChat Communications

    Jianjun Ma

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2019
    Pages: 78-84
    Received: Jan. 28, 2019
    Accepted: Apr. 03, 2019
    Published: May 15, 2019
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    Abstract: The nature of language has always been the core issue of academic inquiry. Form and function, symbol and representation, linearity and system, static and dynamic, inner and outer, mind and brain, etc. are always the hot arguing topics in both linguistics and philosophical fields. The complex adaptive theory argues that language understanding requir... Show More
  • Calculating the Distance Between Near-Synonyms Across Languages: A Case Study on Chinese and Japanese

    Shi Jianjun

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2019
    Pages: 85-92
    Received: Mar. 19, 2019
    Accepted: Apr. 26, 2019
    Published: May 15, 2019
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    Abstract: The study of differences between near-synonyms across languages has always been a hot area of research in foreign language teaching and cross-language comparison. A linguistic phenomenon received special attention, Chinese-Japanese homographs often confuse learners since they have same forms yet differ slightly in terms of their meanings and usages... Show More