International Journal of Language and Linguistics

Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2023

  • Research Article

    ICT Professional Job Titles in Croatian Language and Society

    Željka Čelić*

    Issue: Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2023
    Pages: 1-5
    Received: 9 December 2022
    Accepted: 5 January 2023
    Published: 17 January 2023
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.20231101.11
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    Abstract: ICT (IT) technologies are globally the most wanted job vacancies nowadays, and ICT job descriptions are the same across the world, at least in the World Wide Web. To some extent, they can be adjusted to a particular market. The market of our interest is Croatia with the characteristics of its own, providing ICT specialists not only for its own mark... Show More
  • EPG Study of the Fricative Consonants [s] and [ʃ] in Uyghur

    Aziz Ablimit, Aziza Abaidulla

    Issue: Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2023
    Pages: 6-11
    Received: 7 September 2022
    Accepted: 8 October 2022
    Published: 31 January 2023
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    Abstract: The principal aim of this investigation was to explore articulatory properties of two fricatives in Uyghur, in order to gain insight the differences of place of articulation and the influences of surrounding vowel. To this end, articulatory effects of adjacent vowel [a, i, u] were measured at four different time points in CV syllable. Linguopalatal... Show More
  • Semantic Analysis of «False- Friends»: A Case Study of English and Siin Seereer

    Jean Christophe Faye

    Issue: Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2023
    Pages: 12-19
    Received: 9 July 2022
    Accepted: 10 August 2022
    Published: 9 February 2023
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    Abstract: The article is devoted to the semantic analysis of words called “False- Friends” in English and Siin Seereer. “False- Friends” are words belonging to two different languages and which have a great similarity in form between them or are written in the same, but whose meanings are different. In other words, a word is considered “False- Friend” when i... Show More
  • An Analysis of English Translation “The Moon over the Eyebrow Mountain” from the Perspective of the Image Continuity

    Yu Xia

    Issue: Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2023
    Pages: 20-23
    Received: 6 February 2023
    Accepted: 22 February 2023
    Published: 28 February 2023
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    Abstract: After years of poetry creation, the poet chooses fixed images to express certain ideas or emotions. These words with certain ready-made meanings and idioms can be used by the author to express certain thoughts and feelings. The poet is impressed by the fixed image and continues to create new works. We call it the “image continuity”. The continuity ... Show More
  • Linguistic Deviation on Bilingual Billboard Slogans in Cameroon: A Sociolinguistic Appraisal

    Ita Nawom Itanghi, Victor Ngu Cheo, Atoh Julius Chenwi

    Issue: Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2023
    Pages: 24-34
    Received: 12 February 2023
    Accepted: 27 February 2023
    Published: 9 March 2023
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    Abstract: The link between linguistic deviation and translation techniques is enshrined in the conventionality of language use and communication. Linguistic deviation occurs when a text ignores conventional norms of a language in order to communicate a certain artistic merit and draw attention to the meaning of the message. The main objective of this paper i... Show More