Communication and Linguistics Studies

Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2019

  • Reflexivity in English, French and Kinshasa Lingala: Similarities and Differences

    Larice Toko Lumanda

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2019
    Pages: 1-7
    Received: 15 March 2019
    Accepted: 22 April 2019
    Published: 15 May 2019
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    Abstract: Dunker [15] asserts that “linguistic reflexivity is a feature of the communication process, and it essentially depends on situated participants and time. It is a defining characteristic of the human language but despite its obvious importance, it is not very well understood theoretically, and it is strangely under-researched empirically”. Reflexivi... Show More
  • Aural/Oral Performance of Children with Cochlear Implant Under Monaural and Bimodal Listening Conditions: A Parental Evaluation

    Pooja Waghulde, S. B. Rathna Kumar, Sakeena Shora, Zahra Kabani

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2019
    Pages: 8-13
    Received: 24 March 2019
    Accepted: 26 April 2019
    Published: 20 May 2019
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    Abstract: The study assessed the performance of children with cochlear implant (CI) under monaural and bimodal listening conditions using Parental Evaluation of Aural/Oral Performance of Children (PEACH) questionnaire. A total of 74 children using CI and their parents (either of the biological parent) served as subjects in the present study. The subjects wer... Show More
  • The Representation of Women in the Horror Movies: A Study in Selected Horror Movies

    Manaar Kamil Sa'eed, Haider Saad Yahya Jubran

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2019
    Pages: 14-17
    Received: 8 April 2019
    Accepted: 25 April 2019
    Published: 20 May 2019
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    Abstract: Horror can be defined as an intense and painful fear, dread or dismay. It evokes and elicits such kind of emotions in the reader, when rendered in television or cinema. It is a literary genre, which is intended to terrify its readers by calling to mind the feelings of terror and horror. Men are depicted as the slaughterers and victimize women in al... Show More
  • A Linguistic View on the Use of Will and Shall as Auxiliaries or Inflections

    Larice Toko Lumanda

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2019
    Pages: 18-22
    Received: 15 March 2019
    Accepted: 17 April 2019
    Published: 4 June 2019
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    Abstract: In the English grammar lessons, will and shall are taught in schools and universities as modal verbs. Almost all famous grammarians confirm that will and shall are modal verbs. Modal verbs are considered as auxiliaries apart from the main or primary auxiliaries be, have, and do. Considering the definitions and characteristics of auxiliaries and inf... Show More
  • Semantic Shift in the Kenyan Prison Argot

    Ogutu Peter Okoth, Oluoch Stephen, Opande Nilson Isaac

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2019
    Pages: 23-29
    Received: 29 March 2019
    Accepted: 15 May 2019
    Published: 13 June 2019
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    Abstract: Prison argot is a language variety with great creativity manifested in its semantic richness. This variety of language has received the attention of many scholars in the western countries in different periods of time. Despite prison being a rich semantic vessel, prison lingo has not received the proper attention of linguists in Africa. The end resu... Show More