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R. O., Farinde; H. O., Omolaiye – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
An utterance is neither seen nor touched but capable of making or marring an individual, group or a nation depending on how it is used. Thus, positive utterances ensure peace and tranquility in a society while negative utterances usually tear a nation apart. Language of insult is a negative utterance that usually produces, hatred, war, or disunity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, African Languages, Tribes
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Viswanath, K.; Mohanty, Seemita – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
An important component of any ELT programme is the content. A course-book ensures that the required course content is presented in a uniform format for ready implementation. In most cases where English is taught as the second or foreign language, a course-book is 'the only point of contact with the language' for learners. Available research has…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Indigenous Knowledge, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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El Salman, Mahmoud – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This is a sociolinguistic study that tries to investigate the peculiarity of the Bedouin dialect regardless of the place where it is used. Some variants that are used in their dialect are used wherever they are from. Two sounds in particular were chosen to carry out this study. These are the /?/ variant of the (Q) variable, and the /ts/ variant of…
Descriptors: Dialects, Rural Areas, Semitic Languages, Foreign Countries