Communication and Linguistics Studies

Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2024

  • Research Article

    A Corpus-Based Study of “V + Dào” Constructions as Temporal Contouring Events in Mandarin

    Lin Yu*, Xuehan Jiang

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2024
    Pages: 19-31
    Received: 19 March 2024
    Accepted: 7 April 2024
    Published: 17 April 2024
    DOI: 10.11648/j.cls.20241002.11
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    Abstract: The temporal contouring event is a hot topic in Talmy’s linguistic typology, and the “V + Dào” construction is one of the prototypes of Chinese compliments with its typological disputes, which lie in its event integration patterns. According to the corpus-based and correlational analysis of “V + Dào” constructions as temporal contouring events in M... Show More
  • Research Article

    A Socio Linguistic Study of Village Associations in Amauzara, ISI-ALA Mbano, Imo State, Nigeria

    Blessing Ugochi Uwasomba*

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2024
    Pages: 32-38
    Received: 27 November 2023
    Accepted: 18 December 2023
    Published: 10 May 2024
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    Abstract: This work examines Village Associations in Amauzari Isi-Ala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. Amauzari is a town with Ten Villages, namely: Okwosu, Umueze, Ekwe, Umuagwu, Umudim, Umunumo, Umumpele, Umuechem, Okwelle and Anuzo. Associations do exist in different societies. Associations are platforms on which religious, social, and economic s... Show More
  • Research Article

    Words with the Prefix De- in the Ukrainian Online Media: Structure, Semantics, Tonality

    Nataliia Lebedenko, Khrystyna Datsyshyn, Zoriana Haladzhun*, Nataliia Kunanets, Nataliia Veretennikova, Olga Artemenko, Khrystyna Shunevych

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2024
    Pages: 39-52
    Received: 13 March 2024
    Accepted: 24 April 2024
    Published: 17 May 2024
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    Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the words with the prefix de- used in the language of mass media before the war (basing on the materials of Den newspaper published in September 2021) and during the war (on the example of Den newspaper materials published in October-November 2022 and some other online media). The research provides structur... Show More