Journal of Linguistics and Communication Studies

Aspect in Ogba and English Languages

2025-10-31T02:34:36+00:00

This paper examined aspects in O̩gba and English languages with the aim of identifying the areas of similarities and differences between the aspectual systems in both languages. The Contrastive Analysis Theory (CA) was adopted for the study. The study employed the descriptive survey design. The data were gathered through the use of the unstructured elicitation oral interview method and the intuitive knowledge of the researchers as L1 and L2 speakers of O̩gba and English respectively. The methods of data analysis employed were the descriptive technique of morpheme-to-morpheme glossing and the contrastive method of data analysis. The study found out that whereas there are three types of perfective aspects (present, past and future) in the English language, there is only one type which is the past perfect in the O̩gba language. It was observed that both languages have two types of imperfective aspects (durative/progressive and habitual). It was also affirmed that both languages marked duration through the combination of the auxiliary verb and affixation. However, whereas the O̩gba language uses prefixation, the English language uses suffixation. This study recommends that English language teachers within O̩gba speech communities should focus on the present and future perfect tenses when teaching tense and aspect in the English language.

A Study on College Students’ Use of Metacognitive Strategies in English E-Reading

2025-11-25T10:23:32+00:00

In the realm of second language acquisition, the development of reading skills stands as a crucial aspect for language learners. College students engaging in English courses, as foreign language learners, can enhance their text comprehension through the employment of diverse reading strategies, with particular emphasis placed on metacognitive strategies. Moreover, in today’s technologically-driven landscape, e-reading has firmly entrenched itself as an indispensable component of youth culture. However, a potential disparity may exist between traditional paper-based reading and electronic reading, thus necessitating distinct metacognitive strategies for different media. Against this backdrop, this thesis endeavors to explore the overall utilization of metacognitive strategies among college students, investigate the correlation between strategy implementation and reading proficiency, and examine the determinants influencing participants’ strategy adoption. The findings derived from this study aim to inform the refinement of English reading pedagogies in higher education settings and advocate for the integration of metacognitive strategies into e-reading practices among future English learners. Methodologically, this study employed various instruments including reading assessments, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality test, and structured questionnaires. Specifically, participants’ reading proficiency was assessed via standardized reading tests, their personality types were determined through the MBTI assessment, and their utilization of metacognitive e-reading strategies was gauged through questionnaire responses. Subsequently, a comprehensive analysis was conducted to elucidate the overall level of strategy employment, the relationship between strategy utilization and reading performance, and the influential factors shaping participants’ strategic behaviors. The findings of the study revealed that Chinese college students exhibited a moderate level of metacognitive strategy utilization in online English reading, with evaluation strategies demonstrating a positive correlation with reading proficiency among the four sub-strategies examined. Regarding influencing factors, gender was found to have no significant bearing on the level of strategy employment, while participants’ MBTI personality type revealed distinctions; specifically, individuals classified as J-types demonstrated a greater propensity for employing planning strategies compared to their P-type counterparts in the Perceiving-Judging dimension.

TikTok Sounds and the Formation of Youth Media Rituals in Transnational Contexts

2025-12-06T02:07:26+00:00

This paper investigates the role of sound on TikTok as a central medium through which transnational youth engage in ritualized digital practices. Focusing on German youth culture as a case study, the research conceptualizes short-form audio clips on TikTok as “ritual infrastructures” that facilitate repetition, emotional synchronization, and identity negotiation. Drawing on media ritual theory (Couldry), mediatization (Hjarvard), and global cultural flow theory (Appadurai), the study examines how TikTok sounds function as modular cultural units that travel across linguistic and geographic boundaries. These sounds acquire quasi-linguistic and affective meanings, enabling youth to participate in globally shared media rituals while embedding local identities. The paper argues that music discovery on TikTok has transformed into a performative and emotionally structured ritual rather than a search-based activity, and that algorithmically circulated sounds foster a new form of cultural synchrony. Through theoretical synthesis and platform-based analysis, the paper advances a new understanding of sound as both a medium of participation and a symbolic anchor in the digital lives of a globally connected generation.

Literary Translation Creation from the Perspective of Domestication—A Practice Report on the Chinese Translation of James Joyce’s The Dead (Excerpt)

2025-12-06T02:10:37+00:00

Literary translation inherently involves the translator’s subjectivity and the selection of cultural strategies, with domestication and foreignization being the two core approaches. Against the background of China’s pursuit of more equitable cultural dissemination, this study focuses on the creative dimension of literary translation from the perspective of domestication. Taking excerpts from James Joyce’s The Dead as the source text, the research integrates Vermeer’s Skopos Theory, Schleiermacher’s and Venuti’s domestication theories, and Chinese theories such as Xu Yuanchong’s Three Beauties Theory. It conducts a comparative analysis of two existing Chinese translations (by Wang Fengzhen and Wang Zhiliang) and presents the author’s own translation practice. The study explores how to exert translator subjectivity and apply creative techniques under the framework of domestication to balance the original text’s artistic value and the target readers’ cultural adaptability. Research findings indicate that domestication, when guided by clear translation purposes, can effectively convey the emotional tension and cultural connotations of the source text. The study also reflects on limitations such as insufficient comparative cases and proposes directions for further improvement. This research aims to enrich the academic discourse on literary translation creativity and provide practical insights for promoting cross-cultural communication and Chinese cultural dissemination.

Politeness Adaptation in Email vs. Enterprise Messaging Apps in Chinese Workplaces

2025-12-06T02:13:37+00:00

Digital communication in Chinese workplaces increasingly requires employees to navigate multiple platforms that differ sharply in interactional rhythm, formality expectations, and affordances. Among these, email and enterprise messaging apps such as DingTalk and WeCom have become the two dominant channels through which professional communication unfolds. This study examines how Chinese employees adapt politeness strategies across these platforms, shaped by long-standing socio-cultural norms—including hierarchy, face concerns, and relational attunement—and by the functional and technological constraints of each medium. Drawing on theories of pragmatics, platform affordances, and Chinese workplace discourse, the analysis identifies systematic differences between email politeness practices—characterized by extended mitigation, hierarchical alignment, and conventionalized structural markers—and messaging app interactions, which rely on brevity, multimodal cues, and a conversational tone.

By integrating case-based examples with documented trends in Chinese organizational communication, the study outlines the contextual factors that guide politeness adaptation, including task urgency, power distance, organizational culture, and generational communication preferences. Misalignments in politeness strategies can produce unintended pragmatic effects, ranging from perceived bluntness to excessive formality, with implications for teamwork, authority negotiation, and workplace rapport. The paper proposes a multi-dimensional framework for politeness adaptation that synthesizes cultural norms, platform-specific expectations, situational demands, and individual pragmatic competence. This framework provides a foundation for developing organizational communication guidelines and enhancing employees’ digital communication literacy in the evolving Chinese workplace.

Reconstructing the Power Structure of Visual Communication in the Platform Era: Re-examining Content Production Mechanisms Amid the Rise of AIGC

2025-12-15T07:35:40+00:00

As platformization becomes the dominant structure shaping global digital ecosystems, the domain of visual communication is entering a phase of extensive structural reconfiguration. This study argues that the rise of AI-generated content (AIGC) does not merely revolutionize creative workflows but exposes and intensifies long‑standing tensions between algorithmic governance, creator autonomy, and platform‑centered visibility structures. Building upon theories of media affordances, platform governance, and visual cultural politics, this paper presents a comprehensive and expanded framework—aimed at understanding how AIGC reshapes cultural production, reorganizes symbolic power, and transforms meaning‑making processes in the platform era.