Glauco Vaz Feijó[1], Viviane de Melo Resende[2] See authors’ affiliations [1] Federal Institute of Brasilia, Brasilia Campus, glauco.feijo@ifb.edu.br [2] University of Brasilia, Department of Linguistics, resende.v.melo@gmail.com Abstract This essay uses the expansion of decolonial studies in the so-called Decolonial Turn…
Defusing Master Narratives: Decolonial, Insurgent, Gentle Moves in a Con-Text of Teacher Education and Educational Research
Maria Marta Yedaide [1], Luis Gabriel Porta Vázquez[2] See authors’ affiliations [1] Professor and researcher at the School of Humanities and the School of Architecture, Urbanism and Design—Mar del Plata State University (UNMDP), Argentina. Head of the Education Department, School…
Descolonización del conocimiento, globalización y posmodernidad. Los estudios del discurso y el desafío de la identidad
Laura Pardo[1] See author’s affiliation [1] CONICET – University of Buenos Aires. pardo.linguistica@gmail.com Resumen El presente trabajo es un ensayo crítico sobre la colonización del conocimiento y de la ciencia. El eurocentrismo que rige a quienes investigan y enseñan, así…
The ontological differences between wording and worlding the world
Carl Mika[1],Vanessa Andreotti[2], Garrick Cooper[3], Cash Ahenakew[4] and Denise Silva[5] See authors’ affiliations [1] University of Waikato, Faculty of Education, carl.mika@waikato.ac.nz Dr Carl Mika is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Waikato, New. Zealand, where…
Volume 8, Number 1 June 2020
Download complete issue • Message from the Editor• Message from the Guest Editor• Call for guest-editors for e-journal Language, Discourse & Society• Calls for publication Original Articles – Language Studies in a Decolonial Interpretative Key Carl Mika, Vanessa de Oliveira…
Saussure’s concept of meaning applied to translation from French into English. Igbo and Kalabari languages of Malot’s Sans Famille
Chimmuanya Pearl Ngele (1) & Priye E. Iyalla-Amadi (2) (1) Department of Foreign Languages and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka pearlonuoha@yahoo.com & chimuanya.ngele@unn.edu.ng (2) Department Of French and International Studies, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Nigeria,…
Musicolinguistics: Deciphering the Nigerian Hip-Hop Music: Cryptolect
Waliya, Yohanna Joseph Department of Modern Languages & Translation Studies, University of Calabar, Calabar-Nigeria, waliyayohannajoseph@unical.edu.ng & waliyayohannajoseph@yahoo.fr Abstract Young rappers use a secret language or cryptolect to shield themselves from public criticism but share persuading hidden messages that influence their communities.…
Volume 7, Number 2 December 2019
Download complete issue • Message from the Editor • Message from the Guest Editor • Call for guest-editors for e-journal Language, Discourse & Society • Calls for publication Original Articles – Political Discourse and Historical, Colonial and Neo-Colonial Regimes of…
Constructing and Contesting the Post-Apartheid State: Political Discourse and the Marikana Strike
Meghan Tinsley The University of Manchester, Department of Sociology, Arthur Lewis Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom, meghan.tinsley@manchester.ac.uk Abstract In August 2012, the police massacre of thirty-four workers during a strike in Marikana, South Africa highlighted the interconnectedness…
The Deconstruction of the Concept of Normalization within the Context of the Settler-Colonialism in Palestine: The Duality of Acceptance and Rejection
Mai Albzour University of Lausanne, Switzerland, mai.albzour@unil.ch and maialbzour@yahoo.com Abstract The concept of normalization was associated with the peace process with Israelis, in both, Arab and Palestinian context. The term has different interpretations depending on context, and it becomes more…