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Cross-Linguistic Analysis of Temporal Expressions in English and Yoruba Languages
Oremire Judith Ehibor, Theresa Adetola Adewumi and Salome Hosea Achi5

Coding the African Self: Surveillance, Post-colonial Identity, and Digital Resistance in Namwali Serpell's The Old Drift
Raed Nafea Farhan19


Siswati Personal Naming as a Medium of Emotional Expression
Muzi Matfunjwa and Respect Mlambo39


Investigating the Impediments to Parental Involvement in the Learning of English First Additional Language by Intermediate Phase Learners in Vhembe District
Netshipise Lufuno, Madima Shumani Eric and Nemakhavhani Munyadziwa Sylvia59


Lost in Translation: How Linguistic Diversity Shapes Crime Reporting, Policing, and Justice in Tanzania
Godfrey Ekene Odinka, Emmanuel Eshiotse, Felix Eja Ojong, Edem Ebong, Effiom Eyo Ekpo, Enang Bassey Udah, Sylvester Akongi Unimke, Abayomi Akintola, John Thompson Okpa, Promise Akunna John-Okpa, Etta Oyen Etta and Macaulay Peter Ukomi79


The Role of Style Guides in Improving Teaching and Learning in Open and Distance e-Learning Institutions
Rakwena Regionald Mpho Monareng, Zimele Melusi Mnikathi, Dolly Motjatji Mathabatha, Olivia Khomotjo Ramokolo and Aaron Masungwini Mabasa97


Shared Perceptions, Experiential Meaning and Stylistic Variability in a Nigeria Newspaper Coverage of Kaduna Bombing Incident
Bassey Asukwo Ekpenyong, God’sgift Ogban Uwen, Victor Offiong Bassey, Juliet Nkane Ekpang and Oche Ogolekwu119


Storytelling and contextualising corruption through the Context Theory of Meaning: A Narrative Analysis of Nyuku wa Mbyana
Ndzalama Maluleke145


Mapping the Wounded Psyche: Psychoanalysis and Female Subjectivity in Shashi Deshpande's The Dark Holds No Terrors
S. Kavitha and K.M. Sumathi167


The Impact of Language Barriers on the Somali Community's Interaction with Foreign Doctors in Mogadishu Hospitals
Abdikani Omar Salah, Ibrahim Abubakar Abdi and Abdullahi Salad Abdi191


Why are you angry with me? A case of Tshivenda address terms from Limpopo province, South Africa
Phethani Progress Mudau and Itani Peter Mandende211


Exploring The Productivity of Igbo Verb Roots in Word Formation Processes
Felista Chidi Akidi and Chioma Rosemary Ayozie233


Women's Actions as Indirect Characterisation in Serudu's A Mo Swina Ngwanana Thakana (1991): A Mimetic Reading
Francinah Mokgobo Kanyane253


Re-humanising Southern Africa Through Regional Language Planning
Sindile Dlodlo273

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