Journal of Universal Language

About Journal of Universal Language

The Journal of Universal Language is an international research journal and it is published by the Language Research Institute at Sejong University biannually. The Journal of Universal Language is concerned with artificial languages, universality in language, typology, and communication & culture in language usage. The journal also publishes interdisciplinary contributions written with applied linguists in mind, observation concerning official language. Following the May 1996 inaugural issue of the journal, the second issue was published in May 2001. Since then the journal has been published biannually. The journal index includes KCI, EBSCO, MLA, Linguistics Abstracts Online, BRILL, DBpia, and Google Scholar. The spring and autumn editions are published respectively on March 31 and September 30. Manuscripts submissions are accepted year round.
About Language Research Institute, Sejong University

The Language Research Institute at Sejong University was founded for theoretical and practical research on various modes of language usage as well as to provide a forum for discussions on the nature of language. The institute is particularly interested in the development of a universal language and its related fields. The institute also offers an opportunity for the exchange of ideas between researchers of various view points by holding seminars on language-related areas including general linguistics, artificial languages, and universality in language.
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Mar 31, 2021

Syllable Structure and Word Stress in Central Kerala Konkani Variety: An OT Approach

Rupashri Ashok, Hemanga Dutta

Journal of Universal Language 2021;22(1):1-25.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2021.22.1.1

This paper addresses the possible phonological patterns governing the syllable structures and word stress in Central Kerala Konkani. Unlike other northern dialects spoken in Kerala, Central Konkani variety does not allow any consonant clusters; instead it makes use of repair strategies such as vowel insertion and consonant deletion which result in resyllabification. The resulting words can be explained with the following constraints couched in Optimality Theory in the order: *CC >> NoCoda >> DEP-IO. Here we have observed that stress...
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Mar 31, 2021

Morphological Features of Nigerian Pidgin in the Football Commentary

Adesoji Babalola

Journal of Universal Language 2021;22(1):27-64.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2021.22.1.27

The aim of this paper is to analyze and describe the various morphological features that embody commentary in Nigerian Pidgin (NP). The data for this study were drawn from 2018 FIFA World Cup that was hosted in Russia. Pidgin commentary was run and aired on a channel on Digital Satellite Television (DSTV). The pidgin commentaries of the two Semi-Finals between France and Belgium as well as Croatia and England and the Final between Croatia and France were tape-recorded for analysis. The theoretical orientation relies largely on the Item and Proc...
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Mar 31, 2021

Body-Part Morphemes in Matis (Panoan)

Raphael Augusto Oliveira Barbosa

Journal of Universal Language 2021;22(1):65-90.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2021.22.1.65

Grammatical and pragmatic aspects of body-part constructions represent relevant theme for typological and functional researches in the Amerindian languages. Despite the researches on body-part morphemes in the Matis language since the beginning of the 21st century, studies have been restricted to brief inventories and to the description of isolated clauses. In the present article, I describe the extended body-part inventory and the typological aspects of the Matis body-part morphemes. In doing so, it is proposed the systemic functional analysis...
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Mar 31, 2021

Typology of Headedness in Yorùbá Nominal Derivations

Bisoye Eleshin

Journal of Universal Language 2021;22(1):91-125.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2021.22.1.91

This study examines headedness in different nominalisation processes in Yorùbá. This research aims to investigate possible unification of head analysis in Yorùbá nominalisation. Three major word formation strategies exist in Yorùbá, namely, affixation, reduplication and noun-noun compounding (N-N compounding henceforth). The morpho-syntactic relationship among these three, in respect to a unifying analytical goal, has not been fairly considered. Operation merge, with other principles of the Minimalist Programme, is selected to valid...

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Article Syllable Structure and Word Stress in Central Kerala Konkani Variety: An OT Approach Rupashri Ashok, Hemanga Dutta Journal of Universal Language 2021;22(1):1-25. https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2021.22.1.1 HTML PDF PubReader	Article Morphological Features of Nigerian Pidgin in the Football Commentary Adesoji Babalola Journal of Universal Language 2021;22(1):27-64. https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2021.22.1.27 HTML PDF PubReader
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