- 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, communication & culture in language usage, typology, and universality in language. 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.
CURRENT ISSUE: Sep 2020, Vol. 21 , No. 2
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The Typology of Pharyngealization in Arabic Dialects Focusing on a Rural Jordanian Variety
J. Univers. Lang. 2020;21(2):1-42.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2020.21.2.1 |
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Revisiting Greenberg’s “Generalizations about Numeral Systems” (1978)
J. Univers. Lang. 2020;21(2):43-84.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2020.21.2.43 |
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The Universality and Cultural Specificity of Emotions through a Comparative Semantic Analysis of Emotion Terms in English and MA
J. Univers. Lang. 2020;21(2):85-109.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2020.21.2.85 |
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Cognition of Metaphorical Text in President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inaugural Speech
J. Univers. Lang. 2020;21(2):111-145.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2020.21.2.111 |
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Is Unish Moving toward Becoming a More Analytic Language?: With Special Reference to Morphological Changes
J. Univers. Lang. 2020;21(2):147-172.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2020.21.2.147 |
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Language Preference as a Precursor to Displacement and Extinction in Nigeria: The Roles of English Language and Nigerian Pidgin
J. Univers. Lang. 2016;17(2):111-143.
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Sonority and Reduplication in Hadoti
J. Univers. Lang. 2017;18(2):1-37.
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Analysis of Discourse in Nigerian Pidgin
J. Univers. Lang. 2015;16(1):131-159.
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A Lexicostatistics Comparison of Standard Yorùbá, Àkúrẹ́ and Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó Dialects
J. Univers. Lang. 2019;20(2):1-27.
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Hypotheses on the Diachronic Development of the Akan Language Group
J. Univers. Lang. 2016;17(1):1-51.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2016.17.1.1 |
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Aramaic as a Lingua Franca During the Persian Empire (538-333 B.C.E.)
J. Univers. Lang. 2004;5(1):1-20.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2004.5.1.1 |
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The Syntactic Position of Negative Markers in Idoma and Tiv: A Deviation from Language Universal Validity
J. Univers. Lang. 2019;20(1):77-98.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2019.20.1.77 |
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The European Union’s Need for an International Auxiliary Language
J. Univers. Lang. 2005;6(1):1-28.
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Subject–verb Inversion in Greek: Implications for Head Movement and Typology
J. Univers. Lang. 2006;7(1):91-137.
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J. Univers. Lang. 2006;7(2):1-35.
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A Comparison of Unish Grammar with Esperanto
J. Univers. Lang. 2002;3(2):57-74.
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Internal and External Forces in Typology: Evidence from Iranian Languages
J. Univers. Lang. 2006;7(1):29-47.
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From Demonstratives to Copulas: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective and the Case of Polish
J. Univers. Lang. 2006;7(2):147-175.
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Learning Linguistics by Doing: The Secret Virtues of a Language Constructed in the Classroom
J. Univers. Lang. 2013;14(2):113-135.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2013.14.2.113 |