- 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.
CURRENT ISSUE: Mar 2022, Vol. 23 , No. 1
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Metathesis in Syrian Arabic: Types and Conditioning Factors
Journal of Universal Language 2022;23(1):1-34.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2022.23.1.1 |
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The Structure, Classification and Functions of the Nzema Noun Phrase
Journal of Universal Language 2022;23(1):35-76.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2022.23.1.35 |
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Lexical Repetition and Syntactic Parallelism in Selected Political Essays of Niyi Osundare and Ray Ekpu
Journal of Universal Language 2022;23(1):77-107.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2022.23.1.77 |
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Typological Analysis of Articles in World Languages
Journal of Universal Language 2022;23(1):109-127.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2022.23.1.109 |
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Symmetry as Iconicity: The Lexicalizations of ‘Breasts’
Journal of Universal Language 2022;23(1):129-145.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2022.23.1.129 |
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Diminutives in Yangxin Gan
Journal of Universal Language 2022;23(1):147-166.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2022.23.1.147 |
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Book Review: Impossible Languages
Journal of Universal Language 2022;23(1):167-177.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2022.23.1.167 |
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Language Preference as a Precursor to Displacement and Extinction in Nigeria: The Roles of English Language and Nigerian Pidgin
Journal of Universal Language 2016;17(2):111-143.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2016.17.2.111 |
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Monophthongization in the Adaptation of Selected English Loanwords in Yorùbá: A Constraint-Based Analysis
Journal of Universal Language 2020;21(1):29-67.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2020.21.1.29 |
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Aramaic as a Lingua Franca During the Persian Empire (538-333 B.C.E.)
Journal of Universal Language 2004;5(1):1-20.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2004.5.1.1 |
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Hypotheses on the Diachronic Development of the Akan Language Group
Journal of Universal Language 2016;17(1):1-51.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2016.17.1.1 |
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Sonority and Reduplication in Hadoti
Journal of Universal Language 2017;18(2):1-37.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2017.18.2.1 |
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Analysis of Discourse in Nigerian Pidgin
Journal of Universal Language 2015;16(1):131-159.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2015.16.1.131 |
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The Adaptation of French Consonant Clusters in Vietnamese Phonology: An OT Account
Journal of Universal Language 2017;18(1):69-103.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2017.18.1.69 |
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A Lexicostatistics Comparison of Standard Yorùbá, Àkúrẹ́ and Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó Dialects
Journal of Universal Language 2019;20(2):1-27.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2019.20.2.1 |
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The European Union’s Need for an International Auxiliary Language
Journal of Universal Language 2005;6(1):1-28.
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The Fall and Rise of Universals on Relativization
Journal of Universal Language 2005;6(1):125-157.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2005.6.1.125 |
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Journal of Universal Language 2002;3(2):57-74.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2002.3.2.57 |
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Subject–verb Inversion in Greek: Implications for Head Movement and Typology
Journal of Universal Language 2006;7(1):91-137.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2006.7.1.91 |
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A Typological Study of Tonal Systems of Japanese and Prinmi: Towards a Definition of Pitch-accent Languages
Journal of Universal Language 2006;7(2):1-35.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2006.7.2.1 |
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Journal of Universal Language 2017;18(1):69-103.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2017.18.1.69 |
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Journal of Universal Language 2003;4(1):33-74.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2003.4.1.33 |
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Journal of Universal Language 2006;7(1):29-47.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2006.7.1.29 |