- 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 goal of the Journal of Universal Language is to foster, present, and disseminate interdisciplinary research concentrating on universal languages. Language barriers have long played a major role in social and political conflicts around the world, and we believe that the development of a universal language is the key to easing tensions. We welcome theoretical and empirical papers that explore various dimensions of natural languages and the need for a universal language. In this regard, the JUL is multidisciplinary in nature and invite scholars from different fields, including but not limited to general, applied, and interdisciplinary linguistics, language policy, terminology, artificial languages, philosophy, sociology, psychology, anthropology, history, law, politics, religion, translation, economics, and business.
CURRENT ISSUE: Mar 2023, Vol. 24 , No. 1
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Commonality in Sound Branding: A Comparative Study of the Perception of Obstruents in Korean and English
Journal of Universal Language 2023;24(1):1-23.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2023.24.1.1 |
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Stance Acts in Select Nigerian and South Korean News Report on COVID-19 Pandemic
Journal of Universal Language 2023;24(1):25-55.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2023.24.1.25 |
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Argument Alternation in Etulo
Journal of Universal Language 2023;24(1):57-76.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2023.24.1.57 |
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Multilingualism, Social Inequality, and the Need for a Universal Language
Journal of Universal Language 2023;24(1):77-93.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2023.24.1.77 |
MOST READ ARTICLE
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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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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 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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On Tone and Morphophonology of the Akan Reduplication Construction
Journal of Universal Language 2015;16(1):1-47.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2015.16.1.1 |
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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 |
MOST CITED ARTICLE
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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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The European Union’s Need for an International Auxiliary Language
Journal of Universal Language 2005;6(1):1-28.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2005.6.1.1 |
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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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A Comparison of Unish Grammar with Esperanto
Journal of Universal Language 2002;3(2):57-74.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2002.3.2.57 |
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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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Languages and Universals
Journal of Universal Language 2003;4(1):33-74.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2003.4.1.33 |
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The Word Order of Estonian: Implications to Universal Language
Journal of Universal Language 2006;7(1):49-89.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2006.7.1.49 |