Journal of Universal Language

Language Preference as a Precursor to Displacement and Extinction in Nigeria: The Roles of English Language and Nigerian Pidgin

Joseph Babasola Osoba, Tajudeen Afolabi Alebiosu

Journal of Universal Language 2016;17(2):111-143.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2016.17.2.111

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Multilingualism, Social Inequality, and the Need for a Universal Language

Sunyoung Park

Journal of Universal Language 2023;24(1):77-93.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2023.24.1.77

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Evaluating the Potential of a Unified Hausa-Igbo-Yoruba Language to Ease Language Related Social and Political Conflicts in Nigeria

Olusegun Oladele Jegede

Journal of Universal Language 2024;25(2):51-92.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2024.25.2.51

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Hypotheses on the Diachronic Development of the Akan Language Group

Emmanuel Nicholas Abakah

Journal of Universal Language 2016;17(1):1-51.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2016.17.1.1

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Analysis of Discourse in Nigerian Pidgin

Joseph Babasola Osoba

Journal of Universal Language 2015;16(1):131-159.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2015.16.1.131

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What is It?

Haiyong Liu

Journal of Universal Language 2025;26(1):101-132.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2025.26.1.101

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Typology of Lexical Choices in Nigerian Pidgin Political Headlines: Evidence from BBC News

Maria Mbursa Salihu, Ijudigal Clement Satumari, Amina Salisu Aliyu

Journal of Universal Language 2026;27(1):99-143.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2026.27.1.99

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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

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A Morphosyntactic Analysis of Dangme Allusive Names

Regina Oforiwah Caesar

Journal of Universal Language 2019;20(2):53-93.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2019.20.2.53

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A Lexicostatistics Comparison of Standard Yorùbá, Àkúrẹ́ and Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó Dialects

Bolanle Elizabeth Arokoyo, Olamide Oluwaseun Lagunju

Journal of Universal Language 2019;20(2):1-27.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2019.20.2.1

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AI Chatbots and Linguistic Injustice

Sunyoung Park

Journal of Universal Language 2024;25(1):99-119.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2024.25.1.99

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Typological Analysis of Articles in World Languages

Sunyoung Park

Journal of Universal Language 2022;23(1):109-127.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2022.23.1.109

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More than a Language Itself: The Speech Act of Refusal in Constructed Languages

Jin-young Tak, Inook Lyuh

Journal of Universal Language 2024;25(2):93-117.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2024.25.2.93

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A Typology of Gameplay Terminology in Hybrid-Genre Video Games: Evidence from the Korean Translation of Immortals of Aveum

Jung Yon Kim

Journal of Universal Language 2026;27(1):27-62.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2026.27.1.27

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When Linguistic Hierarchy Becomes Infrastructure: AI, Language, and the Reconfiguration of Linguistic Imperialism

Silo Chin

Journal of Universal Language 2026;27(1):1-25.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2026.27.1.1

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Universality and Typology in Phonotactic Constraints: Evidence from Amharic and English

Tadesse Weldegebreal Baymot

Journal of Universal Language 2025;26(2):1-37.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2025.26.2.1

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Perceptions of Aboriginal Names among the Meru People of Tanzania: Colonial Disruption and Cultural Continuity in a Typological Perspective

Wariaeli Pallangyo, Chrispina Alphonce

Journal of Universal Language 2025;26(2):65-107.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2025.26.2.65

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Linguistic Diversity and Justice: The Role of Artificial Languages in Multilingual Societies

Silo Chin

Journal of Universal Language 2023;24(2):71-89.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2023.24.2.71

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Onomatopoeia in Maithili: A Correspondence Analysis in Optimality Theory

Priyeshi Kumari, Somdev Kar

Journal of Universal Language 2026;27(1):63-98.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2026.27.1.63

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The “Universal” Rebus Principle and Phonosemantic Compounding

John Kausch

Journal of Universal Language 2023;24(2):91-113.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2023.24.2.91

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