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National identity and the ownership of English in Nigeria (2025)
Journal Article
Ugwuanyi, K., & Mckenzie, R. M. (online). National identity and the ownership of English in Nigeria. World Englishes, https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12723

It has been argued that, especially in non‐Inner Circles of English, whether or not speakers consider language to be a harbinger of national identity affects their positioning as owners of that language. A plethora of prior studies have also demonstr... Read More about National identity and the ownership of English in Nigeria.

Fluid Texts (2025)
Book Chapter
Orsini, F. (2025). Fluid Texts. In S. Marzagora, & F. Orsini (Eds.), Oral Literary Worlds (145-168). Open Book Publishers. https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0405.04

A “model of world literature that does not include orality is comparable to an act of self-amputation: it entails the excision of a huge field of human cultural endeavour”, argues Liz Gunner. As “verbal art, it belongs to a universal practice of maki... Read More about Fluid Texts.

Nigerian English research: Developments and directions (2025)
Journal Article
Jowitt, D., & Ugwuanyi, K. (online). Nigerian English research: Developments and directions. World Englishes, https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12722

This article describes the progress made by scholars over a period of more than five decades in the field of Nigerian English studies. It will thus serve as a useful tool for those researching in this field; and apparently there has been no such atte... Read More about Nigerian English research: Developments and directions.

Functions of discourses on heresy: The invention of zandaqah in the early Islamic period (2025)
Thesis
Tanaka, Y. Functions of discourses on heresy: The invention of zandaqah in the early Islamic period. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This dissertation attempts to demonstrate that the Arabic word zindīq, an ambiguous appellation to discredit various targets characterized with heretical tendencies (zandaqah), functioned as a rhetorical device through which Muslim authors displayed... Read More about Functions of discourses on heresy: The invention of zandaqah in the early Islamic period.

Sylheti Repertoires and Sociolinguistic Place-making in Tower Hamlets (2025)
Thesis
Winstanley, B. Sylheti Repertoires and Sociolinguistic Place-making in Tower Hamlets. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Conducted in collaboration with the Tower Hamlets based community organisation Osmani Trust, this sociolinguistic ethnography responds to local concerns that Sylheti is undergoing language shift to English. Existing studies have tended to focus on Sy... Read More about Sylheti Repertoires and Sociolinguistic Place-making in Tower Hamlets.

Reimagining History Learning: How AI could Empower Historians (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Gerteis, C. Reimagining History Learning: How AI could Empower Historians. London and Minneapolis

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies offer the opportunity to reimagine how history is learned. These tools have the potential to empower non-technical historians to create engaging and personalized learning environments. Yet, the field remains... Read More about Reimagining History Learning: How AI could Empower Historians.

Multi-contextual perspectives on silence: a narrative case study (2024)
Journal Article
Seiko, H. (2024). Multi-contextual perspectives on silence: a narrative case study. Neofilolog, 63(2), 265-292. https://doi.org/10.14746/n.2024.63.2.3

This narrative case study explores ways a Japanese learner of English utilised multiple silences as an interactional resource, enhancing collaborative second language (L2) interaction beyond the classroom while studying abroad in the United Kingdom.... Read More about Multi-contextual perspectives on silence: a narrative case study.

From Explication to Order: The Persian Vernacularization of Arabic Rhetoric (2024)
Journal Article
Tahmasebian, K. (2024). From Explication to Order: The Persian Vernacularization of Arabic Rhetoric. Philological Encounters, 9(3/4), 346-374. https://doi.org/10.1163/24519197-bja10060

This article explores the vernacularization of Arabic rhetorical embellishments by Persian rhetoricians, presenting it as an early instance of comparative literary theory emerging through translation. Focusing on the organizational figurative device... Read More about From Explication to Order: The Persian Vernacularization of Arabic Rhetoric.

The Emergence of Hindavi Literary Cultures in the Sultanate and Early Mughal Period (2024)
Book Chapter
Orsini, F. (2024). The Emergence of Hindavi Literary Cultures in the Sultanate and Early Mughal Period. In R. M. Eaton, & R. Sreenivasan (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Mughal World. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190222642.013.3

This chapter discusses the main vernacular genres in sultanate and early Mughal north India—romances, versions of the Sanskrit epics, and songs. It focuses on vernacular texts under the broad rubric of Hindavi, but adopts a multiscalar approach to si... Read More about The Emergence of Hindavi Literary Cultures in the Sultanate and Early Mughal Period.

Silent Dialogues: The shifting flow of silence and solitude in Tokyo Story and implications for L2 pedagogy (2024)
Journal Article
Harumi, S. (2024). Silent Dialogues: The shifting flow of silence and solitude in Tokyo Story and implications for L2 pedagogy. Journal of Silence Studies in Education, 3(2), 103-124. https://doi.org/10.31763/jsse.v3i2.97

This study aims to illustrate portrayals of silence and solitude in the film Tokyo Story (1953) and to depict the ways human relationships and bonds evolve through characters’ silent dialogues. It also explores ways a study of silence such as this ca... Read More about Silent Dialogues: The shifting flow of silence and solitude in Tokyo Story and implications for L2 pedagogy.

Histories of Religious Thought and Practice in Africa: Thematic Perspectives (2024)
Book
Brenner, L. (2024). Histories of Religious Thought and Practice in Africa: Thematic Perspectives. James Currey. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.17072709

This book is a richly detailed comparative analysis of endogenous, Muslim, and Christian religious thought and practice in sub-Saharan Africa. Organized thematically, the book presents a conceptual and analytical framework for the study of religious... Read More about Histories of Religious Thought and Practice in Africa: Thematic Perspectives.