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Emergence of Marked Semantic Formulas in Refusal Strategy Hierarchies
Journal of Universal Language 2018;19(2):27-51.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2018.19.2.27
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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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The Role of Questions in Managing Affect and Emotional Involvement in Japanese Conversations
Journal of Universal Language 2018;19(2):1-27.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2018.19.2.1
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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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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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Evaluating the Potential of a Unified Hausa-Igbo-Yoruba Language to Ease Language Related Social and Political Conflicts in Nigeria
Journal of Universal Language 2024;25(2):51-92.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2024.25.2.51
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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
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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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Morphological Features of Nigerian Pidgin in the Football Commentary
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
Journal of Universal Language 2019;20(2):53-93.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2019.20.2.53
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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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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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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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AI Chatbots and Linguistic Injustice
Journal of Universal Language 2024;25(1):99-119.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2024.25.1.99
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More than a Language Itself: The Speech Act of Refusal in Constructed Languages
Journal of Universal Language 2024;25(2):93-117.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2024.25.2.93
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Segmental Adaptation of French Loans in the Vietnamese Language: The Use of Optimality-Theory
Journal of Universal Language 2021;22(2):105-143.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2021.22.2.105
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The Morphosyntactic Coding of Focus Structure in Igbo
Journal of Universal Language 2013;14(2):53-78.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2013.14.2.53
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Typology of Headedness in Yorùbá Nominal Derivations
Journal of Universal Language 2021;22(1):91-125.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2021.22.1.91
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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
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The Syntactic Position of Negative Markers in Idoma and Tiv: A Deviation from Language Universal Validity
Journal of Universal Language 2019;20(1):77-98.
https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2019.20.1.77
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