Journal of Arts, Meaning and Public Life

Language and Identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah

Language use and identity construction in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah reveal how linguistic practices shape cultural, social, and racial identity in transnational contexts. This study explores how accent, Nigerian English, and code-switching function as tools of self-expression, cultural assertion, and agency...

Language, Displacement, and Cultural Negotiation in Sanaz Toossi’s English : A Study through Translingualism and Identity Theory

voiCe: ConsTruCTing language and CulTural idenTiTy in posTColonial narraTives

Phatic Norms in Kazakh and English Digital Discourse: Cultural Code and Pragmatic Function

This article examines how phatic norms in Kazakh and English are condensed in the shift from face-to-face interaction to digital communication while preserving culturally specific meanings. It focuses on brief confirmations, forms of address, gratitude formulas, apologies, emojis, and other signals that sustain social...

Tradition and Modernity of Humanity

NARRATIVE VOICE: CONSTRUCTING LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL IDENTITY IN POSTCOLONIAL NARRATIVES

This article examines the role of narrative voice in the construction of language and cultural identity within postcolonial narratives. Drawing upon the theoretical perspectives of Frantz Fanon, Edward Said and Bill Ashcroft, the study explores how postcolonial writers employ narrative strategies to articulate displace...