Environmental stresses are the main constraints on agricultural productivity and food
security worldwide. This issue is worsened by abrupt and severe changes in global climate …

The debate about whether the sexes communicate and behave differently continues. The
stereotype that women are not funny or that their language or behavior is more “ladylike” is …

This chapter aims to explore how pragmatic markers like and sure behave when
investigated from an age and gender perspective. Using a small sociolinguistic-oriented …

Schneider & Barron (2008) discuss the effect of macro-social factors such as region, ethnic
background, age, social status and gender on intra-lingual pragmatic conventions, and state …

Linguistic modality is the expression of the speaker's subjectivity including possibility,
probability, necessity, obligation, permission, prohibition, and desire. This paper analyses a …

The use of phatic communion and small talk are obvious examples of how interpersonal
relationships are built and maintained. This paper explores the use of vocatives, which play …

Manglish, a variety of Malaysian English, has often been stereotyped in Malaysian media
(ie, local newspapers) as 'improper English'(Why Speak Manglish, 2007; Manglish-English …

Fake news has become an integral part of modern life. It represents a distinct genre within
news discourse, characterized by manipulation and the dissemination of deceptive …

Globalization has drawn more and more attention in applied linguistics and become one of
the main themes in language teaching including the field of English for Specific Purpose …

1 Background The use of the third person pronouns denoting gender-indefinite (henceforth
generic) nouns differs in the Latvian and English languages. The Latvian language has an …