Vol 16, No 1 (2026)

Vol. 16, No. 1, January 2026

Table of Contents

Articles

Six NMT Systems, One Language Pair: Which Best Translates Arabic-English?
Rand Habib, Linda Alkhawaja, Ogareet Khoury, Sa’ida Al-Sayyed
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A Multidimensional Analysis of Linguistic Variation in Russian and British Newspaper Editorials
Habibullah Pathan, Urooj Fatima Alvi, Shazia Ayyaz, Oksana I Aleksandrova
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Freedom of Choice in C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce
S. Jolin Sheena, A. Saridha
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Language, Diplomacy and Global Governance: Discourse Strategies in a Middle Eastern UN Address
Mohammad Awad AlAfnan
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Strategies of Rendering Metaphor from Arabic into English: A Comparative Study of ChatGPT and Matecat
Bilal Alsharif, Razan Khasawneh, Musa Alzghoul
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Vocabulary Selection and Translation of China’s Report on the Work of the Government: A Case Study of “Considerably” “Noticeably” & “Resolutely” from Their Semantic Prosody Performance
Guangyao Ma, Salina Husain, Wan Muhammad Wan Sulong
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Exploring EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of Blended Onsite and Online Teaching at Saudi Universities: Benefits and Challenges
Rashed Nasser Altamimi
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A Corpus-Based Genre and Collocational Study of the Near-Synonyms: Grasp, Capture, Seize, Snatch, and Take
Sani Yantandu Uba, Faiza Al-Dhahli
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An Analysis of Figurative Language in Laurie Halse Anderson’ Wintergirls
Phanida Phunkrathok, Kampeeraphab Intanoo, Nawamin Prachanant
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Decolonizing the Stage: Exploring Postcolonial Narratives and Identity in Rohina Malik’s Unveiled
Mohammad Alhourani, Mohammed Abou Adel, Maryam Abd el-Kareem Othman, Samir Khalifa, Ayman Elhalafawy
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Discerning Turkish Food in The Bastard of Istanbul and The Forty Rules of Love
Mohammad Rezaul Karim, Mohammad Jamshed, Sohaib Alam, Wahaj Unnisa Warda
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Cebuano-Visayan Interference and Word Articulation of English Phonology Learners
Marcelina S. Deiparine
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Exploring Religious Discourse Authority among Nobel Peace Prize Laureates: A Pragmatic Approach
Khaled Saeed Abdullah Abu Hikma, Abdul Hamid Saif Al-Hussami
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Move Analysis in the Introduction Chapter of Thesis Written by Native English Speakers and Non-Native English Speakers
Chen Dan, Ramiza Haji Darmi, Mohamad Ateff MD Yusof
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Critical Analysis and Enhancement of Undergraduate English Syllabi: Aligning Pedagogical Deficiencies with Student and English Market Needs
Udhayachandran R, Yadamala Sreenivasulu
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The Extent of Technology Integration in Flipped English Classrooms in Language Education: A Multi-dimensional Exploration
Fang Li
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Decolonizing Travel Narratives: A Feminist Perspective in Cate Kennedy's Sing and Don’t Cry
Asma Sakit Alshammari
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Expressing Refusals in English: A Cross-Cultural Study of Invitation Responses amongst Malaysians
Nur Asyrani binti Che Ismail, Nur Rasyidah Mohd Nordin
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A Stylistic Analysis in Literary Texts: Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Everett's James
Djoko Sutrisno, Martina Martina, Mu'jizah Mu'jizah, Nuraidar Agus, Herianah Herianah, Hastianah Hastianah, Nur Syamsiah, Dewi Juliastuty, Binar Kurniasari Febrianti, Syarifah Lubna
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‘She Has an Accent’ - When Pronunciation Overrides Appearance in Determining Whether Someone Is a Native English Speaker
Douglas C. Severo
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Thainess as Part of Thai Diaspora Identity in Thai American Literature: A Case Study of Manning’s A Good True Thai and Lapcharoensap’s Sightseeing
Kittiphong Praphan
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Male Vulnerability and Victimization: Examining Vassanji's No New Land
Anju J, P. Tamilarasan
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From Past to Present: Leveraging Digital Traditional Games in Teaching English Vocabulary for Young Learners
Ahmad Syawaluddin, Nur Aeni, Aswati Asri
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Faithfulness in the Translation of the Qur'anic Arabic Homographic Word Kataba (كَتَبَ) into English: Revisiting the Equivalence Theory
Majda Babiker Ahmed Abdelkarim, Ali Albashir Mohammed Alhaj, Ahmed Hadi Hakami
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From English to Tok Pisin: A Sociolinguistic Inquiry of Gender Preference in the New Testament Bible Translation
Andreas Noreewec, Mangatur Nababan, Djatmika Djatmika
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Evaluating Literary Meaning: Appraisal and Argumentation in Dancing in the Dust
Matiyenga Tinashe Charles
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The Continuity of Identity in Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin
MohammedLami Shamallakh, Ravichandran Vengadasamy, Mohamed Zain Sulaiman
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A New Historicist Reading of Shakespeare’s Aesthetic Autonomy and Republican Voice in Coriolanus
Syed Zamanat Abbas
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The Politics of Representing Gender and Sexuality in Arundhati Roy’s Selected Books
Ranga R., Poonam Prasad
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Eclectic Method in ESL Creative Thinking and Writing - An Experimental Study
T. Mahendran, S. Diravidamani, Hema M, Masilamani. C, Ramesh M, Sathya Thangavel
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Presupposition Analysis in Written Online News Discourse CNN The Death of Liam Payne Ex One Direction Personnel
Herman Herman, Jumaria Sirait, Rakhmat Wahyudin Sagala, Rohanna Sinambela, Ridwin Purba, Endang Fatmawati, Claudya Siagian, Dwi Fitria Anggraini
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Translating English Polysemous Words: A Systematic Literature Review
Dengke Pan, Syed Nurulakla Syed Abdullah, Muhammad Alif Redzuan Abdullah, Rosfazila Abd Rahman
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Dubbing for Oral Language Acquisition: A Literature Review on Practices and Implementation (2017-2024)
Qiuyao Wang, Nooreen Noordin, Joanna Joseph Jeyaraj, Zhao Sun
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The Intersection of Medicine and Mortality: Analyzing the Human Experience in Margaret Edson’s “Wit”
M. Ilaya Kanmani Nanmozhi, S. Gunasekaran
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Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: A Case of Postcolonial Discourse Analysis and Reexploration
Saif Al-Deen Al-Ghammaz
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Reviewer Acknowledgements for World Journal of English Language, Vol. 16, No. 1
Joe Nelson
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