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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies (SALALS)

Publisher :

NISC (Pty) Ltd

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Peer reviewed only
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Open Access
  • Applied Language
  • language practice
  • applied linguistics

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e-ISSN :

1727-9461

Issue Frequency :

Quarterly

Impact Factor :

0.6

p-ISSN :

1607-3614

Est. Year :

1983

Mobile :

270466229698

DOI :

YES

Country :

South Africa

Language :

English

APC :

YES

Impact Factor Assignee :

Google Scholar

Email :

Johanita.Kirsten@nwu.ac.za, publishing@nisc.co.za

Journal Descriptions

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies publishes articles on a wide range of linguistic topics and acts as a forum for research into ALL the languages of southern Africa. Original contributions are welcomed on any of the core areas of linguistics, applied linguistics, and language practice, particularly regarding matters that are relevant for the (southern) African context. Review articles and short research reports are also welcomed. Book reviews are solicited by the reviews editor. Articles in languages other than English are accompanied by an extended English summary.


Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies (SALALS) is :

International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Applied Language, language practice, applied linguistics, Social Sciences, Linguistics, Language , Online or Print, Quarterly Journal

UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN - 1607-3614, E-ISSN - 1727-9461, Established in - 1983, Impact Factor - 0.6

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Publications of SALALS

  • dott image Arsène ELONGO
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Stylistics of the injunction in the advertising language of mobile telephony

This article intends to examine the injunction in the advertising language of mobile telephony. It scrutinises the problem of stylistic choice in the use of the injunction, to draw out the i...

  • dott image March, 2025

Linguistic misconceptions of tautology in the English second language context among student educators

There is a misconception that tautology is an emphasis rather than a semantic error in English second language contexts. Subsequently, it is considered enablement for emphasis to disambiguat...

  • dott image February, 2025

A sociolinguistic analysis of gratitude expressions in Tshivenḓa

This article presents a sociolinguistic analysis of gratitude expressions in Tshivenḓa, focusing on two gift-giving scenarios: a birthday gift exchange between friends; and a gift given to...

  • dott image February, 2025

The production of English binomials by Botswana learners of English

This article presents the results of a paper-and-pencil experiment investigating the production of English binomial expressions (e.g. bread and butter, hit and run, in and out) by advanced l...

  • dott image February, 2025

The exploration of compensation in English literal translation of Sesotho proverbs

This study explores how Mokitimi employed compensation in producing literal translations of Sesotho proverbs in her book The Voice of the People (1997). The impetus for this study was our ob...

  • dott image February, 2025

The teaching and learning of isiXhosa for communicative purposes in teacher education for the Foundation Phase

Policies that promote multilingualism in education call for innovative ways to equip preservice teachers to function effectively in linguistically diverse classrooms in South Africa. Much of...

  • dott image January, 2025

What makes poetic language different? An experiment in genre recognition using word co-occurrence networks in Afrikaans

Despite being one of the oldest literary genres, poetry is notoriously difficult to define. Nevertheless, various literary scholars draw attention to poetry’s foregrounding of language its...

  • dott image January, 2025

The link between English language proficiency and academic performance among NC(V) first-year engineering students at a South African TVET college

There is significant existing scholarship on the relationship between the English language proficiency (ELP) and academic performance (AP) of English Additional Language (EAL) learners at So...

  • dott image December, 2024

Artist’s cognitive level and the style and form trails in graffiti: an analysis of graffiti from selected Bikita-Matsai secondary schools

This work is an exploration of the influence of cognitive levels in graffiti writing with special reference to content, style and form. Basing the narrative on the analysis of graffiti by le...

  • dott image December, 2024

Altyd ’n snaakse woordjie tussen-in  : Nama click consonants in post-shift Namaqualand Afrikaans

Several regional varieties of Coloured Afrikaans in the Northern Cape retain lexical items in the aftermath of shift from Khoekhoe-branch languages, predominantly Nama and †Kora. These loa...

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