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International Journal of Language and Culture

Online-first articles

The following articles have been published online-first, and have not yet been published in an issue.

31 March 2026

“A garden gives life, it feeds us” Cultural explainers for the eco-social networks of Solomon Island ‘gardens’

Deborah Hill | 22 pp.

27 March 2026

The semantics of ecological collapse: A study on Danish fjords

Carsten Levisen | 22 pp.

23 March 2026

Timeless wisdom or shifting meaning? The adaptation of death-related proverbs across cultures

Julia Landmann | 23 pp.

12 March 2026

An analysis of deliberate metaphor framing of Ghana’s E-levy on social media platforms

Grace Nana Aba Dawson-Ahmoah and Patrick Nana Wonkyi | 22 pp.

10 March 2026

Transgender stigma: A collective and constitutive effect of language linked to the speech act of disapproving and social control

Lynne D’Amico, Alfonso Silva-Santisteban, Amaya Perez-Brumer, Rodrigo Aguayo-Romero, Ximena Salazar and Sari L. Reisner | 29 pp.

3 February 2026

A clash of ‘Prides’ in Chinese-English bilinguals

Ng Bee Chin and Chun Fung Yee | 39 pp.

18 August 2025

Russian culture (rather than grammatical gender) influences artistic personifications

Ahmed Abdel-Raheem, Tatiana Permyakova and Ekaterina Pozdeeva | 23 pp.

5 August 2025

A clash of civilizations or ideologies? A critical discourse analysis of the US and Iran presidents’ speeches

Shushan Azatyan and Zeinab Mohammad Ebrahimi Jahromi | 29 pp.

14 July 2025

Experienced saudade in times of COVID-19 pandemic

Félix Neto, Joana Neto and Etienne Mullet | 19 pp.

18 March 2025

On the pragmatics of praising: How gender movements in Africa celebrate women’s achievements in politics and society

Innocent Chiluwa | 23 pp.