Macrolinguistics and Microlinguistics

Ho Chi Minh’s Marxist–Humanist Conception of Ethnic Unity: Theoretical foundations, revolutionary praxis, and contemporary relevance

2026-07-04T06:29:29+00:00

This study reinterprets Ho Chi Minh’s conception of ethnic unity through the lens of Marxist–Leninist dialectical materialism and Vietnamese humanism, highlighting its historical formation, ideological coherence, and enduring policy relevance. In Vietnam’s multi-ethnic context, ethnic solidarity was not merely a political slogan but a revolutionary imperative for both national liberation and socialist construction. Employing qualitative content analysis of primary sources including Ho Chi Minh Toan Tap (The Complete Works of Ho Chi Minh), Communist Party documents, and official speeches this research situates Ho Chi Minh’s thought within comparative frameworks of ethnicity, nationalism, and postcolonial socialism. The findings reveal that Ho Chi Minh synthesized Marxist class-based internationalism with Vietnamese cultural traditions, advancing a model of ethnic relations grounded in equality, mutual respect, and unity in diversity. His approach diverged from both assimilationist and liberal–pluralist models by emphasizing moral solidarity, inclusive governance, and cultural preservation. The study contributes to the theoretical enrichment of Vietnamese political thought and offers insights into contemporary challenges of social cohesion and ethnic policy in Vietnam. It argues that Ho Chi Minh’s vision remains a foundational paradigm for reconciling national unity with cultural diversity in socialist nation-building.

Autistic prosody acquisition in Denpasar, Bali

2026-07-09T01:40:04+00:00

Autism in Indonesia is growing fast. Based on the Vice healty minister Republic of Indonesia's statement, Dr. Saksono Harbuwono, it's estimated that about 2-4 million Indonesian children have autism spectrum disorder. This condition influences the way how to interact and communicate with others. Autistic children have difficulty to understand face expression, pitch, length, intonation, and body language. World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that 1: 160 children in the world have autism spectrum disorder. Based on education in the province of Bali, 154 children are studying in a Special School (SLB) in Denpasar, Bali. Based on the data above, the writer has the intention to apply Fonology knowledge to make therapy for autism spectrum disorder. Autism Prosody acquisition in Denpasar, Bali. Prosody is from Greek, Prosṍidia, meaning a song that is sung by music instrument (ṍidѐ = song, ode pros = by/with). First of all, it is used to show features that are not transcribed in the utterance, such as pitch, length, stress, and intonation (Couper-Kuhlen, 1993). Phonetics is the study of sounds. Phonetics is divided into three parts, articulation phonetic that study about sounds that is related to the listener, and acoustic phonetics.

Multimodal Pragmatics in EkeGusii: Analyzing the Integration of Verbal and Non-verbal Cues in Communication.

2025-09-11T13:15:49+00:00

This paper explores multimodal pragmatics in the context of EkeGusii, a Bantu language spoken predominantly in southwestern Kenya. It examines how verbal and non-verbal elements converge to create meaning in interpersonal communication. Drawing on previous scholarly work in pragmatics and multimodal communication, the study employs a socio-cognitive theoretical framework to analyze naturalistic data from EkeGusii interactions. It identifies under-researched areas in non-verbal pragmatic markers within Bantu languages and provides illustrative examples from native speaker contexts. The paper concludes by suggesting new directions for pragmatic research in African languages.

“Cognitive-Pragmatic Inference Across Typologies: Ellipsis and Silence in Kiswahili and English”.

2025-10-20T07:01:25+00:00

Cognitive-pragmatic inference plays a central role in interpreting ellipsis and silence across languages of differing typological profiles. Grounded in relevance theory and cross linguistic pragmatics, the present analysis investigates how meaning is inferred from implicit or unarticulated elements in Kiswahili and English discourse. Attention is given to the interaction between linguistic form, contextual enrichment, and communicative norms in shaping interpretive processes. Qualitative examination of conversational and textual data reveals that both languages employ comparable inferential mechanisms, yet diverge in their degrees of explicitness and dependence on context. Kiswahili, characterized by agglutinative morphology and high-context communication, often relies on pragmatic economy achieved through silence and elliptical constructions. English, as a more analytic and low-context language, tends toward syntactic explicitness and overt coherence markers to secure interpretation. The findings highlight the interplay between cognitive universals and typological variation in the management of implied meaning. By situating ellipsis and silence within a cognitive-pragmatic framework, the analysis contributes to broader theoretical discussions on how speakers negotiate meaning through what remains unsaid.