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Papers by Murali Naga
This research looks at how Shirley Jackson's short story "Charles" blends the uncanny and humor t... more This research looks at how Shirley Jackson's short story "Charles" blends the uncanny and humor to delve into more complex psychological and sociological concerns. The study aims to analyze the roles that humor and the uncanny play in the story, as well as how they impact tone and mood and how they depict parental perspective and childhood behavior. This study employs qualitative theme analysis to examine how Jackson combines the uncanny and humor to address larger psychological and societal issues. Data analysis entails finding themes and patterns connected to these elements, whereas data collection is closely reading the text and concentrating on any instances of humor and the uncanny. The key findings emphasize the deft application of humor and the uncanny to investigate the intricacies of childhood and parenthood and to question societal standards. The analysis highlights the significance of Jackson's work in analyzing common human experiences and social interactions while also advancing our comprehension of her narrative techniques and thematic themes.
Research Article, 2024
The article "The Pragmatic Functions of Honorifics in the Selected short Stories of Guy de Maupas... more The article "The Pragmatic Functions of Honorifics in the Selected short Stories of Guy de Maupassant" is a comprehensive study that aims to understand the pragmatic functions of honorifics in Maupassant's short stories. It provides a theoretical background, explores various honorific types, linguistic representations, and their functions, and examines the relationship between honorifics and politeness. The research methodology and data analysis section outlines the research approach, providing a framework for examining the pragmatic functions of honorifics. The analysis and discussion delve into specific instances in Maupassant's short stories, contributing to a deeper understanding of linguistic and social dimensions in his work.
Research Article, 2024
This in-depth investigation of Ruskin Bond's "The Eyes Have It" delves into the darkest recesses ... more This in-depth investigation of Ruskin Bond's "The Eyes Have It" delves into the darkest recesses of deixis. The discerning eye uncovers compelling patterns by unraveling the enigmatic tapestry of person, spatial, temporal, discourse, and social deixis. Individual deixis rules at 36.07%, a throbbing heartbeat reverberating with character drenching. Spatial deixis (18.03%) lays out scenes of energetic tones, while talk deixis (20.08%) arranges the story's balletic developments. Character interaction gains vitality thanks to social deixis (16.80%). The elusive conductor orchestrating chronological harmony is temporal deixis (9.02 percent). A linguistic symphony dissected to illuminate the elusive pragmatics in short story literature, the narrative is imbued with coherence and depth by the dance of deixis types, which is intricately interwoven.
Research Article, 2024
The complex interactions between pragmatic and semantic factors during the processing of scalar i... more The complex interactions between pragmatic and semantic factors during the processing of scalar implicatures are examined in the present research. Respondents' evaluations and recommendations, especially during critical trials, show a complex comprehension shaped by semantic meaning and pragmatic suitability. Differential assessments in critical trials show instances where logically valid assertions are judged to be pragmatically inaccurate hinting to possible pragmatic contradictions. Recurring themes emerge from participants' remarks on language adjustments, highlighting the need for statements that satisfy semantic accuracy requirements as well as contextual requirements. The results enhance our understanding of scalar implicatures by highlighting the significance of pragmatic factors in addition to semantic aspects.
The complex interactions between pragmatic and semantic factors during the processing of scalar i... more The complex interactions between pragmatic and semantic factors during the processing of scalar implicatures are examined in the present research. Respondents' evaluations and recommendations, especially during critical trials, show a complex comprehension shaped by semantic meaning and pragmatic suitability. Differential assessments in critical trials show instances where logically valid assertions are judged to be pragmatically inaccurate hinting to possible pragmatic contradictions. Recurring themes emerge from participants' remarks on language adjustments, highlighting the need for statements that satisfy semantic accuracy requirements as well as contextual requirements. The results enhance our understanding of scalar implicatures by highlighting the significance of pragmatic factors in addition to semantic aspects.
Article, 2023
The digital period has aided the advancement of English language education. Web users today have ... more The digital period has aided the advancement of English language education. Web users today have more exposure to English language learning than ever before. CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) is still being touted as a great option for language learning, although it is still in its early phases of development. A bold new fascinating world is certainly indicated by CALL, with its own set of conundrums and repercussions (Kern, 2014). The aims of the current paper were to investigate the effectiveness of CALL in improving speaking skills among language learners, explore the potential of CALL in providing personalized instruction and feedback to language learners, examine the role of technology-mediated communication in enhancing language learners' oral proficiency and develop and evaluate new CALL tools and materials for improving language learners' speaking skills. The key objectives of the current research paper were to assess the impact of CALL on language learners' speaking skills development, including fluency, accuracy, complexity, and comprehensibility, and to investigate the effectiveness of different types of CALL activities.
Article, 2023
According to pragmatics, the method by which a language user interprets a sentence representation... more According to pragmatics, the method by which a language user interprets a sentence representation offered by grammar based on the surrounding context to ascertain the messages and affects the speaker intended to express. The goal in this paper is with a particular aspect of that procedure, namely, the aspects in which the syntactically coded meaning of a sentence serves as a clue as to the straightforward, literal signals that the speaker wanted to convey. Pragmatic markers answer to the impulsive, interactive, communal, cordial, and courteous components of speaking and are a crucial part of verbal competency. Since pragmatic markers play a variety of roles in distinct spoken language interpersonal settings, a variety of conceptual frameworks have been taken into account in describing and constraining their multi-functionality. Pragmatic markers are chiefly categorized into four types. Basic markers provide additional conceptual information beyond the hypothetical sense. Commentary pragmatic markers contain procedural definition that signals the communication as a remark and propositional meaning that covers the full message. Parallel markers add a full message to the basic message when signaling. Discourse markers that indicate how the fundamental message relates to the previous conversation and give the addressee guidelines for how to understand the speech to which the discourse marker is connected.
Article, 2022
Communication assumes a crucial role in the life of human beings. Every facet of speech mentions ... more Communication assumes a crucial role in the life of human beings. Every facet of speech mentions something to be interacted. Sometimes, the inner meaning and outer meaning of communication differ in certain aspects. In such instances, the possible interpretations can be conveyed through implicatures that allude to the inferred sense in expression. Implicatures can be identified without employing much effort with the help of their properties. Conventional and conversational implicatures are the two sorts of implicatures. The role of implicatures in semantic change has mostly been studied in relation to lexical meaning loss. This paper aimed at explaining the types, properties, and functions of implicatures with regard to their role in interpretation.
Article, 2021
The use of language in human communication is studied by pragmatics, and determined by the condit... more The use of language in human communication is studied by pragmatics, and determined by the conditions of society. The speaker as a communicator and the listener as an interpreter are the two factors which chiefly involve the study of meaning. Pragmatics is described as the analysis of how more is conveyed than is said. Communication that takes place with the help of word elements are called verbal communication, whereas the communication that happens with the help of countenance, body movements and eye contact are called nonverbal communication. A great understanding of utterances can be achieved with the help of pragmatics and speech acts.
Article, 2019
The current day's learning has turned out to be vital to the present generation. One of the model... more The current day's learning has turned out to be vital to the present generation. One of the models for this sort is the foreign language instruction (Alsied & Pathan, 2013). Not many modules of connected semantics are as huge as the investigation of utilizing computers in language abilities.Since advanced language abilities are regularly incorporated in the classroom, many language instructors and students are excited to employ computers for language education and learning (Tafazoli & Golshan, 2014; Hubbard, & Levy, 2006). In such manner, the present paper endeavors to apply CALL(Computer Assisted Language Learning) in second/foreign language classes to build up students' reading skills.
Research article, 2015
Now-a-days computer and technology play a prominent role in our daily life where we employ them i... more Now-a-days computer and technology play a prominent role in our daily life where we employ them if we understand that or not, every aspect of living are employing technology to improve a product, to ease a way to do thing or to merely do something novel. Technology affects every industry and work, and by that employing computer and technology in teaching didn't become an option but a must. To study how computers are used in language teaching is one of the important components of applied linguistics. In this regard, the present paper provides to offer a brief history of CALL, visionary goals and the roles of CALL as tutor, tool and medium.
Research article, 2015
The pursuit for motivated students, for the teachers who teach, has been analogous to the pursuit... more The pursuit for motivated students, for the teachers who teach, has been analogous to the pursuit of beauty and truth by human kind-the target is worth pursuing but we have only a slender chance of attaining it in our life time. The present study examined the motivational strategies of English language teaching of 85 teachers from different locations in Libya (64 males and 21 females, teaching in a variety of institutional contexts, ranging from secondary schools to universities. The questionnaire data adapted from Dörnyei (1994) were verified by means of reliability analysis. Items, which reduced the internal consistency of a scale, were omitted from the scales and were treated as single-item variables. The frequency items were compared using standardized scores. The data were analyzed by means of frequency, percentage and arithmetic mean. The main findings show that the promoting goal setting and goal-orientedness were rather neglected area in the participating teachers' practice. This tells that the teachers' own behavioural modeling could be exploited more thoroughly in motivating learners. Based on this study's findings, some applicable and useful motivational strategies are recommended for enhancement and improvement of the students' motivation.
Published article, 2013
It is internationally recognized that teachers play a significant role in developing suitable val... more It is internationally recognized that teachers play a significant role in developing suitable values in their pupils. Students also learn strategies for identifying problems, making decisions, and finding solutions both in and out of school. Among them creative thinking skills play a prominent role in their learning process. Techniques developed specifically to teach creative thinking and examine how they may be applied to the classroom, are precise things to be considered. Awareness with techniques designed to improve creative thinking gives individuals a set of tools to use in their exploratory behaviour. Though there are various methods, the major innovative thinking skills that play the crucial role in learning process are visualization and creative dramatics, Torrance and Safter's incubation model, use of metaphors and analogies, divergent thinking strategies and commercial and competitive programmes. Brainstorming, the acronym scamper which is a useful tool for many creative endeavours and can assist children as well as adults in using the idea-spurring questions that can help them generate diverse ideas, and future solving problem, are the most popular innovative techniques that the teachers employ in moulding the young buds into colourful blossoms who are sole responsible to create the society more modest where we can live pleasantly. Hence, this present paper highlights the most appropriate techniques that the educators employ to motivate the knowledge seekers most effective and inspirational for the upcoming generation.
This research looks at how Shirley Jackson's short story "Charles" blends the uncanny and humor t... more This research looks at how Shirley Jackson's short story "Charles" blends the uncanny and humor to delve into more complex psychological and sociological concerns. The study aims to analyze the roles that humor and the uncanny play in the story, as well as how they impact tone and mood and how they depict parental perspective and childhood behavior. This study employs qualitative theme analysis to examine how Jackson combines the uncanny and humor to address larger psychological and societal issues. Data analysis entails finding themes and patterns connected to these elements, whereas data collection is closely reading the text and concentrating on any instances of humor and the uncanny. The key findings emphasize the deft application of humor and the uncanny to investigate the intricacies of childhood and parenthood and to question societal standards. The analysis highlights the significance of Jackson's work in analyzing common human experiences and social interactions while also advancing our comprehension of her narrative techniques and thematic themes.
Research Article, 2024
The article "The Pragmatic Functions of Honorifics in the Selected short Stories of Guy de Maupas... more The article "The Pragmatic Functions of Honorifics in the Selected short Stories of Guy de Maupassant" is a comprehensive study that aims to understand the pragmatic functions of honorifics in Maupassant's short stories. It provides a theoretical background, explores various honorific types, linguistic representations, and their functions, and examines the relationship between honorifics and politeness. The research methodology and data analysis section outlines the research approach, providing a framework for examining the pragmatic functions of honorifics. The analysis and discussion delve into specific instances in Maupassant's short stories, contributing to a deeper understanding of linguistic and social dimensions in his work.
Research Article, 2024
This in-depth investigation of Ruskin Bond's "The Eyes Have It" delves into the darkest recesses ... more This in-depth investigation of Ruskin Bond's "The Eyes Have It" delves into the darkest recesses of deixis. The discerning eye uncovers compelling patterns by unraveling the enigmatic tapestry of person, spatial, temporal, discourse, and social deixis. Individual deixis rules at 36.07%, a throbbing heartbeat reverberating with character drenching. Spatial deixis (18.03%) lays out scenes of energetic tones, while talk deixis (20.08%) arranges the story's balletic developments. Character interaction gains vitality thanks to social deixis (16.80%). The elusive conductor orchestrating chronological harmony is temporal deixis (9.02 percent). A linguistic symphony dissected to illuminate the elusive pragmatics in short story literature, the narrative is imbued with coherence and depth by the dance of deixis types, which is intricately interwoven.
Research Article, 2024
The complex interactions between pragmatic and semantic factors during the processing of scalar i... more The complex interactions between pragmatic and semantic factors during the processing of scalar implicatures are examined in the present research. Respondents' evaluations and recommendations, especially during critical trials, show a complex comprehension shaped by semantic meaning and pragmatic suitability. Differential assessments in critical trials show instances where logically valid assertions are judged to be pragmatically inaccurate hinting to possible pragmatic contradictions. Recurring themes emerge from participants' remarks on language adjustments, highlighting the need for statements that satisfy semantic accuracy requirements as well as contextual requirements. The results enhance our understanding of scalar implicatures by highlighting the significance of pragmatic factors in addition to semantic aspects.
The complex interactions between pragmatic and semantic factors during the processing of scalar i... more The complex interactions between pragmatic and semantic factors during the processing of scalar implicatures are examined in the present research. Respondents' evaluations and recommendations, especially during critical trials, show a complex comprehension shaped by semantic meaning and pragmatic suitability. Differential assessments in critical trials show instances where logically valid assertions are judged to be pragmatically inaccurate hinting to possible pragmatic contradictions. Recurring themes emerge from participants' remarks on language adjustments, highlighting the need for statements that satisfy semantic accuracy requirements as well as contextual requirements. The results enhance our understanding of scalar implicatures by highlighting the significance of pragmatic factors in addition to semantic aspects.
Article, 2023
The digital period has aided the advancement of English language education. Web users today have ... more The digital period has aided the advancement of English language education. Web users today have more exposure to English language learning than ever before. CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) is still being touted as a great option for language learning, although it is still in its early phases of development. A bold new fascinating world is certainly indicated by CALL, with its own set of conundrums and repercussions (Kern, 2014). The aims of the current paper were to investigate the effectiveness of CALL in improving speaking skills among language learners, explore the potential of CALL in providing personalized instruction and feedback to language learners, examine the role of technology-mediated communication in enhancing language learners' oral proficiency and develop and evaluate new CALL tools and materials for improving language learners' speaking skills. The key objectives of the current research paper were to assess the impact of CALL on language learners' speaking skills development, including fluency, accuracy, complexity, and comprehensibility, and to investigate the effectiveness of different types of CALL activities.
Article, 2023
According to pragmatics, the method by which a language user interprets a sentence representation... more According to pragmatics, the method by which a language user interprets a sentence representation offered by grammar based on the surrounding context to ascertain the messages and affects the speaker intended to express. The goal in this paper is with a particular aspect of that procedure, namely, the aspects in which the syntactically coded meaning of a sentence serves as a clue as to the straightforward, literal signals that the speaker wanted to convey. Pragmatic markers answer to the impulsive, interactive, communal, cordial, and courteous components of speaking and are a crucial part of verbal competency. Since pragmatic markers play a variety of roles in distinct spoken language interpersonal settings, a variety of conceptual frameworks have been taken into account in describing and constraining their multi-functionality. Pragmatic markers are chiefly categorized into four types. Basic markers provide additional conceptual information beyond the hypothetical sense. Commentary pragmatic markers contain procedural definition that signals the communication as a remark and propositional meaning that covers the full message. Parallel markers add a full message to the basic message when signaling. Discourse markers that indicate how the fundamental message relates to the previous conversation and give the addressee guidelines for how to understand the speech to which the discourse marker is connected.
Article, 2022
Communication assumes a crucial role in the life of human beings. Every facet of speech mentions ... more Communication assumes a crucial role in the life of human beings. Every facet of speech mentions something to be interacted. Sometimes, the inner meaning and outer meaning of communication differ in certain aspects. In such instances, the possible interpretations can be conveyed through implicatures that allude to the inferred sense in expression. Implicatures can be identified without employing much effort with the help of their properties. Conventional and conversational implicatures are the two sorts of implicatures. The role of implicatures in semantic change has mostly been studied in relation to lexical meaning loss. This paper aimed at explaining the types, properties, and functions of implicatures with regard to their role in interpretation.
Article, 2021
The use of language in human communication is studied by pragmatics, and determined by the condit... more The use of language in human communication is studied by pragmatics, and determined by the conditions of society. The speaker as a communicator and the listener as an interpreter are the two factors which chiefly involve the study of meaning. Pragmatics is described as the analysis of how more is conveyed than is said. Communication that takes place with the help of word elements are called verbal communication, whereas the communication that happens with the help of countenance, body movements and eye contact are called nonverbal communication. A great understanding of utterances can be achieved with the help of pragmatics and speech acts.
Article, 2019
The current day's learning has turned out to be vital to the present generation. One of the model... more The current day's learning has turned out to be vital to the present generation. One of the models for this sort is the foreign language instruction (Alsied & Pathan, 2013). Not many modules of connected semantics are as huge as the investigation of utilizing computers in language abilities.Since advanced language abilities are regularly incorporated in the classroom, many language instructors and students are excited to employ computers for language education and learning (Tafazoli & Golshan, 2014; Hubbard, & Levy, 2006). In such manner, the present paper endeavors to apply CALL(Computer Assisted Language Learning) in second/foreign language classes to build up students' reading skills.
Research article, 2015
Now-a-days computer and technology play a prominent role in our daily life where we employ them i... more Now-a-days computer and technology play a prominent role in our daily life where we employ them if we understand that or not, every aspect of living are employing technology to improve a product, to ease a way to do thing or to merely do something novel. Technology affects every industry and work, and by that employing computer and technology in teaching didn't become an option but a must. To study how computers are used in language teaching is one of the important components of applied linguistics. In this regard, the present paper provides to offer a brief history of CALL, visionary goals and the roles of CALL as tutor, tool and medium.
Research article, 2015
The pursuit for motivated students, for the teachers who teach, has been analogous to the pursuit... more The pursuit for motivated students, for the teachers who teach, has been analogous to the pursuit of beauty and truth by human kind-the target is worth pursuing but we have only a slender chance of attaining it in our life time. The present study examined the motivational strategies of English language teaching of 85 teachers from different locations in Libya (64 males and 21 females, teaching in a variety of institutional contexts, ranging from secondary schools to universities. The questionnaire data adapted from Dörnyei (1994) were verified by means of reliability analysis. Items, which reduced the internal consistency of a scale, were omitted from the scales and were treated as single-item variables. The frequency items were compared using standardized scores. The data were analyzed by means of frequency, percentage and arithmetic mean. The main findings show that the promoting goal setting and goal-orientedness were rather neglected area in the participating teachers' practice. This tells that the teachers' own behavioural modeling could be exploited more thoroughly in motivating learners. Based on this study's findings, some applicable and useful motivational strategies are recommended for enhancement and improvement of the students' motivation.
Published article, 2013
It is internationally recognized that teachers play a significant role in developing suitable val... more It is internationally recognized that teachers play a significant role in developing suitable values in their pupils. Students also learn strategies for identifying problems, making decisions, and finding solutions both in and out of school. Among them creative thinking skills play a prominent role in their learning process. Techniques developed specifically to teach creative thinking and examine how they may be applied to the classroom, are precise things to be considered. Awareness with techniques designed to improve creative thinking gives individuals a set of tools to use in their exploratory behaviour. Though there are various methods, the major innovative thinking skills that play the crucial role in learning process are visualization and creative dramatics, Torrance and Safter's incubation model, use of metaphors and analogies, divergent thinking strategies and commercial and competitive programmes. Brainstorming, the acronym scamper which is a useful tool for many creative endeavours and can assist children as well as adults in using the idea-spurring questions that can help them generate diverse ideas, and future solving problem, are the most popular innovative techniques that the teachers employ in moulding the young buds into colourful blossoms who are sole responsible to create the society more modest where we can live pleasantly. Hence, this present paper highlights the most appropriate techniques that the educators employ to motivate the knowledge seekers most effective and inspirational for the upcoming generation.