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Open AccessPublished: 29 March 2026

Humor Construction through Metaphor in a Stand-Up Comedy under Conceptual Blending Theory: A Case Study of The King of Comedy

Lian Liu, Hui Chen, Honggang Liu

Linguistic Exploration · 86–102 · 10.55121/le.v3i1.1194

Humor is essential in daily life and as linguistic research advances, its mechanisms have attracted increasing scholarly attention. Metaphor as a fundamental way humans conceptualize the world plays a key role in constructing humor. And stand-up comedy, combining verbal artistry with social critique, offers rich naturalistic dat

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Open AccessPublished: 27 March 2026

From Dal’s Dictionary to Miyazaki’s Screen: A Comparative Analysis of Somatic Metaphors in Russian and Japanese Paremiology

Aida R. Nurutdinova

Linguistic Exploration · 59–85 · 10.55121/le.v3i1.1202

This study investigates cultural identity formation through comparative analysis of somatic metaphors in Russian and Japanese proverbs and their transformation in animated film. Drawing on 347 Russian proverbs from Vladimir Dal's dictionary and 298 Japanese proverbs from the Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, the research examines how bodil

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Open AccessPublished: 16 July 2026

Cultural Conceptualizations in Nigerian Students’ Sign-Out Discourses

Adaobi Ngozi Okoye, Peter Oyewole Makinde

Linguistic Exploration · 1–20 · 10.55121/le.v3i2.102315

Across higher institutions of learning in Nigeria the sign-out practice has become an active custom marking students’ transition from undergraduate life to the wider world. This emerging youth practice is often characterized by flamboyant displays of fashion, style and affluence and carefully curated social media posts blend the

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Open AccessPublished: 24 April 2026

A Comparative Analysis of the Figurative Language in Arabic and South African Languages

Entisar Khalifa Aljoundi

Linguistic Exploration · 147–165 · 10.55121/le.v3i1.967

Arabic and South African languages contain rich idiomatic expressions, many of which are based on body-related metaphors that play an important role in everyday communication. This study compares body-part idioms in Arabic and South African to examine how physical body concepts are used to express abstract meanings. Most previou

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Open AccessPublished: 22 April 2026

Linguistic Geoengineering: A New Paradigm for Discursive Infrastructure and Public Persuasion

Dominic Bryan San Jose

Linguistic Exploration · 115–131 · 10.55121/le.v3i1.1219

This theoretical paper (1) defines linguistic geoengineering as a theoretical framework, (2) distinguishes its unique characteristics from established theories of language and power, and (3) analyzes its implications for public persuasion and democratic engagement. Linguistic geoengineering, a novel framework for analyzing langu

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