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Open AccessPublished: 19 September 2026

A Comparative Lexical Usage Analysis between Paul Éluard and Ahmad Shamlou’s Fresh Air: An Inquire into Sensory and Abstract Lexis

Zohreh Sakian, Mohammad Taheri

Linguistic Exploration · 79–93 · 10.55121/le.v3i2.101845

Analysis of the vocabulary preferences of a writer provides remarkable evidence for their ideology, aesthetic awareness, and stylistic uniqueness. The current article compares lexical preference, with emphasis on sensory and abstract nouns, in the writings of the French Surrealist poet Paul Éluard and the modern Persian poet Ahm

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Open AccessPublished: 20 October 2025

Linguistic Deviances as Stylistic Resources in the Nigerian Music Industry: A Semiotic Analysis of Adeleke’s “Funds” and Apata’s “Hustle”

Peter Oyewole Makinde, Precious Chinasa Onyenwe

Linguistic Exploration · 133-150 · 10.55121/le.v2i2.768

This study examined linguistic deviances (LDs) as stylistic resources in the Nigerian music industry, through a semiotic analysis of Adeleke’s “Funds” and Apata’s “Hustle”. Linguistic deviance, a hallmark of creative language use in artistic expression, is explored here as a deliberate semiotic act that encodes cultural, ideolog

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