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Open AccessPublished: 18 October 2026

The Status Quo of Language and Gender in the Urban Informal Economic Spaces in Zambia

Pethias Siame, Raphael Prince Akeem Chisenga

Linguistic Exploration · 156–167 · 10.55121/le.v3i2.102118

The informal economy has become a lifeline for urban populations in Zambia, particularly in cities like Lusaka and Ndola. The growth is a direct response to widespread economic hardships and significant rural-urban migration. Within this vibrant sector, the intersection of language and gender remains a critically understudied ar

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Open AccessPublished: 15 January 2026

Lexico-Semiotic Analysis of Pentecostal Social Media Signage in Livingstone, Zambia

Pethias Siame, Charles Nyirenda

Linguistic Exploration · 1–11 · 10.55121/le.v3i1.458

This study conducts a comprehensive lexico-semiotic analysis of the social media signage employed by selected Pentecostal churches in Livingstone, Zambia. A qualitative descriptive design was adopted, utilizing a dual theoretical framework of Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) and Kress and van Leeuwen's Visual Social

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Open AccessPublished: 16 April 2025

An Onomastic Analysis of Shop Names: A Case of Manyama Market in Zambia

Pethias Siame, See Muleya, Raphael Prince Akeem Chisenga

Linguistic Exploration · 78–92 · 10.55121/le.v2i1.459

Motivated by the role of commercial onomastics in trade and business, this study linguistically analyses shop names in the multilingual context of the Manyama market in Kalumbila, Zambia. Three objectives guide this study: to identify the morphological processes employed in the formation of shop names at Manyama Market, to desc

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Open AccessPublished: 15 October 2026

A Socio-Semantic Analysis of Selected Anthroponyms in the Mambwe Language

Moses Musonda, Kennedy N. Kangwa, Pethias Siame

Linguistic Exploration · 144–155 · 10.55121/le.v3i2.101539

Names serve as fundamental markers of human identity, encapsulating a wealth of socio-cultural information. This study presents a socio-semantic analysis of selected Mambwe anthroponyms from the Mbala district in Zambia's Northern Province. Employing a qualitative methodology with purposive and snowball sampling, data were gathe

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