Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s fiction, namely, Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, Americanah and The Thing Around Your Neck generally reflects an intersection black women’s experiences in variety contexts. In motifs that feature the domain identity politics gender discourse are brought into critical focus. Among these appraisals African names, stereotyping complexions, racialisations hair othe...

Writers’ identity (Ivanič, 1998) and positioning in written text have been studied under multiple terms. However, a clearer distinction should be made between writers’ (Hyland, 2005a) presence or voice (John, 2005). This paper explores how disseminators specialised writers adapt mediate the of researchers medical research articles (Med-RAs) corresponding popularizations published on-line (Med-E...

Semantic figurative metaphors modify visualization models and add non-data visual cues to visualizations. They result from an authorial intent to transmit stronger messages and emotionally connect with broad audiences. This article describes how I make use of semantic figurative metaphors across three applications, discussing design decisions and the limitations of this approach.

Appropriate use and acknowledgement of sources continues to be a central concern of academic integrity. A major challenge for research student in this is the development of a confident authorial voice which matches disciplinary expectations in language use, yet manages to do so without plagiarising through inappropriate text matching or recycling of language. This is a daunting challenge for al...