About the Journal

The Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Technology (JLLT) is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing scholarly inquiry across the intersecting fields of linguistics, literature, and technology. Published biannually, JLLT provides a rigorous academic platform for researchers, scholars, educators, and practitioners worldwide to share original research, critical analyses, and theoretical contributions.

JLLT is committed to fostering interdisciplinary dialogue that bridges the study of language and literary traditions with the evolving landscape of digital technology and computational tools. The journal welcomes contributions that explore language as a system, literature as a cultural and aesthetic practice, and technology as both a subject of inquiry and a methodological instrument.

The Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Technology (JLLT) is guided by a clearly defined set of aims and objectives that reflect its commitment to interdisciplinary excellence, academic rigour, and global scholarly engagement.

Aims

The primary aims of JLLT are as follows:

  • To provide an internationally recognised platform for the publication of high-quality, original research in linguistics, literature, and technology.
  • To promote interdisciplinary scholarship that explores the convergence of language, literary studies, and emerging digital technologies.
  • To support the global academic community by making cutting-edge research freely accessible through open-access publishing.
  • To encourage critical and theoretical inquiry that advances understanding across all three core disciplines.
  • To bridge the gap between traditional humanistic scholarship and contemporary technological methodologies.
  • To create a sustainable, ethically governed publication that upholds the highest standards of scholarly integrity.

Objectives

In pursuit of these aims, JLLT sets out the following specific objectives:

Research Dissemination

  • To publish peer-reviewed research articles, review articles, and critical essays in the fields of theoretical and applied linguistics, literary criticism and theory, and digital humanities.
  • To facilitate the rapid and wide dissemination of scholarly findings to both academic and professional audiences globally.

Interdisciplinary Engagement

  • To facilitate scholarly exchange between researchers working across language sciences, literary traditions, and technological innovation.
  • To document and disseminate research on the role of technology in language learning, literary analysis, corpus studies, and computational linguistics.

Academic Development

  • To serve as a reference point for emerging scholars, postgraduate researchers, and established academics seeking to publish interdisciplinary work.
  • To nurture a new generation of interdisciplinary scholars through editorial mentorship and constructive peer review feedback.

Ethical and Inclusive Publishing

  • To uphold the highest standards of academic ethics, transparency, and rigorous peer review in all publications.
  • To reflect diverse cultural, linguistic, and literary perspectives from both the Global North and Global South.
  • To actively promote equity in academic publishing by welcoming submissions from scholars across all regions, institutions, and career stages.

Current Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Technology
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The Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Technology (JLLT) is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing scholarly inquiry across the intersecting fields of linguistics, literature, and technology. Published biannually, JLLT provides a rigorous academic platform for researchers, scholars, educators, and practitioners worldwide to share original research, critical analyses, and theoretical contributions.

JLLT is committed to fostering interdisciplinary dialogue that bridges the study of language and literary traditions with the evolving landscape of digital technology and computational tools. The journal welcomes contributions that explore language as a system, literature as a cultural and aesthetic practice, and technology as both a subject of inquiry and a methodological instrument.

The Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Technology (JLLT) is guided by a clearly defined set of aims and objectives that reflect its commitment to interdisciplinary excellence, academic rigour, and global scholarly engagement.

Published: 2026-06-30

Articles

  • A Sociophonetic Investigation of English Long Vowel Production among Pakistani ESL Learners from Diverse Linguistic Backgrounds

    Mohammad Farooque, Humaira Irfan, Shanza Khan, Malaika Shahbaz, Abdullah Khan (Author)
    1-9
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/v3rkv682
  • Beyond Deconstruction: Rewriting Self, Being, and Meaning Through Sufi Ontology in Bulleh Shah's Kafi-A Digital Humanities and Computational Textual Perspective

    Amina Arshad, Eimman Fatima (Author)
    10-17
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/72tkdr20
  • Polyphonic Mysticism: Bakhtinian Dialogism and The Spiritual Voice in Elif Shafak’s The Forty Rules of Love

    Amina Arshad (Author)
    18-23
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/r40s3h49
  • From Expression to Simulation: Hyperreality and Typographic Performativity in E.E. Cummings’s Poetry

    Amina Arshad (Author)
    24-30
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/s0vz8t09
  • Pakistani University Students Navigating Economic Uncertainty Through ESL Acquisition and Social Capital

    Areeba Sajid, Syed Ali Zain ul Abideen Naqvi (Author)
    31-36
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/qb51r267
  • Beyond the Policy Ban: Translanguaging Practices in Pakistani English-Medium Instruction Classrooms

    Hamna Tayyab, Arslan Anjum (Author)
    37-44
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/8r9hcg29
  • Barriers to Assistive Technology Adoption Among Visually Impaired Students in Pakistani Higher Education

    Maryam Ahmad (Author)
    45-51
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/26kxm036
  • Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired Students

    Maryam Ahmad (Author)
    52-62
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/xe391c47
  • Emoji As a New Literary Language: A Semiotic and Linguistic Study of Digital Communication in Contemporary Fiction

    Syed Moin Shah Bukhari (Author)
    63-76
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/apq8xz32
  • Learning English as Inherited Disadvantage and Earned Capital: ESL Acquisition Strategies Among First-Generation Pakistani University Students

    Rafia Dastgir, Abdul Razzaq (Author)
    77-84
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/9gda7505
  • Dynamic Systems Perspectives on Willingness to Communicate: A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Investigation of Task-Induced Variability in EFL Oral Interaction

    Rimsha Israr (Author)
    85-91
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/syzbge59
  • Prompt Engineering as a New Literacy: The Linguistics of Talking to Large Language Models

    Saad Rehman Babary (Author)
    92-105
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/5wer1g34
  • Modality and Evidentiality in English: A Semantic-Pragmatic Analysis of Speaker Stance and Information

    Muhammad Umair Ashiq (Author)
    106-113
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/vhrrah37
  • Representing Eco-Anxiety in Contemporary English Fiction: An Ecocritical Study of Novels Published Between 2020 and 2023

    Zoha Haseeb, Syed Moin Shah Bukhari (Author)
    114-122
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.67649/wfegks44
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