Dr. Hicham Lahlou

Research

Conceptual metaphor, conceptual metonymy, polysemy, multi-word units, morphological processes.

Publication

Book

1. Lahlou, H. (2021). Concepts in Physics: A Comparative Cognitive Analysis of Arabic and French Terminologies. Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia (ITBM).
2. Lahlou, H., & Ho-Abdullah, I. (2012). A Cognitive Approach to Compounds and Blends: Revising the linguistic approach to blends. Germany: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.

Articles

1. Lahlou, H., & Rahim, H. A. (2022). Conceptual Metaphors in North African French- speaking News Discourse about COVID-19. Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 11(3), 589-600. https://doi.org/10.17509/ijal.v11i3.35949.
2. Lahlou, H., & Ho-Abdullah, I. (2021). The fine line between compounds and portmanteau words in English: A prototypical analysis. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 17(4), 1684-1694. https://doi.org/10.52462/jlls.123
3. Lahlou, H., & Rahim, H. A. (2020). The influence of Prior Knowledge on Learning Scientific Terminology: A Corpus-based Cognitive Linguistic Study of acceleration in Arabic and English. Arab World English Journal for Translation and Literary Studies, 4(1), 148-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awejtls/vol4no1.12
4. Lahlou, H., & Rahim, H. A. (2020). SPEED and VELOCITY in Arabic and English: A Corpus-based Cognitive Linguistic Analysis. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 29(7), 1005-1015.
5. Lahlou, H. (2020). A Corpus-based Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of Pre-existing Knowledge of Scientific Terminology: The Case of English Energy and Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa). Arab World English Journal for Translation and Literary Studies, 4(1), 3-13. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awejtls/vol4no1.1
6. Lahlou, H. (2019). The motivations for the semantic change in the category GREEN in Arabic: A synchronic and diachronic corpus-based analysis. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 8, 18-28. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2020.81002
7. Lahlou, H. (2019). Students’ Views of Science Education Challenges: A Focus Group Study. Language in India, 19(12).
8. Lahlou, H. (2018). The conceptualisation of science terminology: A Cognitive linguistic analysis of the categories electricity and light in Arabic. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research, 4(2), 75-80.
9. Lahlou, H., & Rahim, H. A. (2016). Culture and conceptualisation of scientific terms: an analysis of the concepts “Weight” and “Mass” in Arabic and French. KEMANUSIAAN The Asian Journal of Humanities, 23(2), 19-37. doi:https://doi.org/10.21315/kajh2016.23.s2.2
10. Lahlou, H. & Hajar, Abdul Rahim. (2013). A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the Concept TEMPERATURE in English and Arabic. Arab World English Journal. Special Issue on Translation, 2, 118-128.

Proceeding

• Lahlou, H. (2019). A Corpus-based Cognitive Analysis of the Radial Category green in Arabic. In M. P. Asl, K. Rajandran & Y. Azam (Eds.), The e-Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Culture: Change and Preservation in Language and Culture in Asia (pp. 150-154). Malaysia: School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Supervision

1. English Language Studies Project (B.A. - Undergraduates)
2. Dissertation (M.A. - Mixed-Mode)
3. Dissertation (Ph.D.)

Teaching

1. Contemporary English Grammar
2. Study Skills
3. Language Learning Theories
4. Theories of Receptive and Productive Skills
5. Morphology and Syntax

Award

• University Research Grant Award, Universiti Sains Malaysia, December 2021
• Short-term Research Grant, Universiti Sains Malaysia, April 2021- March 2023
• Postgraduate Research Grant Scheme, Universiti Sains Malaysia, September 2011- September 2013
• Doctoral Fellowship, Universiti Sains Malay, January 2010 - December 2010
• The Best Thesis Award, National University, Malaysia, August 2006

Topics for Ph.D. Students

• Cognitive Analysis of Multi-word Units and Polysemy
• Conceptual Metaphor Studies
• Conceptual Metonymy Studies
• Research on Morphological Processes
• Linguistic Analysis of the Vocabulary of Non-native English Learners

National/International Services

• Member/Cognitive Science Society
• Member/The Cambridge Panel: English
• Guest Editor/Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
• Journal Reviewer/Arab World English Journal (AWEJ)
• Peer Reviewer/Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities (JSSH)
• Peer Reviewer /Arab World English Journal (AWEJ)
• Peer Reviewer/3L The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies
• Peer Reviewer/International Journal of Arabic-English Studies (IJAES)