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Interruption and overlap an analysis of classroom discourse

Nyarko, I.O. (University of Education, Winneba., 2020-01)

This study sought to analyse all instances of simultaneous talk in classroom discourse. The study specifically ascertained the kind of interruptions and overlaps that occurred in the classroom discourse, determined the ...
A critical discourse analysis of president Johnson Sirleaf‟S speeches as manifestation of power, gender and ideology

Kena, J. (University of Education, Winneba, 2017-10)

Politics has been for a long time male dominated. However, over the last decades, it has become evident that the numbers of female representatives in the political sphere have shown a significant increase. Unfortunately ...
The image of African women in a patriarchal society a study of Buchi Emecheta’s the joys of motherhood and Amma Darko’s beyond the horizon

Blay, R.A. (University of Education, Winneba., 2014-10)

This thesis examines the image of African women in a patriarchal society. The purpose of this research work is to find out how Buchi Emecheta uses this text to present African women, how Amma Darko uses her book to present ...
Analysis of transitivity in Awoonor’s just to buy corn and Yeboah-Afari’s the sound of pestles

Enyan, E. (University of Education, Winneba, 2017)

The study uses Halliday's transitivity theory as a framework to analyse how language has been used by Kofi Awoonor and Adjoa Yeboah-Afari to reveal how the African experience is represented from the Ghanaian perspective ...
An analysis of concord errors among students of Kenyase SDA Senior High School in the Kwabre East municipality of Ashanti Region

Ampomah, H. D. (University of Education, Winneba, 2019)

English Language is learnt as major subject in the senior high level and as a programme at higher levels in the tertiary institutions. English Language is the official language and therefore the medium of instruction in ...
Some grammatical and lexical errors in the English essays of students of A.M.E. Zion girls’ Senior High School, Winneba

Yeboah, L.K. (University of Education, Winneba., 2015-08)

This study sought to analyse the grammatical and lexical errors in the essays of 60 purposefully selected Form 2 students of A. M. E. Zion Girls’ Senior High School in Winneba. The study identified grammatical and lexical ...
Text readability and grade propriety an analysis of Senior High School English textbooks in Ghana

Bakuuro, J. (University of Education, Winneba, 2023)

This study sought to examine the suitability of texts in Ghanaian Senior High School English textbooks to their intended students. The purpose is to determine the readability levels of English textbooks as well as the ...
Analysis of narrative distance in henry James ‘the portrait of a lady

Mokani, J. K. (University of Education, Winneba, 2015)

This study seeks to study narrative distance in Henry James’ The Portrait of a Lady. It analyzes the narrative to show how information is dramatically presented to minimize authorial intrusion. The study uses Gerard ...
Analysis of concord errors among SDA Senior High School students of Bekwai Municipality in Ashanti Region, Ghana

Azasu, C. T. (University of Education, Winneba, 2014)

The poor performance of students of Bekwai SDA Senior High School in English language has been a source of worry to many people because other subjects they study have also been affected too. The most disturbing aspect of ...
The study of clause complexing in the editorials of Daily Graphic

Opoku, K. (University of Education, Winneba, 2015)

This study is informed by Systemic Functional Grammar Theory to analyse the packing of sentence information in the editorials of the Daily Graphic (DG). It explores the structural types of sentences; compound or complex ...
The literary significance of proverbs used in selected West African drama

Agbenyo, E.Y. (University of Education Winneba, 2023)

Literature is an avenue for the artistic re-production of the life and cultural elements of people in the form of prose, poetry, and drama. The culture of every group in particular is established linguistically through ...
Cohesion in spoken discourse – a study of selected church sermons

Asiamah, F. (University of Education, Winneba, 2022)

This work studies the language of sermons. The work looks into spoken discourse. It investigates cohesion in sermons by examining cohesive devices in the utterances of selected sermons and how these devices contribute to ...
A rhetorical analysis of mock examination essays in three disciplines-the case of Ve senior high school students

Okor, R.A. (University of Education, Winneba, 2023)

The aim of this research was to qualitatively analyse written mock examination essays from three different disciplines (literature, business management, and biology) in Ve Senior High School. The scholarship focused on ...
The portrayal of the male gender by African female novelists A study of Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen and Darko’s beyond the horizon

Musah, S. (University of Education, Winneba, 2022)

This thesis examined the image of male gender in Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen and Amma Darko’s Beyond the Horizon. The purpose of this research work was to explore how these two renowned female African writers ...
Context, motivation and choice of multimodality in television advertisements of selected companies in Ghana

Dwomoh, B.O. (University of Education, Winneba, 2022)

This study is a case study of television advertisements of selected companies in Ghana. It examines the choice and motivations for the use of multimodality in the advertisements. Data for the study consisted of selected ...
Transitivity in political discourse_the 2009 state of the nation address in Ghana

Ewusi-Mensah, L (University of Education,Winneba, 2015)

The study examined how language has been used by President John Evans Attah Mills to present the message in his first State-of-the-Nation address. The main focus of the study was the analysis of transitivity in the ...
The study of clause complexing in the editorials of Daily Graphic

Opoku, K (University of Education,Winneba, 2015)

This study is informed by Systemic Functional Grammar Theory to analyse the packing of sentence information in the editorials of the Daily Graphic (DG). It explores the structural types of sentences; compound or complex ...
The onomastics of prinicipal Anlo-Town names

Amenyedzi, D (University of Education,Winneba, 2017)

This study investigated the origin, meaning and motivation of the names of the principal settlements of the Anlo state and the morphological processes involved in the formation of the names. It classified also the names ...
The language of deception, transitivity analysis of scam email messages

Anafo, C (University of Education,Winneba, 2017)

The increasing use of the internet has also increased the chances of receiving scam emails. Several linguistics approaches have been used by researchers to conduct several studies on deception. Even though these ...
The language of advertising_analysis of lanaguage use in MTN Ghana print advertisement

Akorli, G.K (University of Education,Winneba, 2016)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the language of advertising and analyse its use in MTN Ghana print advertisements. The study looked at the language devices the MTN Ghana copywriter uses in writing the ...

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