http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/44 2026-04-04T09:15:30Z 2026-04-04T09:15:30Z Quarcoo, M.A. http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/4856 2026-02-23T11:08:24Z 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z

Attitudes towards English in Ghana Quarcoo, M.A. The paper considers official and individual attitudes towards bilingualism in English and a Ghanaian language. We ask whether bilingualism in English and Ghanaian languages is a social handicap, without merit, or an important indicator of ethnic identity. Ghana has about 50 non-mutually intelligible languages, yet there are no statistics on who speaks what language(s) where in the country. We consider attitudes to English against the current Ghanaian language policy in education as practised in the school system. Our data reveal that parents believe early exposure to English enhances academic performance; English is therefore becoming the language of the home.

2017-05-01T00:00:00Z Williams, R Debrah, M.A Kyiileyang, M http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/1994 2026-02-23T09:58:29Z 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

An Analysis ofImages of Contention and Violence in Dagara and Akan Proverbial Expressions Williams, R; Debrah, M.A; Kyiileyang, M Proverbial expressions have typical linguistic and figurative features. These are normally captivating to the listener. The expressive culture of the Dagara and Akan societies is embellished by these proverbial expressions. Most African proverbs, express various images depicting both pleasant and unpleasant situations in life. Unpleasant language normally depicts several terrifying images particularly when threats, insults and other forms of abuse are traded vehemently. Dagara and Akan proverbs are no exceptions to this phenomenon. This paper seeks to examine images of contention and violence depicted in Akan and Dagara proverbial expressions. To achieve this, a variety of proverbs from Akan and Dagara were analysed for their meanings using Yankah’s and Honeck’s Theories. The result revealed that structurally, as with many proverbs, the Akan and Dagara proverbial expressions are pithy and terse. The most dominant images of contention and violence in these expressions expose negative values and perceptions about the people who speak these languages. Keywords: Akan, Dagara, Proverb, Imagery, Contention, Violence Article

2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Adjei, A.A Enyan, E http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/1993 2026-02-23T09:58:28Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Transitivity in a ghanaian literary text - a study of the major process types in awoonor’s just to buy corn Adjei, A.A; Enyan, E This study uses Halliday's transitivity framework to analyse how language has been used by Kofi Awoonor to reveal the African experience represented from the Ghanaian perspective in his story Just to Buy Corn. The primary focuses of the study are the three main process types, and the interplay between processes, participants and circumstances in the three major process types is used as representation of the author‟s perception of the Ghanaian experience. Using the qualitative design and the interpretative content analysis, the study finds that processes abound in the text, with a total of 533 processes. Material processes appear the most with a frequency of 336 representing 63.04% of the data analysed. The second most frequently used in the story are relational processes with a frequency of 103 representing 19.32%, followed by the mental process with a total frequency of 43 and a percentage of 8.07%. The verbal process follows with a frequency of 26 representing 4.88%. The behavioural process type follows with a frequency of 21 representing 3.94%, and existential process with a very small frequency of 4 representing 0.75%. The dominance of material processes in the story indicates the existence of a lot of physical actions in the African experience. The conclusion drawn from the study is that the selected story uses more primary process types than secondary types and confirms that the transitivity system can help in analysing clauses effectively and also helps us encode our experiences of the world. This affirms the assertion that language forms selected by writers are unplanned, yet, deliberately chosen to perform certain specific communicative functions. Keywords: Kofi Awoonor, Systemic Functional Grammar, Transitivity, Short Story, Social Ideology Article

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Adjei, A.A Opoku, K http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/1992 2026-02-23T09:58:28Z 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Expansion Relations of Clause Complexing (CC) in the Editorials of the Daily Graphic. Adjei, A.A; Opoku, K This paper focuses on the expansion relations of clause complexes in editorials of a Ghanaian daily newspaper. The problems discussed are: elaboration, extension and enhancement relations of clause complexes in the editorials, and the realization of those clause complexes through the use of conjunctive signals in the lexicogrammar. Theory of systemic functional grammar which says that the expansion can be of three kinds elaboration, extension and enhancement; suggested by Halliday (1994; 2004; 2014) underlies the discussion. The article adopts a qualitative approach as it textually investigates ten (10) purposively sampled editorials from the Daily Graphic. The results reveal that the clause complexes are of elaboration, extension and enhancement. On the whole, enhancement is highly used followed by elaboration and extension. The realization is relatively good as the choice among expansion characterizes each relation between clauses (each nexus) within a clause complex. Keywords: editorials (EDT), clause complexing (CC), expansion, elaboration, extension, enhancement Article

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