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A corpus-based study of the phraseological pattern it + v-link + adj + that clause in l1 and l2 expert academic writing

Ngula, Richmond Sadick (University of Cape Coast, 1-09-20)

This study discusses the phraseological pattern It + V-link + ADJ + That Clause as a rhetorical feature of argumentation in Ghanaian scholars’ research articles (RAs) across the disciplines of Sociology, Economics and Law. ...
Lexical bundles in academic bio-data: A corpus interdisciplinary analysis

Lin, Kathy Ling; Mwinl, Isaac Nuokyaa-Ire (University of Cape Coast, 1987)
Gender-role perceptions in the Akan Folktale

Opoku-Agyem, Naan Ajane (University of Cape Coast, 1999)
Ways of refusing invitations in English among members of a college of education community in Ghana

Sarfo, Emmanuel (University of Cape Coast, 2002)

Refusing an invitation from another person is potentially face-threatening and therefore with knowledge of such potential danger, interlocutors employ different ways of minimising such threats. This paper is an attempt to ...
Families portrayed in West African fiction

Dako, Kari; Traore, Moussa; Yitah, Helen (University of Cape Coast, 2004)
Non-kinship address terms in Akan: A Sociolinguistic study of language use in Ghana

Afful, Joseph Benjamin Archibald (University of Cape Coast, 2006)

Following the study of Gilman and Ford on address terms, an increasing number of studies have been conducted in several sociocultural settings. In line with this trend, the present study attempts to describe and explain ...
Academic literacy and communicative skills in the Ghanaian University: A Proposal

Afful, Joseph Benjamin Archibald (University of Cape Coast, 2007)

In the last two decades academic literacy has received considerable attention in tertiary education in several English-medium universities. English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and similar writing programs have constantly ...
Address forms and variation among University students in Ghana

Afful, Joseph Benjamin Archibald (University of Cape Coast, 2007)

Since Brown and Gilman’s (1960) study, sociolinguists have shown an increasing interest in the use of address forms in various social domains such as politics, workplace, religion, and acdemia. This study shows how students ...
Research proposal and thesis writing: narrative of a recently graduated researcher in applied linguistics

Afful, Joseph Benjamin (University of Cape Coast, 2008)
Address forms among university students in Ghana: a case of gendered identities?

Afful, Joseph Benjamin Archibald (University of Cape Coast, 2009)

In the last two decades, scholars in discourse studies and sociolinguistics have shown considerable interest in how identity is encoded in discourses across various facets of life such as academia, home, politics and ...
Rhetorical analysis of introductions in an undergraduate English studies course

Afful, Joseph Benjamin Archibald (University of Cape Coast, 2009)

Recent discourse analytical studies have highlighted the importance of rhetorical moves in student writing. In this paper, I explore the rhetoric of introductions of examination essays written by second-year English students ...
Advanced academic literacy and the role of academic editors in research writing

Afful, Joseph Benjamin (University of Cape Coast, 2009)

Advanced academic literacy often underscores the role of faculty as supervisors and examiners in research and thesis writing processes. Academic editors are unfortunately often not mentioned in these socialization processes. ...
Commonality and individuality in academic writing: an analysis of conference paper titles of four scholars

Afful, Joseph B. A.; Mwinlaaru, Isaac N.2010 (University of Cape Coast, 2010)

In the last two and half decades, scholars and researchers in Applied Linguistics and other allied fields have shown an increasing interest in titles of academic publications. The place of style at the level of the individual ...
Discourse in institutional administration of public Universities in Ghana: A shift towards a market paradigm?

Edu-Buandoh, Dora Francisca (University of Cape Coast, 2010)

Language as an ideological tool is used in discourse by institutions, sometimes to change their discourse in order to buy into existing economic as well as social powers. In recent years, Ghanaian public universities have ...
Address terms among University students in Ghana: A case study

Afful, Joseph Benjamin Archibald (University of Cape Coast, 2010)

An important feature of the interface between language and society is the use of address terms. Following Brown and Gilman (1960), research studies of address terms have been extended to several cultural settings. This ...
Making health communication accessible: A rhetorical analysis of radio health talk

Sarfo, Emmanuel (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

If health professionals require that people adopt the healthy behaviours and recommendations that they champion, they must communicate in plain language that people would understand (Koh, 2010). It is against this background ...
Oral testimonies among Christians on a University campus in Ghana

Afful, Joseph Benjamin Archibald; Tekpetey, Bernice Korkor (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

Genres in religion are gradually being studied in applied linguistics, in general, and discourse analysis, in particular, by scholars in both Anglo-European contexts and non-Anglo-European contexts. This study reports ...
National unity in multi-ethnic Malaysia: A critical discourse analysis of Tun Dr. Mahathir’s political speeches

David, Maya khemlani; Dumanig, Francisco Perlas (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

This paper examines the discourse of a former Prime Minister (PM), Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, in order to study the ways Tun Dr. Mahathir (henceforth TDM) constructed national unity in multi-ethnic Malaysia through his ...
Local governance as a strategy for educational development in Mali

Traoré, Moussa Khoré (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

This paper aims to contribute to the issue of local governance as a strategy for educational development in Mali. Based on the theoretical aspects of governance, it presents the arguments and issues of local involvement ...
Using literature and multiple technologies in esl instruction

Traore, Moussa; Kyei-Blankson, Lydia (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

Many instructors are using literary texts along with language structure books in English as a Secondary Language (ESL) classrooms. Since literature is often written to portray a particular cultural or authentic experience, ...

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