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The constraint of a rhetorical invention: Kwame Nkrumah and the Organization of African Unity

Mensah, Eric Opoku (University of Cape Coast, 1960)

Rhetorical constraints have the potential to inhibit a successful communication transaction. How they do that sometimes practically remains unclear, especially within the study of rhetoric in the African context. This paper ...
Collective memory, merging enemies, consistency of word and place: Nkrumah’s rhetorical artefacts in the “Positive Action” protest

Mensah, Eric Opoku (University of Cape Coast, 2007)
Power struggle in a female group discussion: The case of a Ghanaian University

Coker, Wincharles (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

In almost all group discussions among learners, language serves as a medium through social interaction is promoted and learning is maximised. However, when restraint is compromised by participants in a discussion, an ...
Love and language - A socio-rhetorical analysis of love texts on a Ghanaian radio network

Coker, Wincharles (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

While research in rhetorical analysis has focused predominantly on academic writing, little is known of the moves employed in relatively new modes of computer-mediated communication. This paper, therefore, examines the ...
A preliminary report on first year University students’ knowledge of basic grammar: The Case of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Gyasi, William Kodom; Nartey, Theophilus A.; Coker, Wincharles (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

Although current research in English for Specific Purposes places premium on sharpening learners’ skills in order to enable them to maximally function in the academic world and beyond, it is still felt that students are ...
Participant relationship and code choice in communication: A Case of the University Community of Cape Coast, Ghana

Torto, Richard T. (University of Cape Coast, 2012)

The current study focused on the effect of interpersonal relationship on code choice in discourse situations in the university community of Cape Coast. The study also looked at the nature of the linguistic situation and ...
Stating the research problem: A genre-based study of english language M.Phil. Theses in a Ghanaian Public University

Coker, Wincharles; Coker, Wilhelmina (University of Cape Coast, 2012)

Despite the numerous studies on such academic genres as the research abstract, introduction and literature review, the rhetorical section of the statement of the research problem has received little attention. To fill this ...
Communication in the world of fantasy: A case of Inez Haynes Gillmore’s Angel Island

Torto, Richard T. (University of Cape Coast, 2012)

One of the greatest classics of feminist fantasy science fiction, Angel Island by Inez Haynes Gillmore, tells the tragic story of what happens when a group of five shipwrecked sailors encounter on an Island five winged-women ...
An investigation of Chinese students’ learning styles at an english-medium University in Mainland China

Li, Chili (University of Cape Coast, 2012)

This paper reports on an investigation of Chinese tertiary students’ perceptual learning styles at an English-medium university in mainland China. Results revealed that 1) a wide variety of learning styles was distributed ...
Mobile communication and the culture of self-expression: The case of smsing to radio in Ghana

Coker, Wincharles (University of Cape Coast, 2012)

Over the last two decades, mobile telephony has wrought a tremendous impact on interpersonal communication over the world. In Ghana, however, the communicative significance of this new media as a means of promoting the ...
Media culture and television news: a review of five recent books and their implications for future research

Coker, Wincharles (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

The purpose of this essay is to explore and examine the usefulness of five fairly recent books in television news production in organizations such as the BBC and CNN, and to show how issues highlighted in the review could ...
Categorial function and lexico-grammatical meaning as new theories in Indonesian linguistics

Sofyan, Agus Nero; Hum, M. (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

This research, entitled “Categorial Function and Lexico-grammatical Meaning as New Theories in Indonesian Linguistics,” aims at introducing and applying new concepts/theories to Indonesian Linguistics. Using qualitative ...
Overt communication or covert rhetoric: A study of American medical informed consent forms

Coker, Wincharles (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

Informed consent forms are a sine qua non in today’s biomedical research. This article explores the rhetoric of ten informed consent forms approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and an American mid-western ...
The pedagogic relevance of codeswitching in the classroom: insights from Ewe-English code switching in Ghana

Yevudey, Elvis (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

Codeswitching as a code choice in the classroom has been a debatable issue among scholars interested in language of education, especially in Africa. Some studies promote the exclusive use of the L2 ‘target language’ in the ...
On the familiarity of iranian efl teachers and learners with post-method, and its realization

Razmjoo, Seyyed Ayatollah; Ranjbar, Hamid; Payame, Mohammad Hamed Hoomanfard (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

One of the most dramatic changes English Language Teaching has witnessed is the demise of the concept of method and its replacement by Kumaravadivelu’s post-method based pedagogy free from the constraints of methods. ...
Authenticity and sampling in C-Tests: A schema-Based and Statistical Response to Grotjahn’s Critique

Khodadady, Ebrahim (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

The paper aims to respond to Grotjahn‟s (2012a) critique of Khodadady and Hashemi‟s (2011) paper “Validity and C-Tests: The Role of Text Authenticity” by employing reduced redundancy (RR) and schema theories. It counter ...
Beyond Self Containment: On the Politics of Identity and Culture in a ‘Glocal’ Society

Coker, Wincharles (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

As a result of the epiphany of giant multinational media conglomerates, transnational trade networks and the politics of globalization, it is tempting to believe that individual and national identities have morphed. This ...
Urban green spaces in Africa: Nature and challenges

Mensah, Collins Adjei (University of Cape Coast, 2014)

Green spaces constitute a major environmental resource of urban landscape. In Africa, statistics show that urban green spaces are depleting at an alarming rate with green spaces now occupying small proportion of the landmass ...
When a woman is nude : A critical visual analysis of “Harlem” photograph

Coker, Wincharles (University of Cape Coast, 2014)

This paper offers an alternative oppositional reading against the obvious, dominant taken-for-granted codes of scopophilia by which Aaron Siskind’s “Harlem” photograph is interpreted. The paper draws primarily on the works ...
Language choice in communication in a multilingual setting: A case study of a cross section of first year students of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Torto, Richard T. (University of Cape Coast, 2014)

A group of people living and working together in close proximity enforced by an institution like the university communicate with one another both formally and informally. Language is the means of communicating information ...

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