Browsing Department of English by Title
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Akoto, Osei Yaw
(University of Cape Coast, 2018-03)
The present study investigated variation in the distribution, discourse references
and functions of /, we and you (tri-PP) in classroom lectures across three broad
knowledge domains -Humanities (HS), Social Sciences (SS) ...
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Opoku-Agyemang, Prof. K.
(University of Cape Coast, 2011-04)
This study carried out an analysis of the rural poverty in Osun State,
Nigeria. Descriptive statistics, headcount index and the Tobit regression model
were the main tools of analysis used for this study. Data used for ...
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Apio, Lydia
(University of Cape Coast, 2023-11)
The thesis examines the trauma that enslaved women encounter at various stages of their capture and enslavement, the ways in which they resist the brutalities of slavery, and how these are represented in the four literary ...
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Sobeng, Ellen Blessing
(University of Cape Coast, 2022-02)
ABSTRACT
Since the 20th Century, language use in the media has received unparalleled
attention among scholars, especially, linguists. Though scholars have established
outstanding evidence for possibilities of the media ...
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Twumasi, Rita Akele
(University of Cape Coast, 2021-08)
Academic writing is not impersonal and objective; it is interactive and evaluative. The present study examined the evaluative language in examiners’ reports on 100 MPhil theses purposively selected from four departments, ...
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Unknown author (University of Cape Coast, 2018-05)
This study interrogates the highlife song text’s rhetorical profile as a layered proposition. The thesis of this research is that the rhetorical profile of the highlife song text is realizable in a multi- dimensional context ...
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Sam, Christabel Aba
(University of Cape Coast, 2018-07)
Examining the correlation between masculine representations, spatial reorganization
and futurity, this thesis analyzes selected works of four African
writers: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, J. M. ...
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Teiko, Okain
(University of Cape coast, 2019-08)
The originality of this research is primarily grounded in its comparative nature with its substantial focus on the Renaissance English dramatist, Jonson and two West African dramatists, Soyinka and Sutherland. The study ...
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Teiko, Okain
(University of Cape coast, 2019-08)
The originality of this research is primarily grounded in its comparative nature with its substantial focus on the Renaissance English dramatist, Jonson and two West African dramatists, Soyinka and Sutherland. The study ...
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Duncan, Emmanuel Godfred Kobina Essel
(University of Cape Coast, 2021-05)
From the mid-1980s, studies on men and masculinities have seen a steady growth.
Literary studies have applied the theory of masculinities in research and come up
with interesting findings that prove art forms as a true ...
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Nsowah, Daniel Okyere-Darko
(University of Cape Coast, 2021-10)
Despite the growing attention being given to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s works, there is also a growing concern of the focus of this attention. Criticisms about the structure and narrative techniques she adopts are still ...
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Sarfo-Adu, Kwasi
(University of Cape Coast, 2018-07)
The thesis explored and compared the deployment of rhetorical and pragmatic strategies in the campaign discourse of President John Agyekum Kufuor (JAK) as a challenger and as an incumbent respectively in Ghana’s 2000 and ...
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Aduse, Poku Samuel
(University of Cape Coast, 2024-04)
In recent times, there has been a growing interest in the study of how disabled characters are represented in African literature. This is partly inspired by the call for researchers and scholars to present the African ...
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Ahialey, Helen Omavuayenor
(University of Cape Coast, 2022-11)
Studies on courtroom discourse reveal that paramount on the agenda of lawyers
is their desire to win cases. They try to persuade Justices to believe their side of
an argument as against that of their opponent. Mobilising ...
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ISAAC, HORSU
(University of Cape Coast, 2023-10)
The goal of this study is to examine how political corruption is depicted in post-colonial literature, specifically in Altine's Wrath, Midnight Hotel and Harvest of Corruption. African literary artists, and African literary ...
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Gyasi, William Kodom
(University of Cape Coast, 2017-04)
Research articles (RA) constitute the most important means of
communicating research findings in the academic community. Despite the
crucial role played by RAs within the academic community, numerous studies
across ...
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Amissah-Arthur, Hannah Woode
(University of Cape coast, 2021-03)
This research explores the interconnectivity amongst Harriet Wilson‘s Our
Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (1859), Harriet Jacobs‘
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), Alice Walker‘s The Color ...
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Nkansah, Samuel Kwesi
(University of Cape Coast, 2019-02)
The future of every nation is embedded in its youth. The older generation eats sour grape and sets the teeth of the youth on edge. A vibrant youth seeks a better future for itself since if one fails to comment on how one’s ...
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Akyea, Gladys Mansa Feddy
(University of Cape Coast, 2016-11)
The study on nyadodo has been motivated by the conviction that apart from the well known oral artistic genres of the Ewe, nyadodo texts also provide a lens into the oral literature and values of the people. Looking closely ...