Seraphim, Eva; Quansah, Tandoh(University of Cape Coast, 2012)
Land tenure is a concept that looks at how people gain access to land and how they make use of it. In various African societies, there are cases where women's land ownership is complicated by the gender ideology that women ...
In what ways does the structuralist paradigm of language speak to the underlying constructs of human communication and modern society? How the dynamics of a postmodern society can be understood, while these dynamics remain ...
Sarfo, Emmanuel; Krampa, Ewuresi Agyeiwaa(University of Cape Coast, 2013)
The concept of terrorism (and antiterrorism) is a complex phenomenon that has received a lot of debate in the last decade. A highly complex phenomenon, terrorism stands at the forefront of national and international agendas. ...
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 ...
Kodah, Mawuloe Koffi(University of Cape Coast, 2013)
One major characteristic of the artistry of Ahmadou Kourouma as a renowned African novelist is his linguistic dexterity. In an attempt to realise the didactic function of literary works, Kourouma creates rare harmony between ...
Advertising takes many forms, but in most of them language is of crucial importance (Vestergaard & Schroder 1985). Language has a powerful influence on people and the way they behave. This fact manifests in many human ...
Kodah, Mawuloe Koffi(University of Cape Coast, 2011)
Cet article examine le thème du pessimisme comme une perspective dominante dans Les Soleils des Indépendances d’Ahmadou Kourouma. Il retrace le pessimisme à travers le jeu des personnages et les indices spatio-temporels ...
Second language study in French universities includes both modern language (literary) and foreign language (communicative) approaches, although teaching is dominated by the literary strand. Traditional educational models ...
As custodians and trustees of public money, Islamic banking institutions (IBIs) must have a good reputation that cannot be achieved without a strong legal and corporate governance (CG) framework. The base for good governance ...
Appiah-Sekyere, Paul(University of Cape Coast, 2014)
The “Lifeboat ethics” as propounded by Garrett Hardin has gained currency in contemporary world. This is in view of some form of pragmatic truth and how Hardin theorises to explain the relationships that exist between the ...
Archibald, Afful Joseph Benjamin(University of Cape Coast, 2017)
Over the past twenty-five years, researchers have expressed considerable interest in titles of academic publications. Unfortunately, conference paper titles (CPTs) have only recently begun to receive attention. The aim of ...
Kodah, Mawuloe Koffi(University of Cape Coast, 2013)
This paper examines the use and linguistic impact of parenthetical expressions in The Suns of Independence of Ahmadou Kourouma, a renowned francophone African writer from the Ivory Coast. One of the remarkable features in ...
Ennin, Theresah Patrine; Nkansah, Nancy Boahemaa(University of Cape Coast, 2015)
Names as markers of identity are a source of a wide variety of information. This paper explores the names of characters to show the sociocultural factors which influence the choice of names and the effects that the names ...
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 ...
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 ...