Article Per Year (5 Year)
p-Index From 2021 - 2026
0.23
P-Index
This Author published in this journals
All Journal Linguistics Initiative
Harry Milton Hayford
University of Education, Winneba
Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Published : 1 Documents Claim Missing Document
Claim Missing Document
Check
Articles

Found 1 Documents
Search

 1 
A study of adjectives as post-modifiers in names of Ghanaian constituencies and districts Harry Milton Hayford
Linguistics Initiative Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026)
Publisher : Pusat Studi Bahasa dan Publikasi Ilmiah

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53696/27753719.62403

Abstract

This study investigates the usage of adjectives as post-modifiers in administrative names in Ghana. In English grammar, adjectives typically function as pre-modifiers. Drawing on Braj Kachru’s Concentric Circle of English and the framework of World Englishes, the study employs a mixed-method analysis of 276 constituencies and 261 districts in Ghana. The data reveals that 108 constituencies and 118 districts utilise post-modifier adjectives. The study finds that this naming convention is a direct inheritance from British colonial administrative practices. Historical evidence shows that post-modification in administrative nomenclature dates back to Old English, Celtic, and Norman French influences and is preserved in modern British parliamentary divisions to maintain the primacy of the central place name. This pattern is also observed in other Inner Circle (Canada) and Outer Circle (Nigeria, India, Singapore) varieties. The study concludes that the usage of post-modifier adjectives in Ghanaian administrative names is not a grammatical error or a localised nativisation, but a systemic feature of a globalised administrative English register.
Co-Authors