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Ebenezer Agbaglo
University of Cape Coast
Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Genre Analysis of the Introduction Sections of Newsfile, a Ghanaian TV Talk Show Ebenezer Agbaglo; Alimsiwen Elijah Ayaawan; Evelyn Owusu
IJELTAL (Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics) Vol 6, No 1 (2021): Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Aji Muhammad Idris Samarinda

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21093/ijeltal.v6i1.871

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In recent times, the language of mediatized genres has attracted much scholarly attention all over the world. However, little is known about the rhetorical structure and linguistic realisation of television talk shows in Ghana. This study, therefore, examined the Introduction sections of Newsfile, a popular television talk show telecast on JoyNews, a Ghanaian television station, to determine its schematic structure and linguistic realisations. Data for the study comprised five Introduction sections of the Newsfile aired after the 2016 general elections. The data were transcribed and analyzed based on the English for Specific Purposes (ESP) approach to genre analysis.  The findings revealed that the Introduction section of the talk show was characterized by ten moves (Greetings, Naming of Programme, The Seller, Naming the Host, Invitation of Viewers, Introduction of Subject, Signalling Commercial Break, Host’s Address, Introduction of Guests, and Introduction of Sponsors), with the Host’s Address and Introduction of Guests realized by steps. The study also revealed that while some of these moves were obligatory, others were optional. Additionally, it was revealed that there were recursions of some moves. Further analysis revealed the linguistic resources used in each of the moves. This study has implications for scholarship on talk shows especially in sub-Saharan Africa, genre studies, pedagogy, and further research.
Sociolinguistics of Names of Hotels in Accra: A Linguistic Landscape Perspective Ebenezer Agbaglo; Joseph Benjamin Archibald Afful
Linguistics Initiative Vol. 3 No. 1 (2023)
Publisher : Pusat Studi Bahasa dan Publikasi Ilmiah

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53696/27753719.3153

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In recent times, the language in public spaces (as seen in street names, school names, names of buildings, names of metro stations, names of tourist attractions, and commercial signs) has attracted scholarly attention in onomastics, with the focus on how it reflects the linguistic situation of urban landscapes and how it can be used to construct several identities. The present study aimed to investigate names of hotels in Accra – the capital city of Ghana, with considerable financial, cultural, and industrial significance – using Landry & Bouris’s (1997) Linguistic Landscape as a theory. The data comprises 160 hotel names accessed from the website of Yello Ghana, a well-known business directory. The analysis revealed, first, that most of the hotels deployed English monolingual names, with a few utilising bilingual names. Closely allied to this finding is the trend towards globalisation, as captured in some names of hotels. These key findings have implications for the scholarship in onomastics, urban landscape, language policy and planning, and further research.
Co-Authors Alimsiwen Elijah Ayaawan Evelyn Owusu Joseph Benjamin Archibald Afful