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All Journal International Journal of Humanity Studies (IJHS) Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching
Gyimah Manu, James
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EXPLORING I-YOU INDEXICALS IN GHANAIAN CHURCH MUSIC Dwamena, Daniel Ofosu; Gyimah Manu, James; Freitas, Philip Kwame
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 26, No 2 (2023): October 2023
Publisher : English Education Study Programme of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v26i2.6767

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Indexicals are important to contextual inference and generally, in semantic interpretation (Hanks, 1999). The present study set out to examine the use of the I-You indexical pronouns in Ghanaian Church Music. It was revealed that the I-Y spheres of the indexicals received relative frequencies of 4.55% and 3.35% in the data. Again, the study showed various referents of the I-You indexicals and their implication in the data based on their contextual and co-textual cues. The study extends knowledge on the subject of indexicality.
‘CHALE SUP’: MOTIVATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF PIDGIN ENGLISH USAGE IN A GHANAIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Atta-Asamoah, Obed; Asare, Ebenezer; Gyimah Manu, James
International Journal of Humanity Studies (IJHS) Vol 7, No 1 (2023): September 2023
Publisher : Sanata Dharma University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ijhs.v7i1.6975

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The English language is used for official purposes and the language in education in Ghana. However, the continuous penetration of Pidgin English (PE) in Ghanaian Senior High Schools (SHS) has been evident in recent times. The paper focuses on the motivations and perceptions of students, in a Senior High School (SHS) in Ghana, on their use of PE in school. It adopts the various motivations and perceptions of students on the use of PE, as identified in the literature, in a questionnaire survey for the responses of the research participants. The study reveals that PE is used as a concealment strategy in students’ conversations against those outside their group, and as a means of solidarity. However, the participants exhibited mixed perceptions of the use of PE in schools. The paper provides insights into PE usage in Ghanaian SHSs.
ANALYSING PRESUPPOSITION: A STUDY ON PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO’S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS (SONA), 2022 Gyimah Manu, James; Ampong, Bernard; Marfo, Charles Ofosu
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2: December 2023
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara (UISU)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v7i2.8035

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Presupposition can be said to be an assumption of a speaker prior to making an utterance or an implied claim of an utterance. Using qualitative method, the researchers examined various language structures that give rise to presuppositions. This was pursued by exploring the State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by President Akufo-Addo of Ghana on 30th March 2022. The analysis of the SONA, as the data of the study, revealed the utilization of a number of presupposition triggers – such as possessive construction, “one” construction, definite noun phrase, adverbial clause, relative clause, “even” construction, iteratives, change of state verbs, and factive verbs or phrases – under the existential, structural and lexical presuppositions. The article thus opines that the enactment of presuppositions, through the identified forms, affords the President the opportunity to disseminate his message with a higher degree of veracity on the conditions and happenings of the Ghanaian state.
Co-Authors Ampong, Bernard Asare, Ebenezer Atta-Asamoah, Obed Dwamena, Daniel Ofosu Freitas, Philip Kwame Marfo, Charles Ofosu