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Atta-Asamoah, Obed
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‘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.
METAPHORS WE SHOOT BY: METAPHORS IN LIVE TEXT FOOTBALL COMMENTARY Atta-Asamoah, Obed
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 9, No 2: December 2025
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara (UISU)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v1i1.12132

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This paper examines metaphors in live text football commentary, a developing genre of computer-mediated sports discourse. Drawing on Lakoff and Johnson’s CMT, live text commentaries of three final football matches were used as the data for the study. The commentaries included that of the 2025 UEFA Champions League, 2025 Conference League and 2025 Europa League. The commentaries were analysed using the Pragglejaz Group’s (2007) procedure for identifying metaphorically used words, enabling the study to systematically detect and classify lexical items whose contextual meanings diverged from their basic meanings. The results show that war, journey, construction and power domains were mapped onto various events in the football game. These domains functioned to frame football as a combative struggle (war), a contest for dominance (power), a structured and progressive movement toward a goal (journey), and a creative or strategic process (construction). The following conceptual metaphors were identified: A Football Match Is War, A Football Match Is Competition For Power, A Football Match Is A Journey and A Football Match Are Construction. The analysis provides support for the claim that metaphors are not merely stylistic choices but fundamental cognitive tools through which football discourse is structured and communicated.
Ideological Inferences of Deictic Expressions in Mahamudu Bawumia’s 2024 Concession Speech Asare, Ebenezer; Amoakohene, Benjamin; Ogunnike Faleke, Victoria; Atta-Asamoah, Obed
Journal of Pragmatics Research Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026): Journal of Pragmatics Research
Publisher : UIN Salatiga

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18326/jopr.v8i1.378-408

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In Ghana’s evolving democratic landscape, concession speeches play a vital role in stabilising political emotions, legitimising electoral outcomes, and maintaining national unity. However, such speeches remain underexplored, particularly with regard to how deixis functions as an ideological and cognitive resource. This study, therefore, examines the types of deictic expressions and the ideological inferences embedded in Mahamudu Bawumia’s 2024 concession speech, focusing on how linguistic choices shape political meaning during electoral transitions. Adopting a qualitative, text-based approach, the study applies Critical Discourse Analysis by integrating van Dijk’s (1998) socio-cognitive model with Levinson’s (1983) deixis typology. The findings reveal that personal, social, temporal, and discourse deixis are strategically deployed to assert political maturity, reinforce democratic norms, construct group identity, and manage the relationship between the speaker and the audience. The analysis further demonstrates how deixis shapes public perception by framing the election outcome as legitimate and facilitating emotional transition from contestation to acceptance. The study advances scholarship on political discourse by demonstrating that deixis functions as an ideological resource in concession speeches, while also offering practical insights into how political communication can be used to manage legitimacy and emotional transition during periods of democratic change.
Co-Authors Amoakohene, Benjamin Asare, Ebenezer Gyimah Manu, James Ogunnike Faleke, Victoria