All Outputs (6)

The discursive construction of solidarity by Ghanaian female parliamentarians (2023)
Journal Article
Sarfo-Kantankah, K. S., Ngula, R. S., & Nartey, M. (2024). The discursive construction of solidarity by Ghanaian female parliamentarians. Journal of Language and Politics, 23(1), 91-112. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.22146.sar

Research on issues of women has largely focused attention on, among others, power asymmetries and gender stereotypes, with less emphasis on positive linguistic mechanisms of women. Drawing on a critical discourse analytical approach and using Ghanaia... Read More about The discursive construction of solidarity by Ghanaian female parliamentarians.

The construction of agency in the discourse of Barbados' prime minister Mia Mottley (2023)
Journal Article
Nartey, M. (2024). The construction of agency in the discourse of Barbados' prime minister Mia Mottley. Journal of Language and Politics, 23(1), 45-66. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.22145.nar

Informed by a critical discourse analytical approach to agency, this paper examines the construction of agency in the speeches of Mia Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados. The analysis reveals that she enacts her agency in three main ways: (1) con... Read More about The construction of agency in the discourse of Barbados' prime minister Mia Mottley.

Examining the communication of female political leaders in the Global South (2023)
Journal Article
Nartey, M. (2024). Examining the communication of female political leaders in the Global South. Journal of Language and Politics, 23(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.22143.nar

This Special Issue expands on the ongoing dialogue on the decolonial project by bringing together thought-provoking papers that examine the communication of female political leaders in the Global South. It draws on data from West Africa, Latin Americ... Read More about Examining the communication of female political leaders in the Global South.

A critical discourse analysis of resistance to climate change in China’s English-language news media (2023)
Journal Article
Yu, Y., Nartey, M., & Chen, J. (in press). A critical discourse analysis of resistance to climate change in China’s English-language news media. Asian Studies Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2023.2272295

Climate change has become a global issue, but no study has examined the discursive construction of resistance to climate change as part of crisis response in the media. To fill this gap, this study employs Wodak’s discourse-historical approach to exa... Read More about A critical discourse analysis of resistance to climate change in China’s English-language news media.

Women’s voice, agency and resistance in Nigerian blogs: A feminist critical discourse analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Nartey, M. (2024). Women’s voice, agency and resistance in Nigerian blogs: A feminist critical discourse analysis. Journal of Gender Studies, 33(4), 418-430. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2023.2246138

This paper contributes to the burgeoning literature on how women construct resistance, project their agency and sculpt a positive identity for themselves. It employs feminist critical discourse analysis as a framework to examine how Nigerian blogs on... Read More about Women’s voice, agency and resistance in Nigerian blogs: A feminist critical discourse analysis.

A discourse analytic study of #FixTheCountry on Ghanaian Twitter (2023)
Journal Article
Nartey, M., & Yu, Y. (2023). A discourse analytic study of #FixTheCountry on Ghanaian Twitter. Social Media and Society, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221147328

This article analyzes tweets produced during the “fix the country” campaign on Ghanaian Twitter. It illustrates how the affordances of social media can empower campaigners and how linguistic choices, even on digital platforms, can be conditioned by s... Read More about A discourse analytic study of #FixTheCountry on Ghanaian Twitter.