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The phonetic encoding of /v/-/w/ in German-English bilinguals (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Piasecki, A., & Plag, I. (2014, September). The phonetic encoding of /v/-/w/ in German-English bilinguals. Paper presented at The Ninth International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, McMaster University, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada

Towards a needs analysis of why students in a Ghanaian university fail the academic writing course (2014)
Journal Article
Nartey, M., & Dorgbetor, N. (2014). Towards a needs analysis of why students in a Ghanaian university fail the academic writing course. Journal of Educational and Social Research, 4(6), 167-174. https://doi.org/10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n6p167

In the last two and half decades, academic literacy has received considerable attention in tertiary education in several English-medium universities. Consequently, English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and analogous writing programs have constantly bee... Read More about Towards a needs analysis of why students in a Ghanaian university fail the academic writing course.

Digital cinema history, mobile technologies, location-based engagement and sustainability: Two case studies – The Curzon memories project and the lost cinemas of Castle Park (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2014, June). Digital cinema history, mobile technologies, location-based engagement and sustainability: Two case studies – The Curzon memories project and the lost cinemas of Castle Park. Paper presented at HOMER (history of moving image exhibition and reception) colloquium: How can digital cinema history matter more?, University of Glasgow

Language corpora: The case for Ghanaian English (2014)
Journal Article
Ngula, R. S., & Nartey, M. (2014). Language corpora: The case for Ghanaian English. 3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature, 20(3), 79-92

In the last two decades, the compilation of corpora and the analysis of linguistic phenomena via corpus data have become a fascinating linguistic practice around the world and by this, corpus linguistics is now firmly established as a credible approa... Read More about Language corpora: The case for Ghanaian English.

A semantic investigation into the use of modal auxiliary verbs in the manifesto of a Ghanaian political party (2014)
Journal Article
Nartey, M., & Yankson, F. E. (2014). A semantic investigation into the use of modal auxiliary verbs in the manifesto of a Ghanaian political party. International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(3), 21-30

Political election manifestos are public declarations of political parties, in which they explicitly stipulate their policies in a bid to win over the electorate. This study explores, in situ, the semantic underpinnings of modal auxiliary verbs in th... Read More about A semantic investigation into the use of modal auxiliary verbs in the manifesto of a Ghanaian political party.