Outputs (8)

The effect of language-specific characteristics on English and Japanese speakers' ability to recall number information (2020)
Journal Article

The current paper presents two experiments investigating the effect of presence versus absence of compulsory number marking in a native language on a speaker’s ability to recall number information from photos. In Experiment 1, monolingual English and... Read More about The effect of language-specific characteristics on English and Japanese speakers' ability to recall number information.

A critical metaphor analysis of heroic myth in the discourse of Kwame Nkrumah (2020)
Journal Article

This paper examines how Kwame Nkrumah, a pioneering Pan-African leader, utilizes metaphor to simultaneously construct heroes and villains, protagonists and antagonists, forming part of an ideological mechanism that portrays him as a valiant leader an... Read More about A critical metaphor analysis of heroic myth in the discourse of Kwame Nkrumah.

A feminist critical discourse analysis of Ghanaian feminist blogs (2020)
Journal Article

Even though one of the aims of critical discourse analysis (CDA) is to demonstrate how social inequality, power abuse and discriminatory practices can be resisted, most studies have centered on the deconstruction of oppression and ideologically drive... Read More about A feminist critical discourse analysis of Ghanaian feminist blogs.

The discourse of Nkrumaism: A corpus-informed study (2020)
Book Chapter

Situating simultaneity: An initial schematisation of the lexicogrammatical rank scale of British Sign Language (2020)
Journal Article

A central tenet of systemic functional theory is the rank scale: an ordered representation of the part-whole relationships of units within semiotic systems. Linguists have schematised the rank scales for the lexicogrammars of English, French, Spanish... Read More about Situating simultaneity: An initial schematisation of the lexicogrammatical rank scale of British Sign Language.

Mythological heroism in the discourse of Kwame Nkrumah (2020)
Journal Article

This paper critically explores how an African independence leader uses his language to simultaneously construct heroes and villains, protagonists and antagonists forming part of an ideological mechanism that realizes an anti-imperialist rhetoric and... Read More about Mythological heroism in the discourse of Kwame Nkrumah.

Global ambitions and local identities: New speakers’ access to linguistic markets and resources (2020)
Journal Article

A growing body of literature has addressed the ‘complex layers and nuances of today’s multilingual, mobile and global society’ [Barakos & Selleck, 2019, Elite multilingualism: Discourses, practices, and debates. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultu... Read More about Global ambitions and local identities: New speakers’ access to linguistic markets and resources.

Voice, agency and identity: A positive discourse analysis of ‘resistance’ in the rhetoric of Kwame Nkrumah (2020)
Journal Article

This paper uses positive discourse analysis to examine an independence leader's resistance rhetoric against colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism. It analyses speeches delivered by Ghana's independence leader, Kwame Nkrumah, and finds that he a... Read More about Voice, agency and identity: A positive discourse analysis of ‘resistance’ in the rhetoric of Kwame Nkrumah.