Ebenezer Asare
Biographic Data
| ID | 10092395 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ebenezer Asare |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ebenezer |
| FAMILY NAME | Asare |
| SIGNATURE | ASARE E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-6474-4213 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An Analysis of Personal Deictic Expressions in Selected Victory Speeches of Ghanaian Presidents
The essential role that language plays in politics has engendered several studies exploring language use across different political subgenres, such as inaugural addresses, concession speeches, campaign speeches, victory speeches, and state-of-the-nation addresses. However, little has been done on the use of personal deixis (person deixis) in Ghanaian presidents’ victory speeches. In filling this gap, this study adopted the qualitative approach us…
Linguistic markers of modality in Ghanaian Presidential Independence Day speeches
Using Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) theory and modality framework, this study investigates linguistic markers of modality in Ghanaian Independence Day speeches. Eight speeches from John Dramani Mahama (JDM), the eleventh president of Ghana, and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (NADAA), the twelfth president of Ghana, were sampled. The analysis revealed that the top five linguistic indicators for modal meanings were modal auxiliary v…
Syntax, Technology and Politics
This study used Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) theory to analyze syntactic complexity in digital communication. Thirty Facebook posts made between August and December 2023 by John Dramani Mahama, a Ghanaian former president, were analyzed in this study. A textual analysis was conducted on the data. The findings affirmed that grammatical categories are functional. There was a deliberate linguistic strategy marked by a prevalence …
‘Chale Sup’
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 identifie…
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‘Chale Sup’
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 identifie…
Syntax, Technology and Politics
This study used Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) theory to analyze syntactic complexity in digital communication. Thirty Facebook posts made between August and December 2023 by John Dramani Mahama, a Ghanaian former president, were analyzed in this study. A textual analysis was conducted on the data. The findings affirmed that grammatical categories are functional. There was a deliberate linguistic strategy marked by a prevalence …
An Analysis of Personal Deictic Expressions in Selected Victory Speeches of Ghanaian Presidents
The essential role that language plays in politics has engendered several studies exploring language use across different political subgenres, such as inaugural addresses, concession speeches, campaign speeches, victory speeches, and state-of-the-nation addresses. However, little has been done on the use of personal deixis (person deixis) in Ghanaian presidents’ victory speeches. In filling this gap, this study adopted the qualitative approach us…
Linguistic markers of modality in Ghanaian Presidential Independence Day speeches
Using Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) theory and modality framework, this study investigates linguistic markers of modality in Ghanaian Independence Day speeches. Eight speeches from John Dramani Mahama (JDM), the eleventh president of Ghana, and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (NADAA), the twelfth president of Ghana, were sampled. The analysis revealed that the top five linguistic indicators for modal meanings were modal auxiliary v…
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)