Daniel Dwamena Ofosu
Biographic Data
| ID | 9637760 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Dwamena Ofosu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel Dwamena |
| FAMILY NAME | Ofosu |
| SIGNATURE | OFOSU D D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Presbyterian University, Ghana |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-5201-0721 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Interpersonal Metafunction in Birthday and Condolence Messages: A Comparative Register Analysis of Digital Discourse
This study applies Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) to compare interpersonal meanings in birthday and condolence messages. The study focuses on mood, modality, and pronoun use to examine how language constructs and sustains social relationships in celebratory versus grief contexts. A descriptive qualitative research design was used to gather and analyse data, consisting of 250 birthdays and 250 condolences messages from online mes…
Language, Law, and Culture: Exploring Conceptual Metaphors in Ghanaian Supreme Court Judgements
The purpose of this study is to explore how conceptual metaphors used in Ghanaian Supreme Court judgments reflect the nation’s cultural and social values. Guided by Lakoff and Johnson’s conceptual metaphor theory, which posits that metaphors are not just linguistic expressions but fundamental conceptual structures that shape our understanding of the world, the study examines 6 selected cases and analyses them through a descriptive qualitative res…
“Hello my ears, are you still there?” Analysing the discursive strategies in Yankah’s “Occasional Kwatriot’s” columns: A CDA approach
This study examines the discursive strategies employed by Professor Kwesi Yankah in his "Occasional Kwatriot Kwesi Yankah Writes" commentaries, using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) grounded in van Dijk’s sociocognitive approach. Drawing on a qualitative methodology, the study analyses 20 commentaries published in 2024, with a special focus on Yankah’s integration of his unique writing style to critique societal norms and ideologies. The data r…
The Role of Conceptual Metaphors in Public Perception of Ghanaian Court Judgments
The Metaphoricity of Corruption: Exploring Ghana’s Electoral Manifestos under the Fourth Republic
This study investigated the metaphoricity of the noun “corruption” in the manifestos of Ghana’s two leading parties: the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The study explored how metaphors have shaped the political narrative on corruption from 1996 to 2024 through the use of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). Data on the word corruption from 14 manifestos were analysed for its metaphorical expressions based on th…
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The Metaphoricity of Corruption: Exploring Ghana’s Electoral Manifestos under the Fourth Republic
This study investigated the metaphoricity of the noun “corruption” in the manifestos of Ghana’s two leading parties: the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The study explored how metaphors have shaped the political narrative on corruption from 1996 to 2024 through the use of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). Data on the word corruption from 14 manifestos were analysed for its metaphorical expressions based on th…
Language, Law, and Culture: Exploring Conceptual Metaphors in Ghanaian Supreme Court Judgements
The purpose of this study is to explore how conceptual metaphors used in Ghanaian Supreme Court judgments reflect the nation’s cultural and social values. Guided by Lakoff and Johnson’s conceptual metaphor theory, which posits that metaphors are not just linguistic expressions but fundamental conceptual structures that shape our understanding of the world, the study examines 6 selected cases and analyses them through a descriptive qualitative res…
“Hello my ears, are you still there?” Analysing the discursive strategies in Yankah’s “Occasional Kwatriot’s” columns: A CDA approach
This study examines the discursive strategies employed by Professor Kwesi Yankah in his "Occasional Kwatriot Kwesi Yankah Writes" commentaries, using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) grounded in van Dijk’s sociocognitive approach. Drawing on a qualitative methodology, the study analyses 20 commentaries published in 2024, with a special focus on Yankah’s integration of his unique writing style to critique societal norms and ideologies. The data r…
The Role of Conceptual Metaphors in Public Perception of Ghanaian Court Judgments
Interpersonal Metafunction in Birthday and Condolence Messages: A Comparative Register Analysis of Digital Discourse
This study applies Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) to compare interpersonal meanings in birthday and condolence messages. The study focuses on mood, modality, and pronoun use to examine how language constructs and sustains social relationships in celebratory versus grief contexts. A descriptive qualitative research design was used to gather and analyse data, consisting of 250 birthdays and 250 condolences messages from online mes…
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (4 works) · Metaphor (3 works) · Conceptual metaphor (2 works) · Critical discourse analysis (2 works) · Discourse analysis (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Law in Society and Culture (2 works) · Legal Issues in Education (2 works) · Narrative (2 works)