ABSTRACT Many of the conflicts in the world today, in the areas of politics, religion and ethnicity, are reflections of a dearth of understanding among cultures. Several studies have identified the need for cross cultural understanding and tried to establish a basis for it in human biological make up, the universality of emotions and lived experience. However, these attempts have not satisfactorily addressed the universal epistemological basis for cross cultural understanding, the absence of ...
ABSTRACT Phonological correlates of the socio-economic background of the English speech of secondary school students describe the extent to which pronunciation skills have linear relationship with the economic status of their families. Existing literature on the Nigerian English (NE) pronunciation has concentrated on the varieties of adult speakers of NE, using educational attainment as a parameter. There is a dearth of studies on the speeches of Nigerian youths to validate the existence of c...
ABSTRACT Media coverage of political crises, especially in a terrain fraught with the increasing influence of godfatherism, ownership and political affiliation has a serious consequence on the society. The political feud between Late Chief Lamidi Ariyibi Adedibu and his „political son‟, Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja in Oyo State, Nigeria (2005-2007), provided a typical example of godfatherism, and media coverage of the conflict typified ownership influence on news media operations. Ancho...
Abstract The 2008 American presidential campaign was a critical moment for determining the stance of Western Press in the coverage of a race-related political contest The study content analysed The Economist. Time and Newsweek magazines to identify the genre. slant,source of news reports andprominence given to Barack Obama Campaign Issues relative to those of his opponents. John McCain and Hilary Clinton. Although there were a few elements of racial constructs. reportage was found to be fair ...
ABSTRACT Anglophone African factions, which are narratives containing a blend of African real-life socio-political events and fictive accounts, and which sometimes connect writers‘ metaphysical reference with their social consciousness and aesthetics, is central to literary expression in Africa. Yet, studies in African literature have focused on these philo-literary features only in fiction, neglecting their engagement in factions, thus barring a balance in African literary scholarship. Thi...
ABSTRACT Construction of identity constitutes a major means by which novelists, dramatists and poets deal with the interface between themes and social realities in their writings. Given the centrality of this engagement to literary discourse, elaborate attention has been given to identity construction in most literary genres, especially, poetry, drama and autobiographies. However, inadequate attempt has been made to explore the role of contextualised vocabulary choices in identity discourse...
ABSTRACT Blogging, as a social medium, serves as a platform for individuals and organisations to produce rhetorical discourses that deserve scholarly attention. This rhetorical outlook of blogging features significantly in Middle East conflicts, as instanced in the Mideast blogs that cast their focus on the Israeli-Hezbollah war of 2006. Existing studies on blogging as a social practice seem to concentrate mainly on its social roles without paying much attention to its rhetorical outlook. Th...
ABSTRACT Out-migration and fishing nexus is an age-old phenomenon and this relationship has a long historical antecedence among coastal fishing communities around the world. However, there is a dearth of literature with regard to out-migration effects on fishing households and their related activities. The objectives of the study are to examine the effects of out-migration on fishing households in the Ningo-Prampram district. The research design that was adopted for the study was mixed metho...
ABSTRACT The introduction of sport into development programs can and will provide a better and greater social impact and benefit. Beyond the immediate experience of participation, sport as a tool for development has a profile with extremely high expectations and is consequently widely applied by various organizations. The mobilization of sport as a vehicle for contributing to social responsibility can be seen as a distinct opportunity for all development organizations. It was against this ba...
ABSTRACT This study is an analysis of the bilingual modes or technique in the writings offour Ghanaian journalists. I ask whether the incorporation of elements of Ghanaian English usage in the writings offour renowned Ghanaianjoumalists is a slip or a stylistic device meant to achieve an effect. I contend that the bilingual situation in Ghana resulting from the contact between EngI ish and Ghanaian languages poses a linguistic problem to the Ghanaian journalist. I argue that the nativization...
ABSTRACT When mention of the narrator in fiction is made, the point that immediately comes to mind is the voice that speaks the story into the reader`s ears. But the narrator does much more than just tell the story. Narratologist such as Gerard Genette and Monika Fludernik discuss other roles that the narrator plays even as it narrates the story. The narrator articulates its ideology, commenting or expounding on events in the story and in the process raising moral concerns. The narrator may ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to carry out an experiment to determine whether or not misspellings (in the English language) on signage (the Linguistic Landscape) has a potential effect on the spelling competence of Senior High School learners of the English Language in the New Juaben Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana. A quasi-experimental research design was adopted for the study. Fifty (50) learners out of a population of eighty-nine (89) learners from two Senior High Scho...
ABSTRACT The study examines how the frequent occurrence and severity of extreme events affect the demand, supply and the profitability of insurance companies in Ghana. Secondary data collected from NIC, NADMO, Ghana Statistical Service and Open Data Initiative on eight classes of business as well as thirteen life and non-life companies over the period 2007 – 2016 was analysed using a panel regression method. The results indicated that the unexpected frequency of extreme events negatively a...
ABSTRACT The Arab Spring is an ongoing wave of demonstrations and protests in the Arab world, which began in December 2010. Popular protests have led to the overthrow of regimes in Tunisia and Egypt; a civil war in Libya; civil uprisings in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen; major protests in Algeria, Jordan, Morocco and Oman; and minor protests in a number of other countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This study examined the political, economic, social and security aspects of...
ABSTRACT Communication is vital for the success of all human institutions and the Agona East District Assembly is no exception. This study set out to determine the communication strategies used by the Agona East District Assembly in its daily interactions with its numerous clients and publics. Particular attention was given to communication channels and methods the Assembly used in interacting with community members. The study was guided by two communication theories- two-step flow communica...