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A Thematic Analysis of the National Anthems of English West Africa

2019·Cosmas Amenorvi, Gertrude Grumah

JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS·Cilt 2019/7, Sayı 1

This paper investigates major themes espoused in the national anthems of English West Africa. Further, it seeks to find out how these themes are projected linguistically and literarily. Five English-speaking countries in West Africa, namely, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia …

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Lexical Cohesion and Literariness in Malcolm X's " The Ballot or the Bullet"

2019·Cosmas Rai Amenorvi

JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS·Cilt 2018/6, Sayı 1

This paper unearths the contribution of lexical cohesion to the textuality and overall meaning of Malcolm X’s speech 'The Ballot or the Bullet'. Drawing on Halliday and Hasan’s (1976) and Hoey’s (1991) theory of cohesion, specifically lexical cohesion, whose main …

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