Pub Date : 2024-06-11DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2024.2336445
Yvonne Agbetsoamedo, David Dankwa-Apawu, E. Amuzu
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Pub Date : 2024-06-11DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2024.2341010
Lieke Stoffelsma, Victor Antwi, Ruby Hanson
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Pub Date : 2024-06-11DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2024.2336448
Gervazio Tchesa, Natsuko Shintani
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Pub Date : 2023-12-13DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2023.2290257
Reviewed by Chen Liu, Liza Ali
Published in Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa (Vol. 54, No. 3, 2023)
发表于《语言问题》：非洲语言研究》（第 54 卷，第 3 期，2023 年）
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Pub Date : 2023-12-13DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2023.2289732
Gabriel Babili, Isaac Mndawe
There has recently been a significant amount of interest in the study of police written discourse, particularly in the areas of monolingualism, warnings, and identifying deception. This article dra...
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Pub Date : 2023-11-30DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2023.2282445
Katherine Steinke, Kellie Steinke
Keeping in mind the recent COVID-19 pandemic, this paper builds on a study that examined how a major twentieth century South African newspaper utilised outbreaks of bubonic plague to propagate raci...
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Pub Date : 2023-11-30DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2023.2282444
Medadi Ssentanda, Gibson Ncube
This article examines the linguistic landscape of Kampala (Uganda) by analysing the language dynamics that play out through shop signs. Engaging with data collected through photographs and intervie...
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Pub Date : 2023-11-20DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2023.2274578
Madoda Cekiso, Yanga Majola, Thenjiwe Meyiwa
Granting equal opportunities to non-standard and standard language learners is unfair practice, since these two language groups are expected to achieve the same outcomes at the end of their school ...
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Pub Date : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2023.2251714
Samuel Issah, Hasiyatu Abubakari, Samuel Atintono, Sandow Atibiri
AbstractThis article investigates the use of euphemisms in mitigating prohibited expressions in three Mabia (Gur) languages: Dagbani, Farefare (also known as Gurenε) and Kusaal. In the daily interactions of the Mabia people, they avoid using certain expressions, which are unmentionable in most contexts. These include the expressions for snakes and snakebite, sexual intercourse and genitalia, and death. The mention of the explicit terms for these expressions is face-threatening in Mabia society and can incur various forms of negative social consequences. Thus, instead of using these taboo expressions, speakers employ euphemisms as taboo-avoidance strategies; these euphemistic expressions oil social cohesion and indicate speakers’ communicative competence. The data used in this study were mainly gathered from primary sources. However, we augmented some of the primary data of Dagbani with some secondary sources drawn from N. A. Salifu's (2012) PhD thesis. We employ politeness theory and ethnography of communication as analytical lenses.Keywords: Mabia languagessocial cohesionface-threatening actspositive faceunmentionablepoliteness
摘要本文研究了达格巴尼语、Farefare语(又称Gurenε语)和Kusaal语三种马比亚语中委婉语在缓和禁忌语中的使用。在马比亚人的日常交往中，他们避免使用某些表达，这些表达在大多数情况下是不可提及的。这些表达包括蛇和蛇咬，性交和生殖器，以及死亡。在马比亚社会，提及这些表达的明确术语是威胁颜面的，并可能招致各种形式的负面社会后果。因此，说话者不使用这些禁忌表达，而是使用委婉语作为禁忌规避策略;这些委婉语有助于社会凝聚力，反映了说话人的交际能力。本研究使用的数据主要来自第一手资料。然而，我们从N. A. Salifu(2012)的博士论文中提取了一些二手资料，对Dagbani的一些原始数据进行了扩充。我们运用礼貌理论和交际民族学作为分析视角。关键词:马比亚语;社会凝聚力;威胁脸行为
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Pub Date : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2023.2212140
Ayo Osisanwo, Richard Akano
Abstract This study examined the Yoruba nation secessionist agitation from the viewpoint of stance and ideology in its discursive engagement on three popular Nigerian virtual communities: Nairaland, Gistmania, and Naijaloaded. Data were subjected to the theoretical and analytical paradigms of appraisal framework and critical discourse analysis. Two voices were identified in the study: the anti-Yoruba nation and the pro-Yoruba nation voices. The anti-Yoruba nation voice projected three ideologies: reformist, conservativist, and pessimist, while the pro-Yoruba nation voice projected separatist and arbitrationist ideologies. These ideological constructs were indexed by overlapping instances of appraisal subsystems and discursive strategies of perspectivisation, nomination, negative evaluative attribution, depersonalising metaphors, intensification, and intertextuality. Most participants suppressed antithetical stances to project an authorial ideological stance on the secessionist movement. Given the divisive nature of the secessionist stance, inflammatory and aggressive expressions as dominant discursive patterns are inimical to the efforts to promote inter-ethnic harmony, patriotism, and national integration.
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