http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/30 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:48:01 GMT 2026-04-06T14:48:01Z http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/4855 Adjective sequencing in Ga. Ollennu, Y.A.A. The use of multiple words to describe nouns is a common phenomenon in language and languages that have adjectives mostly employ this word class. Ga, a Kwa language of the Niger Congo branch, is no exception, whereas languages without adjectives may use other lexical categories like nouns and verbs which play the adjectival role. Ga has adjectives and employs them as attributives for nouns. The paper examines the syntactic rules governing the occurrence of several adjectives serving as attributes of a single head noun. In this paper the noun is considered the head of the Ga Nominal Phrase. The order of these adjectives has not received scholarly attention in Ga and this is to fill that gap in the literature. I argue that the order of adjectives is not haphazardly arranged but follows a laid down syntactic prescription. For instance, the data showed that Dimension adjectives normally occur in first position, whereas Colour adjectives occur further from the head noun. It was also revealed that in the ordering of adjectives in which value adjective is included, the Age adjective occurs in last position and Value adjective occurs first or last when included in the ordering of adjectives for a noun. Consequently, it is suggested that defying the arrangement in the ordering of the adjectives results in unacceptable forms. The adjectives are grouped according to semantic classes. Data are gathered from native speakers of Ga. The findings contribute to the existing literature on adjective sequencing in Ghanaian languages. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/4855 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/2060 Literary analysis of selected Dangme War Songs Accam, M.D.K. This thesis is a literary study of Dangme war songs. The work discussed the structure, themes, and style in some Dangme war songs. The research discussed the aesthetic values of these war songs among the people of Ada. Both primary and secondary data were sourced for the analysis. The primary data collection was obtained through recording and personal consultations and observations. The secondary data were souced from documents which have some war songs in print. The study revealed that there are various themes embedded in Dangme war songs that point or at least make reference to the history, religion, and culture as well as the harmonies and tensions within the Dangme society from which these songs were drawn. It also came to light that most Dangme war songs are structurally composed in single stanzas with lines ranging from four to twelve lines. The number of words per line ranges from two to eight. The study revealed also that Dangme war songs are styled in simple and compound sentences and full of repetitions, metaphors, symbolism, parallelisms, repetition among others that help to communicate clear messages and intents of the warriors. It also demonstrated that the war songs of the Dangme people fall into three categories; preparatory, operational, and celebrative songs which are cornerstones in boosting the warriors’ morale. It is hoped that this work will add up to the existing literature on the Dangme language and also serve as a great resource material for learners and teachers of language and literature, especially Dangme. Thesis in the Department of Ga-Dangme, Faculty of Ghanaian Languages, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Master of Philosophy (Ghanaian Language Studies- Dangme) degree. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/2060 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/2003 Ditransitvity in Ga: A Lexical Functional Approach Akwele, Y; Amankwaa, O The paper examines diathesis alternation of Ga and English ditransitives verbs. It discusses simple ditransitive verbs found in English and compares them with Ga verbs that can be used in ditransitive constructions. Ditransitive verbs are known to subcategorise for two noun phrases as objects. The semantic arguments found in ditransitive constructions are most often the beneficiary followed by the theme. In English, ditransitivity is linked to dative shift. The NP that bears the semantic role of beneficiary /goal in a ditransitive construction is preceded by the theme. The verb, in this instance, then subcategorises for NP followed by PP syntactically. The PP bears the semantic role of the beneficiary and the NP bears the role of the theme. In ditransitive alternation, the semantic roles of the NP objects do not change. What differs in the construction is the syntactic form. Part of the paper will show some analysis using Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG). Data was gathered in consultation with native speakers for the analysis. It was evident that in Ga the constructions used to express dative shift of ditransitive were multiverb constructions and some of the verbs that were used to express ditransitivity were inherent complement verbs with subordinate clauses as their complements. Keywords: ditransitive, diathesis alternation, semantic role, multiverb, ditransitivity Research Article Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/2003 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/2000 Pragmatics of oyiwaladↄ ŋŋ (Thank you): The case of Ga Otoo, R The study considers the marker Oyiwaladɔŋŋ (thank you) in Ga ( Niger Congo, Kwa branch), under the expressive speech act and linguistic routine The marker has a variety of functions and explore the factors (social and situational) affecting the different uses of ‘thank you’. Content analysis involving the conversational theory of relevance in existing works is adopted for this study. We are looking at the basis for ‘thank you’ and its variants as polite strategies. The study discovered ethnographic situations and communicative events for Oyiwaladɔŋŋ (thank you) including, (1) Oyiwaladɔŋŋ for humor, (2) for acceptance of services, (3) for irony or sarcasm in conversations, (4) for phatic functions, (5) for dismissal of a person or service, (6) for rejection of an offer or services and (7) gratitude for major or minor favour. Keywords: Oyialadɔŋŋ ‘Thank you‟, discourse marker, conversational analysis, politeness Article Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/2000 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z