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A linguistic analysis of stance markers in Akan

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dc.contributor.author Opoku, S.A
dc.date.accessioned 2023-01-17T11:18:31Z
dc.date.available 2023-01-17T11:18:31Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.uri http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/799
dc.description A thesis in the Department of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Foreign Languages Education and Communication, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Philosophy (Applied Linguistics) in the University of Education, Winneba JULY, 2020 en_US
dc.description.abstract In our everyday activity, language plays a tremendous part in our daily interaction with each other. Arguing, taking position and making judgment happens daily in our interaction with one another. The need for stance expression and making the position of a speaker clear about what they are discussing is well documented in the literature (Biber, 2006; Kelly & Bazerman, 2003; Hyland, 2005; 2008; Molino, 2010; Myers, 1989; Williams, 2006). This thesis examined the stance markers used in Akan discourse. (Akan is a Niger-Congo Kwa language, widely spoken by both natives and non-natives in Ghana, and part of Cote d‟Ivoire). Using a qualitative case study, data were collected from 450 purposively sampled native speakers of Asante Twi at social gatherings, class discussions, and focus group discussion in the Abrepo community for textual analysis. The analysis revealed that Akan native speakers use phrases and clauses as the structural patterns to produce stance markers. Again the types of stances used by the speakers in their conversations were found to be epistemic, attitude, evidential, style and deontic. It was also discovered that the markers were used to express certainty, doubt, imprecision and other functions such asattitude, evidence, style and deontic in conversation. Based on the results, it is argued that it is important to take note of what to and how to use stance marking as they help in taking position and making judgments about issues. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Education,Winneba en_US
dc.subject Stance markers en_US
dc.subject linguistic analysis en_US
dc.subject Akan en_US
dc.title A linguistic analysis of stance markers in Akan en_US
dc.type Technical Report en_US


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