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Title
Using Hallidayan systemic functional linguistic approach to analyse the linguistic gyration of royal speeches in Ghana
Creator
Ivy Jones-Mensah, Michael Owusu Tabiri, Daniel Arkoh Fenyi
Description
This paper investigates the relationship that exists in the linguistic gyration of the annual speeches delivered by Otumfo Osei Tutu and Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin, who are both paramount Ghanaian royal chiefs of the Ashanti Kingdom and the Akyem Abuakwa Kingdom respectively. Although these prominent chiefs have delivered several speeches on several times and occasions and at different places and settings, this study paid particular attention to and selected only speeches that they delivered in academic environments, specifically, in universities in Ghana. These annual speeches used for the study were therefore those that were delivered at the University of Professional Studies and University of Education, Winneba campuses respectively. The analysis of the data was done based on the Hallidayan's Systemic Functional Linguistic approach. The analysis reveals the incorporation of the ideology and …
Source
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=c6aHdPkAAAAJ&citation_for_view=c6aHdPkAAAAJ:WF5omc3nYNoC
Language
English