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Identity meets nationality : voices from the humanities / / edited by Helen Lauer, Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Jemima Asabea Anderson
| Identity meets nationality : voices from the humanities / / edited by Helen Lauer, Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Jemima Asabea Anderson |
| Autore | Asare Meshack <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ghana, : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LauerHelen
AmfoNana Aba Appiah AndersonJemima Asabea |
| Soggetto topico |
National characteristics
Humanities |
| ISBN |
1-283-11425-9
9988-647-79-4 9786613114259 9988-647-99-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Notes on the Contributors; 1. The Humanities and the Ideaof National Identity; Introduction; Religion and identity; Politics and identity; References; 2. Empiricalism: The Empirical Character of an African Philosophy; 1. Akan language and the expression of abstract ideas; 2. The empirical and the metaphysical; 3. Empirical concepts of time and space; 4. Empiricalism; References; 3. Metaphors of Death in Akan; Introduction; 1. The conceptual metaphor theory (CMT); 2. Language, data, and method
3.1 Analysis and discussion of Akans' view of death; 3.2 Death is departure; 3.3 Death is a loss; 3.4 Death is a person; 3.5 Death is sleep; Summary and conclusion; References; 4. Political Nicknaming in Ghana: Social Representations of Democracy Achieved through Conceptual Blending; Introduction and background; 1. Political discourse and social cognition; 2. Language in meaning construction; 2.1. Meaning creation in cognitive semantics; 2.1.1. Metaphor in meaning construction; 3. Conceptual blending theory-an overview; 3.1. The nature of blending; 3.2. The blending analysis 3.2.1. Ellembele Mugabe; 3.2.2. Lawra Nandom Kabila; 3.2.3. World Bank; 3.2.4. Rural Bank; Conclusion: conceptual blending in social cognition; References; Internet references; 5. "Do not Rob us of Ourselves" Language and Nationalism in Colonial Ghana; Introduction; 1. Initial Gold Coast reaction to European entry into Africa; 2. Language and nationalism in the Gold Coast; 2.1. Early strong advocates of the use of Ghanaian languages; 2.1.1. Reverend Jacob Benjamin Anaman; 2.1.2. Reverend Gaddiel Robert Acquaah; 2.1.3. William Esuman Gwira Kobina Sekyi; 3. Language in education; Conclusion References; 6. Language Use in Education in Minority Language Areas; Introduction; 1. Language use in education in Ghana-an overview; 2. The case of Logba; 3. Respondents; 4. Method; 5. Discussion of results; References; 7. The Dilemma of African-American English; Identity; Introduction; 1. Syntactic similarities; 1.1 Resumptive-with construction in Ghanaian languages; 1.2 Properties of the resumptive-with construction in Akan; 1.3 The antecedent of the pronoun in the resumptive-with construction; 1.4 Genitive marking; 1.5 Multiple Negation; 2. Phonological similarities 2.1 Consonant cluster reduction2.2 The phonological account/voicing generalisation; 2.3 The African origin view; 2.4 Similarities shared by Ghanaian English and African-American English; 2.4.1 Sociolinguistic influence; 2.4.1 Deletion of liquids; 2.5 Consonant replacement; 2.6 Metathesis; 3. Speech events and verbal/oral gestures; 3.1 Kiss-teeth (suck-teeth); 3.2 Cut-eye; 3.3 Signifying and playing the dozens; Conclusion; References; 8. Constructing a National Languageas a Vehicle for National Identity; Introduction; 1. Methods of language construction; 2. Unification, linguistic synthesis, and Pidgins |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781259003321 |
Asare Meshack <1945->
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| Ghana, : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Identity meets nationality : voices from the humanities / / edited by Helen Lauer, Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Jemima Asabea Anderson
| Identity meets nationality : voices from the humanities / / edited by Helen Lauer, Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Jemima Asabea Anderson |
| Autore | Asare Meshack <1945-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ghana, : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LauerHelen
AmfoNana Aba Appiah AndersonJemima Asabea |
| Soggetto topico |
National characteristics
Humanities |
| ISBN |
1-283-11425-9
9988-647-79-4 9786613114259 9988-647-99-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Notes on the Contributors; 1. The Humanities and the Ideaof National Identity; Introduction; Religion and identity; Politics and identity; References; 2. Empiricalism: The Empirical Character of an African Philosophy; 1. Akan language and the expression of abstract ideas; 2. The empirical and the metaphysical; 3. Empirical concepts of time and space; 4. Empiricalism; References; 3. Metaphors of Death in Akan; Introduction; 1. The conceptual metaphor theory (CMT); 2. Language, data, and method
3.1 Analysis and discussion of Akans' view of death; 3.2 Death is departure; 3.3 Death is a loss; 3.4 Death is a person; 3.5 Death is sleep; Summary and conclusion; References; 4. Political Nicknaming in Ghana: Social Representations of Democracy Achieved through Conceptual Blending; Introduction and background; 1. Political discourse and social cognition; 2. Language in meaning construction; 2.1. Meaning creation in cognitive semantics; 2.1.1. Metaphor in meaning construction; 3. Conceptual blending theory-an overview; 3.1. The nature of blending; 3.2. The blending analysis 3.2.1. Ellembele Mugabe; 3.2.2. Lawra Nandom Kabila; 3.2.3. World Bank; 3.2.4. Rural Bank; Conclusion: conceptual blending in social cognition; References; Internet references; 5. "Do not Rob us of Ourselves" Language and Nationalism in Colonial Ghana; Introduction; 1. Initial Gold Coast reaction to European entry into Africa; 2. Language and nationalism in the Gold Coast; 2.1. Early strong advocates of the use of Ghanaian languages; 2.1.1. Reverend Jacob Benjamin Anaman; 2.1.2. Reverend Gaddiel Robert Acquaah; 2.1.3. William Esuman Gwira Kobina Sekyi; 3. Language in education; Conclusion References; 6. Language Use in Education in Minority Language Areas; Introduction; 1. Language use in education in Ghana-an overview; 2. The case of Logba; 3. Respondents; 4. Method; 5. Discussion of results; References; 7. The Dilemma of African-American English; Identity; Introduction; 1. Syntactic similarities; 1.1 Resumptive-with construction in Ghanaian languages; 1.2 Properties of the resumptive-with construction in Akan; 1.3 The antecedent of the pronoun in the resumptive-with construction; 1.4 Genitive marking; 1.5 Multiple Negation; 2. Phonological similarities 2.1 Consonant cluster reduction2.2 The phonological account/voicing generalisation; 2.3 The African origin view; 2.4 Similarities shared by Ghanaian English and African-American English; 2.4.1 Sociolinguistic influence; 2.4.1 Deletion of liquids; 2.5 Consonant replacement; 2.6 Metathesis; 3. Speech events and verbal/oral gestures; 3.1 Kiss-teeth (suck-teeth); 3.2 Cut-eye; 3.3 Signifying and playing the dozens; Conclusion; References; 8. Constructing a National Languageas a Vehicle for National Identity; Introduction; 1. Methods of language construction; 2. Unification, linguistic synthesis, and Pidgins |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815835503321 |
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Asare Meshack <1945->
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| Ghana, : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Identity meets nationality [[electronic resource] ] : voices from the humanities / / edited by Helen Lauer, Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Jemima Asabea Anderson
| Identity meets nationality [[electronic resource] ] : voices from the humanities / / edited by Helen Lauer, Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Jemima Asabea Anderson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ghana, : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (314 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LauerHelen
AmfoNana Aba Appiah AndersonJemima Asabea |
| Soggetto topico |
National characteristics
Humanities |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-11425-9
9988-647-79-4 9786613114259 9988-647-99-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Notes on the Contributors; 1. The Humanities and the Ideaof National Identity; Introduction; Religion and identity; Politics and identity; References; 2. Empiricalism: The Empirical Character of an African Philosophy; 1. Akan language and the expression of abstract ideas; 2. The empirical and the metaphysical; 3. Empirical concepts of time and space; 4. Empiricalism; References; 3. Metaphors of Death in Akan; Introduction; 1. The conceptual metaphor theory (CMT); 2. Language, data, and method
3.1 Analysis and discussion of Akans' view of death3.2 Death is departure; 3.3 Death is a loss; 3.4 Death is a person; 3.5 Death is sleep; Summary and conclusion; References; 4. Political Nicknaming in Ghana: Social Representations of Democracy Achieved through Conceptual Blending; Introduction and background; 1. Political discourse and social cognition; 2. Language in meaning construction; 2.1. Meaning creation in cognitive semantics; 2.1.1. Metaphor in meaning construction; 3. Conceptual blending theory-an overview; 3.1. The nature of blending; 3.2. The blending analysis 3.2.1. Ellembele Mugabe3.2.2. Lawra Nandom Kabila; 3.2.3. World Bank; 3.2.4. Rural Bank; Conclusion: conceptual blending in social cognition; References; Internet references; 5. "Do not Rob us of Ourselves"Language and Nationalism in Colonial Ghana; Introduction; 1. Initial Gold Coast reaction to European entry into Africa; 2. Language and nationalism in the Gold Coast; 2.1. Early strong advocates of the use of Ghanaian languages; 2.1.1. Reverend Jacob Benjamin Anaman; 2.1.2. Reverend Gaddiel Robert Acquaah; 2.1.3. William Esuman Gwira Kobina Sekyi; 3. Language in education; Conclusion References6. Language Use in Education in Minority Language Areas; Introduction; 1. Language use in education in Ghana-an overview; 2. The case of Logba; 3. Respondents; 4. Method; 5. Discussion of results; References; 7. The Dilemma of African-American EnglishIdentity; Introduction; 1. Syntactic similarities; 1.1 Resumptive-with construction in Ghanaian languages; 1.2 Properties of the resumptive-with construction in Akan; 1.3 The antecedent of the pronoun in the resumptive-with construction; 1.4 Genitive marking; 1.5 Multiple Negation; 2. Phonological similarities 2.1 Consonant cluster reduction2.2 The phonological account/voicing generalisation; 2.3 The African origin view; 2.4 Similarities shared by Ghanaian English and African-American English; 2.4.1 Sociolinguistic influence; 2.4.1 Deletion of liquids; 2.5 Consonant replacement; 2.6 Metathesis; 3. Speech events and verbal/oral gestures; 3.1 Kiss-teeth (suck-teeth); 3.2 Cut-eye; 3.3 Signifying and playing the dozens; Conclusion; References; 8. Constructing a National Languageas a Vehicle for National Identity; Introduction; 1. Methods of language construction 2. Unification, linguistic synthesis, and Pidgins |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457016703321 |
| Ghana, : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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