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ERIC Number: EJ609876
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0835-1813
Speaking the Unspeakable: Discursive Strategies To Express Language Attitudes in Legon (Ghana) Graffiti.
Obeng, Samuel Gyasi
Research on Language and Social Interaction, v33 n3 p291-319 2000
Examines how language attitudes are expressed in Legon, Ghana, a multilingual society. Focuses on the graffiti in male lavatories, which offers an interesting glimpse of some of the intergroup tensions existing within Ghanian society. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Akan, College Students, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Ewe, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Hausa, Higher Education, Language Attitudes, Males, Multilingualism, Pragmatics, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ghana; Graffiti