Papers by Beatrice Ekanjume
Southern African linguistics and applied language studies, Feb 9, 2024
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Journal of Language and Literature, Oct 8, 2023
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This paper discusses the concepts of Myth and Nation in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel Queen ... more This paper discusses the concepts of Myth and Nation in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel Queen of Dreams. Against a narrative backdrop of immigrant community life in America (Indian family moving to the West and settling there) this paper analyses the roles these concepts play in the life of the immigrants. It also focuses on the relation between these two ideas. We shall see how the perception of second or third generation immigrants in America (or any other Western country) regarding their nation (their native land) is based on formulation of myths. The paradigmatic concerns they face and manipulate while trying to understand their nation are also analysed. The paper also portrays the articulation of an existential flux which such individuals or communities feel from a ceaseless struggle between Western value-systems and their traditional Eastern ethics. We shall see how in trying to understand the nation the immigrant community eventually resorts to an Orientalist discursive pr...
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Humanities and social sciences, 2012
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Research on insertion has focused on the point at which sentential code-switching is possible. In... more Research on insertion has focused on the point at which sentential code-switching is possible. In relation to this, Poplack (1980) proposes an approach of equivalence constraint which states that code-switching can occur only at points in discourse where the surface structures of two languages are parallel. Myers-Scotton (1993), on the other hand, proposes a matrix-language frame model which claims that one language provides a morphosyntactic frame into which content morphemes from the other language may be inserted. The present paper differs from previous works in that it does not only look at how code-switching takes place, but also offers a detailed analysis of the various phonological processes found within code-switching in Akoose, a Bantu Language spoken in the South West province of Cameroon. The findings show that after codeswitching between Akoose and English, there are phonological processes that are present and different from those found within non code-switching texts in the phonology of this language. The aim of the paper is to throw more light on the phonological processes present in the phonology of Akoose, taking into account code-switching text. One claim here is that the embedded language (English) is fully integrated in the phrasal phonology of Akoose, especially with respect to tone.
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Humanities and social sciences, 2013
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Nomina africana, Jul 1, 2018
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Journal of African languages and literary studies, Apr 15, 2020
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Journal of African languages and literary studies, Dec 1, 2022
The Language used in every day communication has an influence on how human beings perceive the wo... more The Language used in every day communication has an influence on how human beings perceive the world. In these modern days, the human race has shown improvement in terms of lifestyle and culture. One of the areas where mankind has shown development and improvement is at the level of language. The changes in language result in the speakers of the language coining new words all the time to suit specific circumstances. Some of these coinages result in neologisms. Neologisms are invented every day through different word formation processes. If social media did not exist, people would not be aware of the COVID-19 neologisms. However, now that people are familiar with new words invented on social media, they spread them to other social networking sites such as WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and others. The current study focuses on English neologisms created on Facebook due to Coronavirus pandemic. Based on the data analysis, the findings show that the types of neologisms which were used on Facebook were created through the word formation processes of blending, affixation, compounding, acronym, conversion and abbreviation. Of these processes, blending was found to be the most productive one that influences the invention of new words in the language, whereas abbreviation was found to be the lowest. The findings revealed that the rapid usage of neologisms on Facebook makes people to understand the current situation and experience of COVID-19.
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South African journal of african languages, May 4, 2018
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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Oct 2, 2017
Abstract This paper discusses public speakers’ discursive use of modality markers to persuade the... more Abstract This paper discusses public speakers’ discursive use of modality markers to persuade their audiences in political discourse. Although modality has been a subject of much investigation in different research areas recently, there has been no empirical examination of their role or functions in political discourse in Lesotho. The present study aims to fill the research gap by contributing to the analysis of the social and/or institutional functions of modality markers in public speeches. Using the approach of critical discourse analysis and systemic functional linguistics, the present paper analyses the speech of the Chancellor of the National University of Lesotho, His Majesty King Letsie III, on the occasion of the university’s 70th anniversary celebration. Particular attention is paid to how the King strategically used modality markers to express his attitude, opinion, ideas, obligation, beliefs, commitment, politeness, stance, involvement and his authorial presence. The results of the qualitative analysis of the use of modality markers show how the Chancellor strategically applies these affective modal expressions beyond the linguistic level. In other words, the King’s speech reveals the ways in which speakers’ stance, attitude and their authorial presence can be strategically used to achieve certain social and/or institutional goals.
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Journal of Language Teaching and Research, Nov 7, 2015
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Journal of African Languages and Literary Studies
The Language used in every day communication has an influence on how human beings perceive the wo... more The Language used in every day communication has an influence on how human beings perceive the world. In these modern days, the human race has shown improvement in terms of lifestyle and culture. One of the areas where mankind has shown development and improvement is at the level of language. The changes in language result in the speakers of the language coining new words all the time to suit specific circumstances. Some of these coinages result in neologisms. Neologisms are invented every day through different word formation processes. If social media did not exist, people would not be aware of the COVID-19 neologisms. However, now that people are familiar with new words invented on social media, they spread them to other social networking sites such as WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and others. The current study focuses on English neologisms created on Facebook due to Coronavirus pandemic. Based on the data analysis, the findings show that the types of neologisms which were used on F...
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Nomina Africana: Journal of African Onomastics
This study addresses the juxtaposition of speech acts and Basotho names. Speech act theory (SAT) ... more This study addresses the juxtaposition of speech acts and Basotho names. Speech act theory (SAT) is interested in digging beneath discourse to establish the meaning and function of what is said. It therefore attempts to explain how speakers use language to accomplish intended actions, and how hearers infer the intended meaning from what is said. Succinctly put, SAT is an approach to a systematic classification of the reasons for our linguistic acts during communication. Austin and Searle, among others, believe that "speaking a language is engaging in a rule-governed form of behaviour" that consequently leads to accomplishing specific social acts, functions or intentions associated with different speech acts. This situation is equally true in personal names or the act of naming children as a ceremony in which parents engage in different linguistic acts. It is no longer odd to say that "names are embedded with meaning and coded with identity..." in many parts of the world and particularly in Africa. In this work, selected Basotho first names were subjected to speech act analysis since they manifest in sentence forms when their meanings or implications are delved into. The interpretive analysis of these names yielded connectivity between Basotho names and representatives, directives, expressives, commissives and declarative speech acts. The study concluded that Basotho first names enact the speech acts in addition to the meanings or narratives they bear.
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JULACE: Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre, 2019
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International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies, 2014
Bakossi names are generally inherited and are a strong bond for the cultural identity of the peop... more Bakossi names are generally inherited and are a strong bond for the cultural identity of the people. However, recent developments reveal that Bakossi names are losing their cultural values and identities which can make one to conclude that they are under threat. This is due to the fact that the so-called modern Bakossi people no longer follow the norms prescribed for naming by the traditionalists of old. The impact of the change from the traditionalists to so-call modernists, as seen in Bakossi naming practice nowadays, leads to the questioning of the Bakossi identity. Under this background, this paper looks at the function of names in constructing the Bakossi identity and especially how this is achieved following the historical and cultural background of the Bakossi naming practice. The paper demonstrates that the traditional naming practice has undergone some drastic change. It shows that the Bakossi names no longer stand for the cultural identity and succession of family members ...
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Research on insertion has focused on the point at which sentential code-switching is possible. In... more Research on insertion has focused on the point at which sentential code-switching is possible. In relation to this, Poplack (1980) proposes an approach of equivalence constraint which states that code-switching can occur only at points in discourse where the surface structures of two languages are parallel. Myers-Scotton (1993), on the other hand, proposes a matrix-language frame model which claims that one language provides a morphosyntactic frame into which content morphemes from the other language may be inserted. The present paper differs from previous works in that it does not only look at how code-switching takes place, but also offers a detailed analysis of the various phonological processes found within code-switching in Akoose, a Bantu Language spoken in the South West province of Cameroon. The findings show that after codeswitching between Akoose and English, there are phonological processes that are present and different from those found within non code-switching texts in...
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