This Special Issue of Ghana Journal of Linguistics is a collection of fourteen (14) papers presented at the 1st African Pragmatics Conference hosted by the School of Languages, University of Ghana, Legon on February 6-7, 2020. The conference brought together a wide range of scholars, researchers, and students from around the globe who discussed scientific research touching on political and health discourse, pragmatics and literature, pragmatics in gender and religion, computer-mediated communication from the perspective of African languages.

We would like to thank the organisers of the conference, participants, and reviewers for making this publication a reality.

Published: 2021-08-04




Preface

Helga Schroeder, Reginald Duah

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Humour in ‘Kookurokoo Morning Show’

Victoria Ofori, Grace Diabah , Nana Anima Wiafe Akenten , Nicholas Obeng Agyekum

93-122





A Discourse Pragma-Stylistic Analysis of Invective Expressions in Ghanaian Politics

Maxwell Mpotsiah, Charles Marfo, Isaac Adjei Forson, Emmanuel Antwi Fordjour

202-227








Contributors

Editor-in-Chief

372-384


Guidelines for Contributors

Editor-in-Chief

Inside Back Cover


Journal Identifiers


eISSN: 2026-6596