"Awww, we r sorry wai": Pragmatic Functions of L1 Discourse Markers in Ghanaians' English-Based WhatsApp Conversations.
The use of discourse markers (DMs) in written conversations has long been seen as features of oral conversations that chatters transfer into their written conversations when they wish to activate the informal relationships they developed in oral conversational contexts (see e.g. Landone 2012 and Ram...
| Publicado en: | Contemporary Journal of African Studies Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 60 - 87 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=134899672&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 134899672 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 23436530 GXMX jtl: Contemporary Journal of African Studies issn: 23436530 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2018 vid: 5 iid: 2 pid: 73869 pub: Institute of African Studies artinfo: ui: 134899672 10.4314/contjas.v5i2.3 ppf: 60 ppct: 27 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 6MB tig: atl: "Awww, we r sorry wai": Pragmatic Functions of L1 Discourse Markers in Ghanaians' English-Based WhatsApp Conversations. aug: au: Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi Kuwornu, Abigail Ayiglo Opoku-Fofie, Sylvia affil: Senior Lecturer and the immediate past Head of the Department of Linguistics, University of Ghana Lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) MPhil candidate and a Graduate Assistant at the Department of English, University of Ghana su: Discourse markers English language education sug: subj: Discourse markers English language education keyword: codeswitching (CS) computer-mediated communication (CMC) computer-mediated discourse (CMD) discourse functions discourse particles/discourse markers whatsapp communication ab: The use of discourse markers (DMs) in written conversations has long been seen as features of oral conversations that chatters transfer into their written conversations when they wish to activate the informal relationships they developed in oral conversational contexts (see e.g. Landone 2012 and Ramón 2015). This paper shows this conclusion to be true of the use of seven DMs (o, wai, saa, paa, waa, koraa and la) by Ghanaians in their in-group Englishbased WhatsApp conversations. The DMs are from some Ghanaian languages, and using the Markedness Model of Myers-Scotton (1993, 1998, 1999), it is shown that they occur as marked codeswitches in the otherwise English texts where, in addition to informalising interactions, serve as exhibits of Ghanaian chatters' identity and in-group solidarity; it is unlikely that such forms as wai, saa, paa, waa, koraa and la will appear in chats of non- Ghanaians. Data analysed for the study were extracts from WhatsApp platforms with only Ghanaian participants. L'utilisation de marqueurs de discours (MD) dans les conversations écrites a longtemps été considérée comme des éléments de conversations orales que les chatteurs retranscrivent dans leurs conversations écrites lorsqu'ils souhaitent activer les relations informelles qu'ils ont développées dans des contextes de conversation orale (voir Landone 2012 et Ramón 201). Cet article démontre la véracité de cette conclusion en utilisant le cas de sept MD (o, wai, saa, paa, waa, koraa et la) utilisés par les ghanéens dans leurs conversations faites en anglais dans leurs groupes WhatsApp. Lesdits DM proviennent de certaines langues ghanéennes et, selon le modèle de Markedness de Myers-Scotton (1993, 1998, 1999), apparaissent comme des alternances de codes marquées dans les textes en anglais et, outre le fait qu'ils rendent informelles les interactions ils servent de preuve de l'identité ghanéenne des chatteurs et de la solidarité qui les ces chatteurs lie au sein du groupe ; il est peu probable que de telles formes que wai, saa, paa, waa, koraa et la apparaîtront dans les conversations de non-ghanéens. Les données analysées pour l'étude étaient des extraits tirés de groupes WhatsApp avec uniquement des participants ghanéens. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Contemporary Journal of African Studies is the property of Institute of African Studies and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Contemporary Journal of African Studies holder: Institute of African Studies dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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