Revisiting a register assumption from SFG perspective: The case of Ghanaian newspaper editorials.
This study tests register theory’s position of extensive similarity in the dominant linguistic features of texts with similar contexts in the face of scholarly claims about the existence of significant linguistic differences in the language of state and private newspapers in Ghana. The data comprise...
| Publicado en: | Legon Journal of the Humanities Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 84 - 117 |
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2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=187247774&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 187247774 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 08550050 TD2 jtl: Legon Journal of the Humanities issn: 08550050 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2025 vid: 36 iid: 1 pid: 67187 pub: Pluto Journals artinfo: ui: 187247774 10.4314/ljh.v36i1.4 ppf: 84 ppct: 33 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 10.4MB tig: atl: Revisiting a register assumption from SFG perspective: The case of Ghanaian newspaper editorials. aug: au: Mintah, Kingsley Cyril affil: Lecturer Department of English, University of Ghana, Legon. su: Linguistics Data analysis Ghana sug: subj: Ghana Linguistics Data analysis keyword: editorials Ghanaian newspapers register Systemic Functional Gramma transitivity ab: This study tests register theory’s position of extensive similarity in the dominant linguistic features of texts with similar contexts in the face of scholarly claims about the existence of significant linguistic differences in the language of state and private newspapers in Ghana. The data comprised of political editorials published in four leading Ghanaian state and private newspapers published over a period of three months. Using the Systemic Functional Grammar’s transitivity as a tool for analysis, the author examined the patterning of the dominant linguistic element as a test of the assumption. The findings indicate that, across state and private newspapers, the Material process formed the dominant linguistic element, and its patterns of similarity extended to the dominance of the Transformative Elaborating Material processes that are mostly Operative Transitive clauses. The study concludes that the editorials of both groups characteristically possess extreme similarities in the patterning of their dominant linguistic features to be considered registers. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Legon Journal of the Humanities is the property of Pluto Journals 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: Legon Journal of the Humanities holder: Pluto Journals dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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