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The  following is the programme for the conference. You may also download a  PDF version of the programme at the bottom of this page. (https://sites.google.com/site/lag2011knust/_/rsrc/1311694481248/programme/menuhover.gif?height=47&width=200) (https://sites.google.com/site/lag2011knust/programme/menuhover.gif?attredirects=0) LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION OF GHANA CONFERENCE 2011 PROGRAMME DAY 1: MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2011 OPENING 8:00a.m   -   Registration   of Participants   9:00a.m.   -   Welcome   and Introduction of Chair: Dr. (Mrs.) Lebene Tettey (Head,   Department of Modern Languages, KNUST)     -   Chair:   Prof.   Joseph Ohene-Manu, Dean, FoSS     -   Welcome   Address Prof. William Otoo Ellis, Vice-Chancellor, KNUST     -   Speech   and Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Prof. Nana Aba Amfo (LAG President)     -   Keynote   Address by Prof. Albert Owusu Sarpong, Immediate past Ghana Ambassador to   France       10:15am-10.45:   Cocoa/Coffee/Tea Break MORNING SESSION (10.45 am – 1.00 pm)                       CONFERENCE ROOM 1           CONFERENCE   ROOM 2 Socio-Pragmatics Chair: Prof. K. Opoku Agyeman   Language Chair: Dr. (Mrs.) F. Dadson   10.45 am   Bargaining Exchanges in Multilingual/Multicultural Market Contexts in   Nigeria: A Socio-Pragmatic Investigation   Moses Alo Sexist   Photos and Cartoons: Representation of Female Body Parts in Naijabookofjokes on Facebook.com   Adegoke Adetunji 11.15 am   The   Pragmatics Use of Intonation in Ghanaian English (GE)   Louisa Koranteng Pragmatic   Particles in Online Synchronous Written English among Kmtyws   Gabriel B. Egbe 11.45 am   The   Pragmatics of Metaphoric Expressions of   "ano" 'mouth' in Akan   Kofi Agyekum Linguistic   Factors in Students' Assessment   Solomon A. Dansieh 12.15 am   Polite   Impoliteness or Impolite Politeness – the Use of Bald On-record Strategy by   Hosts of Adversarial Discussions on Radio   Kofi Afful The Non-use   of English Articles by some Ghanaians: A Product of Linguistic Transfer   Brian Akrong LUNCH PERIOD: 12.45pm–2.00pm AFTERNOON SESSION (2.00pm – 5.30pm) CONFERENCE   ROOM 1 CONFERENCE   ROOM 2 Socio-Pragmatics Chair: Dr. Cosmas Badasu   Language Chair: Prof. Kofi Agyekum   2.00 pm   (Im)politeness   in On-line Communication: The Case of the Ghanaian  Netizen   Nancy Henaku & Kingsley Cyril Mintah The   Language Use of  Men: A Case Study of a   Married Couple Zenia Ossei 2.30 pm   English   Loan-words in Ewe: A Sociolinguistic  Survey   Mawuli Adjei A Comparative   Study of Post-Colonial Language in Education Policies in Ghana and Tanzania:   Lessons from the Pros and Cons   Josephine Dzahene-Quashie 3.00pm   Languages   in Contact, a Blessing or a Scourge: A Sociolinguistic Perspective   Tony Olaiye Simultaneous Considerations in Kiwilwana   Orthography   Jacob Njagi 3.30pm   I am speaking French but I am thinking "Ghanaian" Sewoenam Chachu Lexical Numeral Systems across some Languages and the Relative Language Universals   Charles Marfo 4.00pm   Patterns,   Processes and Mechanisms in Igbo-English Code-switching   Ihuoma I. Akinremi A Genre-based   Analysis of Advice-giving Strategies of    Medical Doctors   Emmanuel   Sarfo   GENERAL MEETING: 4.00pm-5.30pm DAY 2: TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2011 MORNING SESSION (8.30am – 1.00pm) CONFERENCE   ROOM 1 CONFERENCE   ROOM 2 Phonetics/   Phonology Chair: Dr. Charles Owu-Ewie   Syntax/Semantics Chair: Dr. Lawrence Tuffuor   8.30 am   Final-Nasal   Deletion in Reduplication: A Study of Akan (Asante Twi)   Kwasi Adomako Grammaticalization   in Kaakyi: from a Temporal Adverb to a Future Marker   Levina Abunya & Nana Aba Amfo 9.00 am   Palatalization   in Ghanaian Haunited snakes   Sadat Mohammed The syntax of ny́ in Ga   Sampson Korsah 9.30 am   An   Optimality Theory Analysis of the ATR Vowel  Harmony in Gurene   Helen Atipoka The subject clitic alternation in Ewe: a   mood-based analysis Linda Badan &Leston Buell 10.00 am   Morphophonological   Processes in C'lela: A preliminary Analysis Muhammad Ango Aliero Possession in Cuvok, a Central Chadic language of   Cameroon Ndokobai Dadak 10.30 am   Syllabification of  Ga Loan Words   Yvonne Ollenu An Aspect of Adjectivisation in Dagbani   Adam Peter   Pazzack 11.00 – 11.30: COCOA/COFFEE/TEA BREAK CONFERENCE   ROOM 1 CONFERENCE   ROOM 2 Phonetics/   Phonology Chair: Dr. Louisa Koranteng   Syntax/Semantics Chair: Dr. Josephine Dzahene-Quashie   11.30 am   Discrimination of Twi   Lexical Contrasts Based on Tones by French Subjects   Kofi Adu Manyah The Syntax and Semantics of Functional Load of Tone in Akan   Emmanuel N. Abakah 12.00pm   Acoustic   investigation of intonation in Nigerian English   Eunice Fajobi On   the Structure of Analytic Caunited snakestives in Akan   Daniel Reginald Duah & Obadele   Kambon 12.30pm   Tone   Patterns of the Possessive Pronouns in Asante-Twi   Kofi Abrefa Models   of Transformational Grammar in Aspects of Nigerian English: A historical (Re-)evaluation   for Teaching Purposes   Collins Ativie LUNCH BREAK: 1.00pm – 2.00 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION (2.15 – 5.30 pm): OUTING/EXCURSION AROUND TOWN DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2011 MORNING SESSION (8.30am–11.00am) CONFERENCE   ROOM 1 CONFERENCE   ROOM 2 Semantics/   Discourse Chair: Dr. (Mrs.) Jemima Anderson   Literature Chair: Dr. (Mrs.) Lebene Tettey   8.30   am   The Semantic Correlates of the   Speech Chunks of Motor Park Communication in Port Harcourt,   Nigeria   Ibiere Ken-Maduako Figurative   Representation in Dagara Oral Literature: Dirges and Xylophone Tunes   Martin Kyiileyang 9.00 am   The   Semantics and Pragmatics of di "to eat" and  nom  "to   drink"   Dorothy Agyepong Promoting Sustainability and Women's   Self-Reliance through the Language of Empowerment in Adimora-Adichie's Trafficked   Nonyelum Chibuzo Mba 9.30 am   "I   Beg to Differ, Please": Contractiveness in Synonyms Patience Obeng/Asare 'I   think therefore I am' an appreciation of writer's thoughts and the methods of   expression. A case study of two Spanish writers   Setor Donne Novieto     10.00 am   Stylistic   traits of the Igbo particle 'nwa' in a Discourse   Emmanuel O. Ezeani The   Literary Text as a Product of Discourses and Ideologies: The Case of Sembene   Ousmane's Les bouts de bois de dieu   Cosmas Badasu 10.30 – 11.00am: COCOA/COFFEE/TEA BREAK CONFERENCE   ROOM 1 Discourse/Literature Chair: Dr. K. Adu Manyah   CONFERENCE   ROOM 2 Pidgin/   Evolution Chair: Ms. Solace Yankson   11.00 am   Discourse   Analysis of a Kaakyi Narrative Text   Oksana Korshunova The Grammar of the Ghanaian University   Student: a Case of 'Broken English'?   George Frimpong   Kodie & Felicia Annin 11.30am   Literary   Onomastics in Akan Literature: A study of the functions of personal names in Brako,   an Akan novel   Joseph Nsiah Recent Trend in Attitudes   towards Student Pidgin   Juliana Afriyie 12.00pm   The Word   as the Force that Propels Literature   Henrietta Eyison The   Dynamics of Contact and the Evolution of Naijá David Oshorenoya Esizimetor 12.30pm   Ethnopoetics   and Structural Anthropology, a Critical Look at Oboɔba   J.A   Adofo's Narrative.   Melvin Nartey Language and its Application to the Study of Literature   Samuel Edem 1.00pm – 2.00pm: LUNCH BREAK AFTERNOON SESSION (2.00pm – 3.30pm) CONFERENCE   ROOM 1 Socio-Pragmatics Chair: Prof. Emmanuel N. Abakah   CONFERENCE   ROOM 2 Acquisition /   Language Evolution Chair: Mr. Kofi Abrefa   2.00pm   Apologies in English in Ghana   Jemima Anderson Syntactic   Movement in Our Children are Coming! :   A Stylolinguistic Dimension   Isidore Nnadi 2.30pm   A sociolinguistic analysis of   Gurenε proverb choice and united snakesge: An interaction between parents and their   children   James   Azure Ababila What   goes into the Telling of an Akan Folktale: A Study of the  Linguistic Composition  and Polyphony of "Agyanka Mmɔborɔ" (Poor Orphan)   Ebenezer Oteng-Preko 3.00pm   Diminutives in Siyase: Forms and Pragmatics Functions   Francisca Adjei Metaphor, "what is said" and "what is meant"   Richmond Kwesi     3.30pm   Expressing   Dimunitive in Dangme   Regina Oforiwaa Caesar L1   interference in Ghanaian Junior High School Students' English writing:   Implications for improving English writing  Charles Owu-Ewie 4.00pm   Animal Imagery in the Song Texts of Ampadu   Emmanuel   Asubonteng CLOSING/FAREWELL!!

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