‘Na Wa o for African Men’: Pragmatic acting in Sir Shina Peters’ Shinamania
Music performs different functions besides entertainment. This paper explores the sensitising and advocating functions of music with particular focus on Sir Shina Peters’ album Shinamania. I employ Jacob Mey’s pragmeme, a pragmatic analytical tool, to identify the pragmatic acts that are performed i...
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Language: | English |
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University of Ghana
2021-01-01
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Series: | Legon Journal of the Humanities |
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