The researcher's work integrates multiple theoretical frameworks in language studies, focusing on the nuanced interplay between discourse, metaphors, and cultural dynamics across various domains. Their research employs stylistic, pragmactic, and metaphorical approaches to analyze texts such as Ghanaian newspaper editorials, Arthur Miller's works, Kemi Adetiba's films, president's speeches, literature, and art, all within the broader context of how language shapes identity and discourse in social sciences.
Faculty Biography
James Gyimah Manu is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Engllish. He holds an MPhil and BA, all in English, from KNUST. His research interests cover topics and issues in the areas of Semantics, Stylistics, Pragmatics and Syntax. His recent works have focused on how Conceptual Metaphor, as a cognitive machinery, is used for the purpose of communication by Ghanaian Commentators of football and how presupposition, as a linguistic phenomenon, is employed in the Ghanaian media landscape. Mr. Gyimah Manu enjoys teaching and deems it a crucial profession for a country's development. He therefore works assiduously to create a serene and congenial atmosphere for effective teaching and learning to take place.
African history and culture analysis
Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
Multilingual Education and Policy
Public Spaces through Art
Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria
The Role of Conceptual Metaphors in Public Perception of Ghanaian Court Judgments
On Critical Linguistic Landscape in Motion: A Decolonial Approach to Automobile Graffiti
Leveraging Political Messaging with Religious Resonance: A Transitivity Analysis Of the Easter Address of a Ghanaian President
Open AccessGhanaian language as a national language: perspectives of Ghanaian university students
Open AccessANALYSING PRESUPPOSITION: A STUDY ON PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO’S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS (SONA), 2022
Open AccessThe Heroine’s Monomyth: A Study of Buchi Emecheta’s Kehinde
Open AccessI-You Indexicals in Ghanaian Church Music
Open Access‘CHALE SUP’: MOTIVATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF PIDGIN ENGLISH USAGE IN A GHANAIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Open Access“GRIEF AND RESILIENCE LIVE TOGETHER”: AN ASSESSMENT OF ARTHUR MILLER’S DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Open Access“Proverbs are the Wisdom of the Streets”: A Pragma-Stylistic Analysis of Proverbs in Kemi Adetiba’s King of Boys Movie Franchise
Open AccessA Stylistic Exploration of Headlines in Ghanaian Newspaper Editorials
Open AccessPresupposition in Ghanaian and British Newspaper editorials
Open AccessDepartment of English
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology