LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching
Vol 26, No 2 (2023): October 2023

EXPLORING I-YOU INDEXICALS IN GHANAIAN CHURCH MUSIC

Daniel Ofosu Dwamena (Department of English, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana)
James Gyimah Manu (Department of English, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana)
Philip Kwame Freitas (Department of English, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana)

Article Info

Publish Date
20 Oct 2023

Abstract

Indexicals are important to contextual inference and generally, in semantic interpretation (Hanks, 1999). The present study set out to examine the use of the I-You indexical pronouns in Ghanaian Church Music. It was revealed that the I-Y spheres of the indexicals received relative frequencies of 4.55% and 3.35% in the data. Again, the study showed various referents of the I-You indexicals and their implication in the data based on their contextual and co-textual cues. The study extends knowledge on the subject of indexicality.

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LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching
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LLT

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Universitas Sanata Dharma

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Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching, to be published twice a year, namely in April and October, is a scientific peer-reviewed journal published by the English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. The ...