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LNGS 406 — Language and Politics

Linguistics · University of Ghana

The course deals with the relationship between language and politics. It exposes students to language and negotiation and the maintenance of political power relations in traditional and contemporary societies. Topics include the grammar/linguistics and stylistics of power negotiation, language and colonial dominations, linguistic determinism, free speech, language and political persuasion, campaign and propaganda language, language and governance, as well as language and the resistance of dominant ideology.

Credits
3
Level
Level 400

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Course details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).