Tweaa! – A Ghanaian interjection of “contempt” in online political comments
This study examines the use of tweaa [tɕʏɪaa], an Akan emotive interjection that expresses “contempt” for a person, in the Corpus of GhanaWeb Comments in Ghana's 2016 Election (CGCGE16). CGCGE16 comprises reader comments posted in the build-up to Ghana's presidential elections in December...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Ampersand |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215039018301097 |