E. M. Bonsu

Evidential constructions in Ghanaian parliamentary discourse: a corpus-based diachronic analysis (2005–2024)

Abstract While previous studies have examined various aspects of Ghanaian parliamentary discourse, little attention has been paid to evidential constructions. To address this gap, this corpus-based study examines four first-person evidential constructions (I think, I believe, I know, I mean) in Ghanaian parliamentary d...