Rachel Thompson

List of John Benjamins publications in which Rachel Thompson is involved.

Articles

Thompson, Rachel 2021 Insults in political comments on GhanaWeb: Ethnopragmatic perspectives Pragmatics and Society 12:1, pp. 33–58 | Article

This paper explores the practice of insults on GhanaWeb, a popular online platform on which some Ghanaians post comments and share opinions in reaction to various news reports. Among other things, the study entails understanding how the prevalence of harsh insults stands against the backdrop of… read more

Amfo, Nana Aba Appiah, Ekua Essumanma Houphouet, Eugene K. Dordoye and Rachel Thompson 2018 “Insanity is from home”: The expression of mental health challenges in Akan International Journal of Language and Culture 5:1, pp. 1–28 | Article

This paper examines selected expressions relating to the articulation of mental health challenges in three Akan speaking communities in Ghana, in the context of considering that language is reflective of human thought, and that human cultural practices and behavior emanate from people’s… read more