Browsing by Author "Awungjia, Ajohche Nkemngu"
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Doing friendship: storytelling and playfulness in casual conversational discourse
Awungjia, Ajohche Nkemngu (University of the Western Cape, 2023)This study explores the linguistic construction of interpersonal relationships, specifically friendship. Although we have no control over which families we are born into, we can choose who can be our friend and unlike ... -
“I am a queen”: (Re)fashioning African female identities in everyday storytelling
Awungjia, Ajohche Nkemngu (University of the Western Cape, 2018)This study aims to add to the rich body of work which explores our understanding of identity performances in narratives. It explores how a close knit group of five female friends use narrative structure and strategies ...