Abstract

This article explored graduation resources in major TV news presentations in Ghana. It explained language of primetime news in Ghana and linguistically shed light on professional practices in news presentations for the purpose of meaning in the news. An inquiry into graduation evaluative resources in news presentations is useful for understanding how subjects of primetime news bulletins create, manage, and send reports on local and international happenings using evaluative resources. The focus is on graduation resources in the news. Graduation is the third sub category of Martin and White’s (2005) Appraisal theory. In discussing the presence of graduation resources in the news and their relevance, the research is situated within the Graduation category of the Appraisal theory by Martin and White (2005). The data presents reasons to prove the use of expressions that enact graduation meanings in the news presentations.

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