Quarshie, EN-B orcid.org/0000-0002-8720-2355 (2017) Are acknowledgements in psychology dissertations a science-bound or religion-bound script? A comparison between Ghana and the UK. Psypag Quarterly (103). pp. 27-32. ISSN 1746-6016
Abstract
Acknowledgements in students’ dissertations are considered a socially anticipated illocutionary response and act. This article aims to contribute to our knowledge about graduates' gratitude expression in dissertations. A content analysis was conducted on the acknowledgement section of 60 Psychology dissertations submitted to the Department of Psychology, University of Ghana (DoP-UoG), and the School of Psychology, University of Leeds (SoP-UoL). The findings showed that acknowledgements in Psychology dissertations submitted to the DoP-UoG are framed as a religio-scientific script (i.e., religion-and-science bound script), whereas acknowledgements in dissertations submitted to the SoP-UoL can be described as a scientific script (i.e., science-bound scripts). Cross-cultural explanations of this observation are discussed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2017 09:47 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2017 09:47 |
Published Version: | http://www.psypag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | British Psychological Society |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:117805 |