BACKGROUND Suicide is a major health concern worldwide, although suicide rates widely differ among different countries and cultures. Transcultural studies suggest that national anthems reflect national attitudes towards self-harming behaviour as well. Our aim was to analyse the linguistic characteristics of six national anthems, and compare these results with national suicide rates. METHODS W...

This paper investigates major themes espoused in the national anthems of English West Africa. Further, it seeks to find out how these themes are projected linguistically and literarily. Five English-speaking countries in West Africa, namely, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia, were purposively sampled based on their colonial history, language and geographical location for this...

Anthems often encode institutional values, hence, useful in constructing identities for such institutions. The university community is one of organisations that are usually identified by their commonality goals. One means which universities showcase what they stand through the use anthems. Several studies have explored linguistic analysis national anthems, with little attention paid to language...

Milli marş, bir ülkenin gücü ve bağımsızlığı olarak düşünülmektedir. Seslendirilen marş o tarihini, kültürünü değerlerini anlatan içeriğe sahip özellikleri barındırması gerekmektedir. Bu çalışma Türkiye Cumhuriyeti devletinin milli marşı olan İstiklal Marşı’nı Azerbaycan Ulusal nitel yöntemlerinden görüşme yöntemi kullanılarak derinlemesine incelenmesi karşılaştırılmasıyla oluşturulmuştur. Çalı...