Abstract:
Dwumadie yi yɛ nhwehwɛmu a ɛfa Amakye Dede haelaefo nnwom ahodoɔ bi ho.
Nhwehwɛmu yi botaeɛ ne sɛ ɛdaa nsɛmpɔ titire ne kasasuo ahodoɔ ne suahunu a ɛda adi
wɔ nnwom no mu. Dwumadie yi kɔɔ so wɔ Obuase Mansini mu a ɛwɔ Asante mantam
mu. Menam nkɔmmɔtwetwe so ne nnipa (50) dii nkitaho, a ɛmu aduanan (40) yɛ
mmarima na du (10) yɛ mmaa a wɔn mfeɛ firi aduonunum (25) kɔsi aduɔson (70). Saa
nnipa yi yɛ adwadifoɔ (10), kasɛtetɔnfoɔ (10), akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ (5), raduo adwumayɛfoɔ
(5) na laefoban adwumayɛfoɔ (20). Menyaa nsɛm no bi nso wɔ nnwoma ahodoɔ mu.
Nhwehwɛmu yi mu no, nsɛmpɔ titire a ɛdaa adi no bi ne sɛ ɔdɔ ma anigyeɛ, ɔdɔ ma
abotɔyam, ɔdɔ som bo, ɔdɔ hyɛ nkuran, onipa biara hia ɔdɔ ne deɛ ɛkeka ho. Kasasuo
ahodoɔ bi te sɛ anihanehane, kasakoa, nyinahɔmma, nteamudeɛ, mfoninyɛ, ɛbɛ, abirabɔ,
sɛ-nipa, ampɛ mmuaeɛ asɛmmisa ne deɛ ɛkeka ho na ɛdaa adi. Afei, menyaa suahunu bi
te sɛ aboterɛ, Akanfoɔ gyidie ne nea ɛkeka ho. Dwumadie no da no adi ma yɛhunu sɛ tete
haelaefo mu nsɛm no tumi tu fo kyerɛ yɛn sɛdeɛ ɔdɔ ne suban bi da adi wɔ nnipa asetena
mu. Megyinaa Hymes (1974) kasapa nnyinasoɔ adwenemsɛm (Tiɔri) so de kyerɛɛ sɛdeɛ
kasapa tumi boa ma dwontofoɔ bi tumi di ne dwuma a ɛmfa ɔhaw biara mma. Yei nam so
ma yɛhunu sɛ dwontoɔ mu no, ɛhia sɛ adwontofoɔ hwɛ sibeaberɛ, nnipa a wɔatwa ahyia,
amammerɛ ne amanneɛ a ɛda adi na aboa wɔn ma wɔatumi afa nsɛmfua a ɛbɛboa ama
wɔn dwumadie no ho ate
Description:
Mpɛnsɛmpɛnsɛmu dwumadie a ɛfiri Suapɔn yi ne fa a ɛhwɛ Akan–Nzema kasa ho
adesua so de kɔma “School of Graduate Studies”
Yei ne ahiadeɛ baako a ɛbɛma Suapɔn no ama me
Master of Philosophy
(Ghanaian Languages Studies)
wɔ University of Education, Winneba.