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  • Conceptualizing maturity in the mfantse dialect of akan 
    Dawson-Ahmoah G.N.A.; Wonkyi P.N. (Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2021)
    This paper investigates metonymic expressions that express MATURITY in the Mfantse dialect of Akan. Studies in English and Akan have demonstrated that, through metonym (and metaphor), concrete concepts and experiential ...
  • Ditransitvity in Ga: A lexical functional approach 
    Ollennu, Y.A.A (Published in Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, 2017)
    The paper examines diathesis alternation of Ga and English ditransitives verbs. It discusses simple ditransitive verbs found in English and compares them with Ga verbs that can be used in ditransitive constructions. ...
  • Ditransitvity in Ga: A Lexical Functional Approach 
    Akwele, Y; Amankwaa, O (Published in Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, 2017)
    The paper examines diathesis alternation of Ga and English ditransitives verbs. It discusses simple ditransitive verbs found in English and compares them with Ga verbs that can be used in ditransitive constructions. D ...
  • 'The heart has caught me': Anger metaphors in Likpakpaln (Konkomba) 
    Bisilki A.K.; Yakpo K. (Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2021)
    We provide a first documentation and analysis of anger metaphors in Likpakpaln, a little-studied Mabia (Gur) language, primarily spoken in Northern Ghana. We adopt Conceptual Metaphor Theory as the analytical framework for ...
  • Linguistic Surrogacy with Minimal Semantics among the Dagomba of Ghana 
    Hudu F. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2021)
    This paper discusses critical questions on the processing of non-native surrogate languages of the Dagbamba (Dagomba) of Ghana. The Dagbamba use the fiddle, talking drum and double bell to encode speech in Hausa, Akan and ...
  • Literary analysis of selected Dangme War Songs 
    Accam, M.D.K. (University of Education Winneba, 2022)
    This thesis is a literary study of Dangme war songs. The work discussed the structure, themes, and style in some Dangme war songs. The research discussed the aesthetic values of these war songs among the people of Ada. ...
  • Metaphorical Extensions of Ye (eat) Verb: The Case of Gᾶ 
    Otoo, R (Published in International Journal of Linguistics, 2017)
    The aim of this paper is to examine lexical semantics from a cognitive approach in Gᾶ, a Kwa language. In Gᾶ, the verb Ye ‘eat’ has polysemous and metaphorical uses. There has been linguistic research in Gᾶ and there is ...
  • Negation in Dangme 
    Caesar, R.O (Published in Selected Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference on African Linguistics, 2012)
    This paper presents a descriptive analysis of negation in Dangme. It considers the negative morpheme in Dangme, and how some of its allomorphs are used in the language. The segmental variants of the negative morpheme in ...
  • The position and meaning of interjections in Ga 
    Ollennu, Y. A. A. (Published in African Journal of Applied Research, 2017)
    Interjections have been dealt with in language in various ways either as part of language or as non-words indicating feelings or state of mind. The paper focuses on interjections in Ga, a Kwa language of Niger Congo branch ...
  • Pragmatics of Na ‘see’ Perception Verb Expressions in Gӑ 
    Otoo, R (Published in Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, 2018)
    The aim of this paper is to examine lexical semantics from a cognitive approach in Gӑ, a Kwa language. In Gӑ, the verb Na ‘see’ has polysemous and metaphorical uses. There has been linguistic research in Gᾶ and there is ...
  • Pragmatics of oyiwaladↄ ŋŋ (Thank you): The case of Ga 
    Otoo, R (Published in African Journal of Applied Research, 2018)
    The study considers the marker Oyiwaladɔŋŋ (thank you) in Ga ( Niger Congo, Kwa branch), under the expressive speech act and linguistic routine The marker has a variety of functions and explore the factors (social and ...
  • The Role of Listener’s Response Tokens Mm and Oh: The Case of Ga 
    Otoo, R (Published in Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018)
    This paper aims to examine the functions of ‘Oh’ and ‘Mm’ as used in Ga, a Kwa language that is spoken in the southern part of Ghana. There has been linguistic research in Ga and there is still the interest to study the ...
  • The semantic extensions of tu "to uproot"/"to pull out" in Nzema discourse: A conceptual metaphoric perspective 
    Yakub M. (Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2021)
    Nzema refers to both the language and the people who speak it. The language is spoken predominantly among the people who occupy the South-west part of the Western Region of Ghana as well as some parts of Cote d'Ivoire ...
  • Subject and non-subject ex-situ focus in Dagbani 
    Issah S.A.; Smith P.W. (Ubiquity Press, 2020)
    This paper offers a description and account of the patterns of ex-situ focus in Dagbani. We show that there are two syntactic strategies for creating ex-situ focus in the language, one involving A'-movement to the left ...
  • Temperature system of Siyas3 and Ewe 
    Adjei, F.A (Published in Selected Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference on African Linguistics, 2012)
    Temperature phenomena are universal, easily perceptible by humans and basic in human categorisation (Wierzbicka 1996). Their conceptualization however, differs from language to language and involves a complex interplay ...
  • Verbal nominalization as a derivational process: The case of Akan 
    Adomako, K (Published in Ghana Journal of Linguistics, 2012)
    This paper discusses the derivational morphology of the Akan language with particular focus on verbal nominalization through affixation (particularly prefixation). There are two ways through which this nominalization ...
  • Vowel raising in Akan reduplication 
    Adomako, K (Published in Legon Journal of the HUMANITIES, 2012)
    This paper examines vowel raising in reduplication in Akan, a Niger Congo (Kwa) language, focusing on the Asante-Twi dialect. It has been generally observed in Akan that in reduplicating CV stems, the stem [+low] vowels ...

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