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CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE

MORPHOPHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF AKAN FEMALE FAMILY-NAME FORMATION

Author: Kwasi Adomako

Institutional Affiliation: University of Education, Winneba

Current Status: Senior Lecturer

Mailing address: Department of Akan-Nzema Education, College of Languages Education, University of Education, Winneba, P.O. Box 72, Ajumako.

Email address: knyantakyi78@gmail.com

Bio Statement: Kwasi Adomako is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Akan-Nzema, University of Education, Winneba. He is currently a PhD Linguistics candidate at the University of Ghana, Legon.  His research focuses on the phonology; both segmental and prosodic properties, of the loanword phenomenon among some members of the Kwa language family spoken in Ghana. He is also interested in the morphophonological study of some phenomena such as personal names, language games, reduplication, etc. His other areas of research interest include language use in the Ghanaian media.

A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF KINSHIP TERMS IN LIKPAKPALN (KONKOMBA)   

Author: Abraham Kwesi Bisilki 

Institutional Affiliation: University of Education, Winneba

Current Status: Lecturer

Mailing address: Dept. of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Foreign Languages Education & Communication, University of Education, Winneba, P. O. Box 25, Winneba, C/R

Email address: bisilki@yahoo.com

Bio Statement: Mr. Abraham Kwesi Bisilki holds a Bachelor of Education (Arts) and an M.Phil in Applied Linguistics from the University of Cape Coast and the University of Education, Winneba respectively. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Applied Linguistics of the University of Education, Winneba. Mr. Bisilki's researches are mostly in the area of sociolinguistics. These researches often explore sociolinguistic phenomena in Likpakpaln (Konkomba), an under-researched Gur language spoken mainly in the Northern Region of Ghana.

ASPECTS OF YORUBA LINGUAL-CULTURAL RETENTIONS IN ABIMBOLA ADELAKUN’S UNDER THE BROWN RUSTED ROOFS

Author: Mohammed Ayodeji Ademilokun  

Institutional Affiliation: Technische University

Current Status: Postdoctoral Fellow

Mailing address: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Technische University, Chemnitz, Eastern Germany

Email address: mohmilokun@yahoo.com

Bio Statement: Mohammed Ademilokun holds a Ph.D in English Language from Obafemi  Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, where he teaches. He has published papers on Discourse Analysis and Applied Linguistics in local and international journals. He is also a recipient of prestigious fellowships such as Fulbright Fellowship and African Humanities Dissertation Completion Fellowship. He is currently a Georg Forster Postdoctoral Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at Technische University, Chemnitz, Eastern Germany.

NOUN CLASSIFICATION IN ESAHIE

Author: Obed Nii Broohm 

Institutional Affiliation: University of Verona, Italy

Current Status: PhD Student

Mailing address: Department of Culture and Civilization, Via S. Francesco, 22,

37129 Verona VR

Email address: onbroohm@gmail.com; obednii.broohm@univr.it

Bio Statement: Obed Nii Broohm is a final-year PhD student at the University of Verona, Italy. He obtained his BA and MPhil degrees in Linguistics from the University of Ghana. His research interest lies within the nominal morpho-syntax of Kwa languages, with particular interest in Esahie (alternatively referred to as: Sefwi, Asahyue, Samvi), a relatively understudied language. Obed’s current (PhD) research delves into both the inflectional and word formation system of the nominal domain in Esahie, with particular interest in issues including nominalization and compounding, and their interplay in some word formation phenomena. Prior to this, he worked on Information Structure in Kwa, with specific emphasis on Esahie.