Undergraduate Long Essays and M.A./M. Phil Theses Supervised
Undergraduate Long Essays
1. Opare-Henaku, Jemima (In progress). ‘Indigenization of English in Ghana.’ Undergraduate Long Essay, University of Ghana, Ghana.
2. Wematu, Rukaya (2008). ‘English-Twi Code Switching in Advertisements in Ghana.’ Undergraduate Long Essay, University of Ghana, Ghana.
3. Quarcoo, Millicent (2006). ‘English as a First Language in Ghana: Selected Case Studies from Tema.’ Undergraduate Long Essay, University of Ghana, Legon.
4. Mamatah, David Liashiedzi (2006). ‘A Comparative Study of the Performance in English of Class Six Pupils in Selected Islamic and Secular Basic Schools in Accra.’ Undergraduate Long Essay, University of Ghana, Legon.
M. Phil/M.A. Theses
5. Anku, Joyce (2010). ‘Politeness in Ghanaian Parliamentary Discourse.’ M. Phil Thesis. University of Ghana, Legon.
6. Phobi, Kwaku Adjei (2011). ‘A Comparative Analysis of Political Discourse – A Study of Some Speeches by Nkrumah, Danquah and Rawlings.’ M. Phil Thesis. University of Ghana, Legon.
7. Quainoo, Justice (2011). ‘A Discourse Analysis of Speeches of Charismatic Preachers in Ghana.’ M. Phil Thesis. University of Ghana, Legon.
8. Mudassir, Moyi Ismaila (2009). ‘Nigerianisms in the English of the Nigerian Press: A Case Study of the Daily Trust’ M.A. Thesis. University of Ghana, Legon.
9. Bonney, Emelia (2009). ‘Sentence Patterns in Some Selected Editorials of the Daily Graphic: A Stylistic Analysis’ M. Phil Thesis. University of Ghana, Legon.
Research Interests
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Pragmatics (Speech Acts in Non-Native Varieties of English)
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Politeness in English in Ghana
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The Phonology of English in Ghana
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Ghanaian Pidgin English
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Varieties of English in Ghana
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Sociolinguistics
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Codification of Ghanaian English
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Language Choice and Language Use in Ghana
Publications
A. Articles
1. Anderson, J. A., Diabah, G. & hMensa, P.A. (2011). Powerful women in powerless language: Media representation of African women in politics (the Case of Liberia). Journal of Pragmatics Vol. 43: 2504-2518.
2. Anderson, Jemima Asabea and Charity Ossom (2010). Compliments and Compliment Response Strategies in English in Ghana. Legon Journal of the Humanities. Volume XXI.
3. Bodomo, Adams, Jemima Asabea Anderson and Josephine Dzahene-Quarshie (2010). A Kente of Many Colours: Multilingualism as a Complex Ecology of Language Shift in Ghana. Sociolinguistic Studies Volume 3.3
4. Anderson, Jemima Asabea (2009). Polite Requests in Non-Native Varieties of English: The Case of Ghanaian English. Linguistic Atlantica. Vol. 30:59-86.
5. Anderson, Jemima Asabea (2006). The Effect of Data Collection Methodologies on Research Findings. Wilberforce Island Review: A Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island. Vol.1 No 1: 31-58.
6. Anderson, Jemima Asabea (2006). Request forms in English in Ghana. Legon Journal of the Humanities Vol. XV11: 75-103.
B. Book Chapters
1. Anderson, Jemima (2009). Codifying Ghanaian English: Problems and Prospects. In: Thomas Hoffman and Lucia Siebers (eds.), World Englishes – Problems, Properties and Prospects 40:19-36. [Varieties of English Around the World]. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
2. Anderson, Jemima Asabea, Gladys Nyarko Ansah and Afrakoma hMensa (2009). Domains of English in Ghana. In: Mark Krzanowski (ed.) Current Developments in English for Academic and Specific Purposes in Developing, Emerging and Least Developed Countries, pp.122-129. Reading: Garnet Publishing Ltd.
3. Wiredu, John. F. and Jemima Asabea Anderson (2008). Adjectives in Football Reporting. In: Eva Lavric, Pisek Gerhard, Skinner, Andrew and Stadler Wolfgang (eds.) The Linguistics of Football, pp 317-330. Tubingen: Gunter Narr Verlag.
C. Working Paper
1. Anderson, Jemima Asabea (2004) ‘English Loanwords in Akan.’ Exploration: Journal of the English Department Vol. 1 No. 1: 24-46
Other Published Material
1. Anderson, Jemima Asabea (2008). A Complete Course in Senior High School Oral English Kwadoan Publishers
2. Wiredu, John F. and Jemima Asabea Anderson (2009). University of Ghana Distance Learning Centre: Business Communication Course Book.
Conferences Attended and Papers Presented
Anderson, Jemima Asabea (2011) Hybridized politeness strategies in English in Ghana.
12th International Pragmatics Association Conference. University of Manchester, UK. 2nd to 6th of July, 2011.
Anchimbe, Eric, Dzahene-Quarshie Josephine & Anderson, Jemima Asabea (2011)
Attitudes towards Pidgin English in Ghana Society for Pidgins and Creoles Conference, Accra, Ghana. 3rd to 6th July 2011. Anderson, Jemima Asabea (2011) Apologies in English in Ghana 5th Linguistics.Association of Ghana Conference, Kumasi, Ghana. 8th to 10th August 2011.
Osam, E. Kweku and Jemima Asabea Anderson (2010). Akan: The Emerging Unofficial National Language. A paper presented at the 41st Annual Conference on African Linguistics. University of Toronto, May 6-8, 2010.
Anderson, Jemima and Charity Ossom (2010). Gender and Compliments in English in Ghana. A paper presented at the Gender and Language in Africa Conference. Obafemi Awolowo University, April 12-16, 2010.
Anderson, Jemima Asabea (2009). Linguistic Impoliteness and Rudeness in Radio Broadcasts in Ghana. A paper presented at the Linguistic Impoliteness and Rudeness Conference (LIAR 11) Lancaster University. June 30 – July 2, 2009.
Anderson, Jemima Asabea (2008). English Borrowings in Akan. A paper presented at the International Association of World Englishes Conference. City University of Hong Kong, December 1-5, 2008.
Wiredu, John F. and Jemima Asabea Anderson (2007). Code-Switching in Ghanaian Television Advertisements. A paper presented at the International Conference on Code Switching in West Africa. University of Ghana, November 26-29, 2007.Accra.
Wiredu, John F. and Jemima Asabea Anderson (2007). Adjectives in Football Reporting in Ghana A paper presented at the Language and Football Conference. University of Austria, Innsbruck, October 26-28, 2007.
Anderson, Jemima Asabea. (2007). Codifying Ghanaian English: Problems and Prospects. A paper presented at the International Association of World Englishes Conference, Regensburg, Germany, October 3-5, 2007.
Anderson, Jemima Asabea and Kwaku Osei Tutu. (2007) Attitude Towards Ghanaian English. A paper presented at the International Association of World Englishes Conference, University of Regensburg, October 3-5, 2007.
Anderson, Jemima Asabea, Grace Bota and Afrakoma hMensa. (2007) Powerful Women in Powerless language: The Case of Liberia. A paper presented at the Women, Power and the Media Conference, Aston Birmingham University, September 15, 2007.
Anderson, Jemima Asabea. (2007). Gender, Address Terms and the Academic Setting. A paper presented at the Discourse, Communication and the Enterprise IV Conference University of Nottingham, September 10-12, 2007.
Anderson, Jemima Asabea. (2007). Language Ideologies and Media Discourse in Ghana. A paper presented at the Language Ideologies and Media Discourse Conference: Texts, Practices, and Policies. University of Leeds, September 3-5, 2007.
Ansah, Gladys Nyarko and Jemima Asabea Anderson (2006). Expressing the Inexpressible. A paper presented at the 32nd Annual African Literature Association Conference, Labadi Beach Hotel. May 17-21, 2006.
Adjei, Mawuli and Jemima Asabea Anderson (2006). Regional Integration and National Boundaries: Re-defining Pan-Africanism in Alex Agyei Agyiri’s Unexpected Joy at Dawn. A paper presented at the 32nd Annual African Literature Association Conference, Labadi Beach Hotel. May 17-21, 2006.
Anderson, Jemima Asabea and Gladys Nyarko Ansah (2006) Final Consonant Cluster Simplification in English in Ghana. A paper presented at the Second Conference on Applied linguistics, University of Education, Winneba, October 2006.
Anderson, Jemima Asabea (2005). The Effect of Data Collection Methodologies on Research Findings. A paper presented at the First Conference on Applied linguistics, University of Education, Winneba, October 2005.
Anderson, Jemima Asabea (1994). African Literature and the Nobel Prize Experience. A paper presented at the 22nd Annual African Literature Association Conference 1994.
Workshops/Colloquia/Seminars
1. Instructional Design and Editing for Distance Education (November 1998) Organised by Centre for Distance Education, Simon Fraser University.
2. ‘Korea and the Rest of the World’ Korea University, Seoul, South Korea. Workshop Organised by Korea Foundation (June 1998)
3. ‘Equal Opportunities for Black Education’ Workshop Organised by U.S. Department of Education in Collaboration with J. William Fulbright Foundation. New Orleans, U.S.A. ( March 2001)
4. Summer Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA. Workshop organised by J. William Fulbright Commission (July 2000)
5. ‘Request Forms in English in Ghana’ - 2nd Annual Faculty of Arts Colloquium (April 2004)
6. ‘Gender, Address Terms, and the Academic Setting’ 4th Annual Faculty of Arts Colloquium (April 2006)
7. ‘The English Graduate and the Job Market’ – 4th Annual Faculty of Arts Colloquium (April 2006)
8. ‘Prophets, Doctors, and Reverends : A Sociolinguistic Study of Address Terms in Ghana’ Inter- Faculty Lecture 2006
9. Discourse Strategies in NPP Presidential Campaigns Speeches 6th Annual Faculty of Arts Colloquium ( 20th & 21st May 2008)
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
1. African Humanities Program/American Council of Learned Scholars Fellowship (2010)
2. African Studies Association PRESIDENTIAL FELLOW 2012
Other Experience
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Presenter, National Distance Learning Program, GTV (Presidential Special Initiative on Education)
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Presenter, Everyday English, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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Moderator/Examiner: Business Communication NABTEX Moderator/Examiner: (Oral English) Senior Secondary School Certificate Exams (W.A.E.C)
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Moderator/Examiner: Advanced Business Communication Examination (W.A.E.C)
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Setter/ Examiner: Ghana Commercial Examinations Business Communication (W.A.E.C)
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Examiner/Setter/Moderator: Core English/Elective English: Senior Secondary School Certificate Exams (W.A.E.C)
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Facilitator Communication Skills for Secretaries: Workshop organized for Head of Civil Service Commission 19th March -11th June 2004
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Facilitator: Effective Communication Skills, Report and Proposal Writing Workshop organized by Accra Workers College (July 2004)
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Facilitator: Effective Communication Skills: Workshop organized for the Council of State (July 2005)
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Course Writer: University of Ghana Distance Education Programme (ENGLISH 101)
Awards/Fellowships
1. American Council of Learned Fellows/African Humanities Program
August 2010- July 2011 (Post –Doctoral Fellowship)
2. Fulbright Junior Staff Development Fellowship, 2000–2001 (Indiana University, Bloomington U.S.A.)
3. Korean Foundation Fellowship, 1998 (Korea University/Academy of Korean Studies) Seoul, South Korea
4. Indiana University International Office Award, 2001
Extension Activities
2009 - 2010 Member, Volta Hall Constitution Review Committee
2009 -2010 Member, Volta Hall Warden Installation Planning Committee
August 2008- Date Deputy Senior Tutor, Volta Hall
August 2006- Date Member, Hall Council, Volta Hall
August 2008- Date Member, Management Board, Volta Hall
August 2006- 2008 Member, Academic Board
August 2006- 2008 Member, Bookshop Management Board
August 2006- 2008 Member, Ghana Institute of Languages Governing Board
2008 Member, Faculty of Arts Colloquium Planning Committee
2009-2010 Chairperson, Faculty of Arts Colloq. Planning Committee
2005- Date Co-ordinator Staff/ Student Seminars (Dept of English)
2007- Date Examination Officer, Department of English
2003-2010 Patron, University of Ghana Debating Club
2003-2010 Patron, English Students’ Association
2008-Date Patron, Assemblies of God Campus Ministries (UG Chapter)
Membership of Professional Associations
Member, International Association of World Englishes (IAWE)
Member, International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)
Member, Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG)
Interests
Reading and Playing Chess and Scrabble
Courses Taught
CONTACT INFORMATION
via post: Department of English,
University of Ghana,
P. O. Box LG 129
Legon
via phone: +233 (0) 302 503043 (Direct)
via Email: janderson@ug.edu.gh/ jegyening2000@yahoo.com
