Campbell, Akua A

Education

BA (Ghana), MA PhD (Rice)

Dissertation title: A grammar of Ga 

Specialization

Syntax, Language documentation and description, Discourse, Court interpreting, Ga linguistics

Courses

UGRC 134: Language in society

LNGS 303: Phonetics and phonology of a Ghanaian language (Ga)

LNGS 304: Morphology and syntax of a Ghanaian language (Ga)

LNGS 314: Discourse Analysis

LNGS 411: Syntax of a Ghanaian Language (Ga)

LNGS 412: Semantics of a Ghanaian language (Ga)

LNGS 605: Research Methods

LNGS 701: Advanced Research Methods

LNGS 702: Field Linguistics

Publications

Campbell, Akua 2020. Relative clauses as grammatical nominalizations: Evidence from Akan. SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, 17(2) 23–58. pdf

Amuzu, Evershed, Akua Campbell & Seth Ofori. 2020. “That’s not my understanding” – Interpretation in the Ghanaian multilingual court. Language and Dialogue, 10(3) 389 – 421.

Campbell, Akua (in press). Grammatical nominalizations in Ga͂. In: Sung-Yeo Chung and Masayoshi Shibatani (eds.), Nominalization theory and linguistic analysis. Osaka: Osaka University Press.

Campbell, Akua (forthcoming). A Historical Analysis of Ga Future Morphemes. Frankfurter Afrikanistisches Blätter.

Campbell, Akua 2014. Motion expression in Ga narratives. Journal of West African languages. 41(2) 69 – 101. pdf.