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Adomako, K.; A. Agoswin Musah, Atibiri A. Sandow & Reginald A. Duah
12th Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG) Conference. Paa Grant University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana 31st July, - 2nd August, 2019
Paper presented:
• Kusaal and Akan as dialects of the same language? A comparative analysis of some peculiar lexical items
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Kpodo, P.; Adomako, K.; & Amoh, S.
12th Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG) Conference. Paa Grant University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana 31st July, - 2nd August, 2019
Paper presented:
Some morphophonological processes in the adaptation of Akan personal day-names in Ewe
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Tomekyin, C., Adomako, K. & Nyame, J.
50th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 22nd May, - 25th May, 2019
Paper presented:
The phonology of compounds in Nzema
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This paper examines some phonological processes that are observed in the formation of some compounds in Nzema, a Niger-Congo (Kwa, Bia) language spoken mainly in the Western Region of Ghana and Ivory Coast. The paper focuses on some phonological rules that ensue at morpheme juncture processes in the process of the formation of some compounds in Nzema. The compound types discussed in the present paper include noun-noun, noun-adjective, noun-verb, pronominal-noun, and pronominal-verb. In this paper, we consider mainly elision that targets the final V of the first and initial V of the second morphemes at the morpheme boundary. We show that, inter alia, in Nzema, morpheme2-initial Vs (i.e. V2) are mostly targeted for deletion as compared to the elision of the first vowel, V1. At morpheme juncture in V1#V2, it is the V2 that is systematically targeted for deletion irrespective of its quality. Moreover, in a context of V1#V2 where the two vowels are of same quality, tone is crucial in determining the target for the deletion process, however, it is the V2 that consistently give in to elision irrespective of tone.
This paper examines some phonological processes that are observed in the formation of some compounds in Nzema, a Niger-Congo (Kwa, Bia) language spoken mainly in the Western Region of Ghana and Ivory Coast. The paper focuses on some phonological rules that ensue at morpheme juncture processes in the process of the formation of some compounds in Nzema. The compound types discussed in the present paper include noun-noun, noun-adjective, noun-verb, pronominal-noun, and pronominal-verb. In this paper, we consider mainly elision that targets the final V of the first and initial V of the second morphemes at the morpheme boundary. We show that, inter alia, in Nzema, morpheme2-initial Vs (i.e. V2) are mostly targeted for deletion as compared to the elision of the first vowel, V1. At morpheme juncture in V1#V2, it is the V2 that is systematically targeted for deletion irrespective of its quality. Moreover, in a context of V1#V2 where the two vowels are of same quality, tone is crucial in determining the target for the deletion process, however, it is the V2 that consistently give in to elision irrespective of tone.
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Adomako, K. (2015). Final-nasal deletion in Akan (Asante Twi) reduplication. The Buckingham Journal of Language and Linguistics, 8,
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In this paper, I examine the phenomenon of reduplicant-nasal deletion observed in some reduplicative prefixes of Akan (a Niger-Congo, Kwa language). In the Akan phonology, nasals are among non-vowel sonorants that are permitted syllable or word-finally (Dolphyne 1988, Abakah 2005). However, it is observed that these nasals, particularly [m], are sometimes deleted in some reduplicants final position. In this paper, I show that verb bases of CVN or CVVN structures are of two different morphemic structures in the underlying representation; monomorphemic verb base and bimorphemic verb base. The latter structure, on which this paper focuses, has the composition: morpheme1 + morpheme 2. It is observed that while the former preserve their ‘final’ nasals in the reduplicants, the latter, on the other hand, lose them in their reduplicants. We analyse this phonological phenomenon as resulting from the language’s bid towards satisfying a high-ranking template satisfaction constraint (after McCarthy and Prince 1994) within the Optimality Theory framework.
In this paper, I examine the phenomenon of reduplicant-nasal deletion observed in some reduplicative prefixes of Akan (a Niger-Congo, Kwa language). In the Akan phonology, nasals are among non-vowel sonorants that are permitted syllable or word-finally (Dolphyne 1988, Abakah 2005). However, it is observed that these nasals, particularly [m], are sometimes deleted in some reduplicants final position. In this paper, I show that verb bases of CVN or CVVN structures are of two different morphemic structures in the underlying representation; monomorphemic verb base and bimorphemic verb base. The latter structure, on which this paper focuses, has the composition: morpheme1 + morpheme 2. It is observed that while the former preserve their ‘final’ nasals in the reduplicants, the latter, on the other hand, lose them in their reduplicants. We analyse this phonological phenomenon as resulting from the language’s bid towards satisfying a high-ranking template satisfaction constraint (after McCarthy and Prince 1994) within the Optimality Theory framework.
Adomako, K. (2015). Some phonological processes in an Akan linguistic game. Linguistik Online, 72,
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This paper examines some phonological processes observed in the Pig Latin; a linguistic game played in Akan, a Niger-Congo (Kwa) language. The Akan Pig Latin (henceforth APL), which is popularly known as Megesege is usually played among Akan youth. The purpose of this game varies from concealment to social identity establishment. This paper is a qualitative study of 200 stimuli of sentences in regular Akan constructions manipulated into the APL. The simple rule for playing the game is to syllabify an already existing word and to add a [CV] syllable to each of those segmented syllables. Through this manipulation of existing word, several phonological processes are observed including insertion, syllabification, palatalization etc. The paper presents a descriptive analysis of some of the processes and shows how the study of the APL can facilitate our understanding of the several phonological phenomena in Akan, even though it may display, in many parts, quite different patterns from what obtains in the regular Akan grammar.
This paper examines some phonological processes observed in the Pig Latin; a linguistic game played in Akan, a Niger-Congo (Kwa) language. The Akan Pig Latin (henceforth APL), which is popularly known as Megesege is usually played among Akan youth. The purpose of this game varies from concealment to social identity establishment. This paper is a qualitative study of 200 stimuli of sentences in regular Akan constructions manipulated into the APL. The simple rule for playing the game is to syllabify an already existing word and to add a [CV] syllable to each of those segmented syllables. Through this manipulation of existing word, several phonological processes are observed including insertion, syllabification, palatalization etc. The paper presents a descriptive analysis of some of the processes and shows how the study of the APL can facilitate our understanding of the several phonological phenomena in Akan, even though it may display, in many parts, quite different patterns from what obtains in the regular Akan grammar.
