Adomako's Profile

Work and Education

Educational Qualifications

  1. Postgraduate Diploma Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of Education, Winneba. 2011
  2. MPhil in Theoretical Linguistics, University of Tromsø, Norway 2008
  3. B.A. (Honours) Linguistics and Theatre Arts, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. 2003

Positions Held

  1. Vice Dean, Student Affairs, Offfice of the Dean of Student Affairs, College of Languages Education, Ajumako.
  2. Ag. Head, Department of Akan-Nzema Education, College of Languages Education, Ajumako.
  3. Coordinator, Externally Funded Projects, College of Languages Education, Ajumako.
  4. Faculty Examinations Officer, Faculty of Ghanaian Languages Education, College of Languages Education, Ajumako
  5. Department Examinations Officer, Department of Akan-Nzema Education, College of Languages Education, Ajumako.

Professional Membership

  1. • Member, Association of Teachers of Ghanaian Languages (ATGL) (2013-Date)
  2. • Member, Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG) (2010-Date)

Conferences, Workshops and Seminars Attended

  1. • Underapplication in an Akan linguistic game. 7th Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG) conference, University of Professional Studies, Accra, Ghana, 28th-30th July, 2014.
  2. • Morphophonological analysis of some Akan personal names. 6th Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG) conference held at the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast- Ghana, July 29-31, 2013.
  3. • Language, Culture and the Media (with Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten). 9th Inter-university conference on co-existence of languages in West Africa, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, 12th-15th November, 2012.
  4. • ‘I Beg to Differ Please: Contrastiveness in Akan Synonyms’ (with Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten and Patience Obeng). 5th Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG) Conference, University of Education, Winneba, 1st August, 2012.
  5. • Mentioning the Unmentionables “Ammodin” in contemporary Akan news broadcast and programmes (with Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten and Patience Obeng). 5th Linguistics Association of Ghana Conference, University of Education, Winneba, 30th July, 2012.
  6. • Phonological underapplication in loanwords in Akan. Language and Culture in National Development, jointly organized by the Institute of African Studies (IAS) and Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT), Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, 12th April, 2012.
  7. • Final nasal deletion in reduplication: A Study of Akan (Asante Twi). 4th Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG) Conference, Kumasi-Ghana, 8th-10th August, 2011.
  8. • Final Nasal Deletion in Reduplication: A Study of Akan (Asante Twi). African Linguistics School, Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin, 30th July, 2011.
  9. • Vowel raising in Akan (Asante Twi) reduplication. Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT) Annual Academic Seminar Week, Tamale, Ghana, 21st-25th February, 2011.
  10. • Verbal nominalization as a derivational process: The case of Akan. 3rd Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG) Conference, University of Ghana, Legon, 11th-13th August, 2010.

Work Experience

  1. Senior Lecturer in General Linguistics and Linguistics of Akan, Department of Akan- Nzema Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana 2015 - Date
  2. Lecturer in General Linguistics and Linguistics of Akan, Department of Akan- Nzema Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana 2010 - 2015
  3. Senior Research Assistant, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. 2004 – 2010