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School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures

Mercy Akrofi Ansah

Address: LANGUAGE CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LG119, LEGON-ACCRA.

email: akrofiansah@hotmail.com

PhD title : Aspects of Lete Grammar

Supervisors: Kristine Hildebrandt, Martin Barry

Main Discipline area: Linguistics

Research specialism: Grammar writing, Literacy, Endangered language documentation

Publications: FUNCTIONS OF LETE TONE (2003) in Kropp-Dakubu and E.K. Osam (eds). STUDIES IN THE LANGUAGES OF THE VOLTA BASIN 1, 197-203. Proceedings of the Annual Colloquium of the Legon-Trondheim Linguistics Project. Accra: Linguistics Department, University of Ghana /Combert Impressions.

Number Marking in Lete Nouns(2005) in Kropp - Dakubu and E.K. Osam (eds). STUDIES IN THE LANGUAGES OF THE VOLTA BASIN 111.88- 95. Proceedings of the Annual Colloquium of the Legon-Trondheim Linguistics Project. Accra: Linguistics Department, University of Ghana /Combert Impressions.

Lete Sound System and Syllable Structure (2005) in G.E.K Adika (ed). LANGUAGE CENTRE JOURNAL 1, 123-132      Accra : Language Centre/ Mustard Impressions.

Conference Presentations: Annual Colloquim of the LEGON-TRONDHEIM LINGUISTICS PROJECT. 18-20, January 2005.

Paper Presented: NUMBER MARKING IN LETE NOUNS.

Annual Colloquim of the LEGON-TRONDHEIM LINGUISTICS PROJECT. 4-6, December, 2002.

Paper Presented: FUNCTIONS OF LETE TONE.

Teaching Areas:

English as a Foreign Language (Certificate Course).

Academic Writing (undergraduate level).

Professional biography:

University of Ghana (2002) Degree: Master of Philosophy.

University of Cape coast, Ghana (1998)Degree: Post-Graduate Diploma In Education.

University of Ghana (1990) Degree:B.A. Linguistics with Spanish.