Nana Ama Agyeman has been working at the Language Centre since 2003, where she conducts Linguistics research and teaches courses in Academic Writing and Certificate in English Proficiency. Her BA, MPhil, and PhD, all in Linguistics, are from UG, NTNU-Trondheim, and SOAS-London, respectively. Her research areas include Language Documentation and Description, Minority Languages, Language Endangerment, and Serial Verb Constructions. She has published in various reputable journals.

Research Areas:

• Language Documentation & Description
• Field Linguistics
• Language Endangerment
• Minority languages
• Serial Verb Constructions

Publications:

• Ansah, M. A., Agyeman, N. A., & Adjei, G. (2022). Revitalizing minority languages using music: Three South-Guan languages of Ghana in focus. Research Journal in Advanced Humanities, 3(1).
• Agyeman, Nana Ama. (2020). A descriptive analysis of vowel harmony in Efutu. SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics 17(2), 59-76.
• Agyeman, Nana Ama. (2019). Documenting Simpa: Advances in language documentation. Legon Journal of Humanities 30(2), 167-189. 
• Ansah, Mercy Akrofi. & Agyeman, Nana Ama. (2015). “Ghana language-in-education policy: the survival of two South-Guan minority dialects”. Per Linguam 31(1), 89-104.
• Agyeman, Nana Ama. (2013).“Language Use in Winneba– Some Preliminary Observations” SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 16 (2013), pp. 259-277
• Agyeman, Nana Ama.(2006). “Middle Verb Constructions in Akan”. Studies in the Languages of the Volta Basin, Vol. 3.
• Agyeman, Nana Ama. (2003). “On object sharing and referent sharing in Akan serial verb constructions”. Studies in the Languages of the Volta Basin, Vol. 1, pp. 3-8. 

Edited Work:

• Dzahene-Quarshie, Josephine & Agyeman, Nana Ama. (Eds.) (2019). Legon Journal of Humanities Vol. 30(2).

Book Review:

• Agyeman, Nana Ama. (2021). Language Endangerment David Bradley and Maya Bradley (2019). In Re-thinking everyday metaphors through Indigenous Ghanaian languages: Shifting the center to the margins. Ari Sherris (ed.). Sociolinguistic Studies, Vol. 15 (1). 157-159.

Conference Presentations:

1. 2023.  Language-in-education policies in Ghana: Gaps in policy statements. 29th International Federation for Modern Languages and Literatures (FILLM) and 33rd West African Linguistics Society (WALS) conference held at the University of Ghana, 23-25 October, 2023.
2. 2023. With Evershed K. Amuzu, Enyonam Yaa Akpakli, and Faustina Fosua Taylor. “How the status and functional distribution of languages impact contact outcomes in triglossic settings in Ghana: Case studies among the Effutu in Winneba and Ewe immigrants in Koforidua.” 29th International Federation for Modern Languages and Literatures (FILLM) and 33rd West African Linguistics Society (WALS) conference held at the University of Ghana, 23-25 October, 2023.
3. 2021. Subject Agreement in Simpa (Efutu): A Descriptive Analysis. 4th School of Languages Conference (SOLCON IV). November 2021.
4. 2020. Language-in-education policies in Ghana: Gaps in policy statements. Dissemination workshop on language teaching and language policy in Ghana, February 27, 2020.
5. 2019. Ari Sherris. Planning an Elementary Dictionary of Simpa (Efutu). 12th Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG) Annual Conference. July 31- August 2, 2019. Tarkwa.
6. 2018. Documenting Simpa: Advances in language documentation. 4th International Research Conference, College of Humanities, University of Ghana, Legon, 1-2 November 2018.
7. 2017. Music - A tool for language revitalization. Institute of African Studies Seminar Series, University of Ghana, Legon, 9th March 2017.
8. 2017. With Ari Sherris. "Aggression Against Ghanaian Simpa  School Children and Advocacy Efforts to Stop it". Presented at the First International Conference on Revitalization of Indigenous and Minoritized Languages, University of Barcelona, Spain, April 19‐21, 2017.
9. 2016. With Mercy Akrofi Ansah. "Vowel harmony systems in two South-Guang languages (Efutu and Leteh): A case of dominant language influence". Paper presented at the 9th Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG) Conference, GILLBT, Tamale, 26-28 July 2016.
10. 2015. "Agreement in Efutu (Simpa) - a language documentation study". Paper presented at the  School of Language Conference (SOLCON-1), University of Ghana, Legon, 27-29 October 2015.
11. 2013.“Language Policy of Education in Ghana: Implications for minority languages”. Paper presented at the Language Endangerment: Language Policy and Planning Conference. CRASSH, Cambridge. 26th July 2013.
12. 2013. “Language use in two South-Guan language communities in Ghana: Implications for language documentation”. Paper co-presented at the Institute of African Studies Seminar Series, University of Ghana.
13. 2011. “Serial verb constructions in Efutu”. Paper presented at the 2011 International Workshop on the Description and Documentation of the Ghana-Togo-Mounting Languages, Ho, Ghana.
14. 2005. Middle Verb Constructions in Akan. Annual colloquium of the Legon-Trondheim Linguistics Project. 18-20 January, 2005. University of Ghana, Legon
15. 2002. On object sharing and referent sharing in Akan serial verb constructions. Annual colloquium of the Legon-Trondheim Linguistics Project. 4-6 December, 2002. University of Ghana, Legon.V