Nancy Boahemaa Nkansah holds an M. Phil (English Language) from the University of Cape Coast. She is an Assistant Lecturer at the Language Centre, University of Ghana. Currently, she is a PhD candidate at the University of Ghana. Her research interests include (Critical) Discourse Studies, World Englishes and Sociolinguistics. Her research and publications have particularly focused on identity construction in Academic Discourse, Legal Discourse and Political Discourse.

Research Areas:

World Englishes (Ghanaian English)
(Critical) Discourse Analysis

Projects/Works in Progress: 

• Identity construction in the midst of a pandemic: A cross-cultural perspective
• Pragmatic markers in courtroom interactions in Ghana.

Publications:

1. Nkansah, N. B. & Edu-Buandoh, D. F. (2022). The ‘text’ in the text: Religious Intertextuality in Matriculation Speeches as a Cultural Product. In Samuel Gyasi Obeng and Kofi Agyekum (Eds), Topics in West African Discourse – Pragmatics. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
2. Edu-Buandoh, D. F. & Nkansah, N. B. (2019). Power, Domination, and Manipulation in Students’ Parliamentary Discourse in a Ghanaian University. In Samuel Gyasi Obeng and Emmanuel Debrah. (Eds), Ghanaian Politics and Political Communication. (pp. 209-232). London: Rowman & Littlefield International Ltd.
3. Afful, J. B. A. & Nkansah, N. B. (2018). A move analysis of personal statements written by Ghanaian university students. Language, Discourse & Society. 6 (1): 84-101.
4. Edu-Buandoh, D. F & Nkansah, N. B. (2018). National identity construction in Independence Day speeches of Anglophone West Africa. Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies. 12 (1):250-270.
5. Ennin, T. P. & Nkansah, N. B. (2016). A literary anthroponomastics of three selected African novels: A cross-cultural perspective. International Journal of Society, Culture & Language, 4(1): 69-79.
6. Nkansah, N. B. (2013). Reporting verbs and stance in front page stories of Ghanaian newspapers. English for Specific Purposes World, 40 (14): 1-19.

Conferences & Seminars:

1. Nkansah, N. B. (2023, June). Identity Construction of the Complainant and the Accused in the Ghanaian Courtroom. Paper presented at the 25th Warwick International Conference in Applied Linguistics (WICAL), University of Warwick, Warwick.
2. Nkansah, N. B. (2022, January). Positioning in Ghanaian Courtroom Discourse. English Department Colloquium (Oberseminar), Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg. Freiburg.
3. Nkansah, N. B. & Anderson, J. A. (2021, November). Discursive identities in the midst of a pandemic: A cross-cultural study of Ghanaian and British Political Speeches. Paper presented at the 4th School of Languages Conference (SolCon IV). University of Ghana, Legon.
4. Nkansah, N. B. (2021, July).  An analysis of political speeches in a multilingual context. Paper presented at the 28th Fédération Internationale des Langues et Littératures Modernes (FILLM) Congress. University of Vienna, Austria.
5. Nkansah, N. B. (2021, June). Identity construction in the midst of a pandemic: A cross-cultural study of Ghana and the UK. (Research Clinic Participant). 23rd Warwick International Conference in Applied Linguistics. Organized by University of Warwick, Warwick.
6. Nkansah, N. B. (2018, July). Broken English, broken image: Discursive construction of identity in unsolicited predatory journal call for papers. Paper presented at the 11th Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG 2018) Conference, University of Ghana, Legon.
7. Edu-Buandoh, D. F & Nkansah, N. B. (2017, August). Social identity construction in Independence Day speeches of Anglophone West Africa. Paper presented at the 30th West African Languages Congress & 10th Linguistics Association of Ghana Conference, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
8. Nkansah, N. B. (2016, June). Of gatemen, fitters and chop bars: An examination of lexical innovations in Ghanaian English. Paper presented at the Department of English Postgraduate Seminar, University of Cape Coast.

Professional Memberships/Affiliations

International Association for Forensic and Legal Linguistics

International Language and Law Association

Linguistics Association of Ghana