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University of Education at Winneba

Graduate Program in Lexicography, Language Description and Analysis

LELADA Le(xicography) La(nguage) D(escription) A(analysis)

LELADA will offer a 4 years doctoral program in Linguistics with a focus on general linguistics (Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics), and digital language description and documentation of Ghanaian languages

LELADA's vision is to support linguistic education in Ghana with the goal to teach future language experts skills in creating and interpreting spoken and written language. This will make LELADA graduates highly employable not only in the educational system, but also in general administration and industry.

Next to its educational goal, LELADA is dedicated to the creation of digital language resources for the languages of Ghana.

Present LELADA Projects

Project owner	Project description
Kofi Busia Abrefa	The role of Tone in the morpho-syntax of Akan.
Kwasi Adomako	Tonal Phonology of loanwords adaptation of Akan and ...
Bright Amoah	Structures of Akan VPs
Franklin Asamoah	Categories of Akan verbs
Helen Atipoka	Acoustic correlates of vowel harmony in Farefari
Vincent Erskine Aziaku	Morphological and socio-linguistic study of the names of birds and animals in Ewe.
Ababila James Azure	A socio-linguistic analysis of Gurenɛ proverbs - Choice and Usage. This study focuses on the use of proverbs in the interaction between parents and children.
Abdul-Rahman Fusheini	Syllable Structure Processes in Dagbani
Kodwo Stephen Ndako	Serial Verb Constructions in Nzema.
Adam Peter Pazzack	Compound formation in Dagbani.
Cecilia Tomekyin	Vowel Harmony in Nzema.
Sapaty Afeafa Georgina	Comparative study of the phonological structures of two dialects of Ewe.