M.E. Kropp Dakubu

Publishing since 1966, latest 2020

Language and Linguistics
Artificial Intelligence
Linguistics and Language
Anthropology
Cultural Studies
Education

In their own words

Linguistics

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 1341966–2020
Citations: 2,158to those papers
h-index: 24i10-index 44
Field-weighted impact: 0.601.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%1 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 42%5 of the 12 whose access is recorded

2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 2,371 citations, h-index 24 and i10-index 51 (589 citations and h-index 11 since 2021), as of October 12, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Publications

134 in all

Verb sequencing constraints in Ga: Serial verb constructions and the extended verb complex
2007Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure GrammarPublicationOpen accessFirst author10 citations10.21248/hpsg.2007.6
Gurene̳ la solemiine yelebe̳a tigire go̳n̳o̳: la solemiine-gurene̳ yelebe̳a tigere go̳mpika
2007

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Language and Linguistics86%
Artificial Intelligence54%
Linguistics and Language54%
Anthropology43%
Cultural Studies21%
Education11%
History11%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation4
African history and culture studies3
Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis3
Multilingual Education and Policy3
Natural Language Processing Techniques3
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories2
Language and cultural evolution2
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies2
Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition2
Linguistic Variation and Morphology2
Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity2
African cultural and philosophical studies1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

25% of their 12 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

Norway3
Spain1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNO3 papers
Universitat Pompeu FabraES1 paper
Universitat de BarcelonaES1 paper

Where they publish

Institute of African Studies Research Review7
Linguistics Department7
The Languages of Ghana7
JOURNAL OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS6
(No Title)5
Institute of African Studies4

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education7
14Life below water2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

The languages of Ghana
International African Institute
1988275 citations
Korle meets the sea: A sociolinguistic history of Accra
Oxford University Press
1997147 citations
Ghana: Indigenous languages, English, and an emerging national identity
Language and national identity in Africa
2008140 citations

Linguistics Department

Studies in the Languages of the Volta Basin: Nominal constructions

2007Linguistics DepartmentReportFirst author0 citations

English-Gurene̳ glossary

2007Linguistics DepartmentReportFirst author1 citation

Gurene̳-English dictionary

2007Linguistics DepartmentReportFirst author16 citations

Parlons ga: langue et culture d'Accra (Ghana)

2006Editions L'HarmattanReportFirst author5 citations

Linguistics & history in West Africa

2006AkyeampongJournalFirst author7 citations

Prosodic features of the Gurenε verb

2006Gur Papers/Cahiers VoltaïquesJournalFirst author7 citations

Earliest Ga-Dangme culture from a linguistic point of view

2006Institute of African Studies Research ReviewJournalFirst author8 citations

The multilingual African city: past realities and future prospects

2005JournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation

Role restriction and marginalisation in an urban context: the fate of Ga in Accra

2005Creating Outsiders. Endangered Languages, Migration and MarginalizationJournalFirst author5 citations

The syntax of focus in Ga and Akan and the significance of related constructions

2005Presentation at Focus in African LanguagesJournalFirst author20 citations

Ga Comparatives in s-structure

2005Proceedings of the Annual Colloquium of the Legon-Trondheim Linguistics Project, 18-20 January 2005JournalFirst author0 citations

A comparison of comparatives

2005Proceedings of LFG05Journal3 citations

Collected language notes on Dagaare grammar

2005Institute of African StudiesReportFirst author38 citations

Ga clauses without syntactic subjects

2004Journal of African Languages & LinguisticsJournalFirst author24 citations10.1515/jall.2004.002

The Ga preverb kɛ revisited

2004Studies in the Languages of the Volta BasinJournalFirst author12 citations

Studies in the Languages of the Volta Basin

2004Linguistics Dept.Report0 citations

Institute of African Studies, UG

2003Studies in the Languages of the Volta Basin: Proceedings of the Annual Colloquium of the Legon-Trondheim Linguistics Project, 4-6 December 2002JournalFirst author0 citations

Collected Field Reports on Dagaare Grammar

2003Institute of African StudiesReportFirst author0 citations

Interrogative structures in Farefare

2003Gur Papers/Cahiers VoltaïquesJournalFirst author14 citations

Observations towards a typology of multiverb constructions in the languages of the Volta Basin I

2003Studies in the languages of the Volta BasinJournalFirst author4 citations

Aspect agreement constraints in Gurene multi-verb constructions

2003The Proceedings of Tross—Trondheim Summer School: Multi-Verb АБ ШлуинскийJournalFirst author5 citations

The'Mande Loan Element in Twi'Revisited

2001Sprache und Geschichte in AfrikaJournalFirst author2 citations

Ghanaian Languages, Literature, and National Development

2001Journal of Ghanaian LanguagesJournalFirst author5 citations