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

Creating unity: The context of speaking prose and poetry in Ga
1987AnthroposJournalFirst author16 citations
Language and Music in the Luŋa Drumming of Dagbaŋ: A preliminary study.'
1985Papers in Ghanaian LinguisticsJournalFirst author5 citations
Notes on the linguistic situation on the Coast of Ghana during the nineteenth century

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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

1985Institute of African Studies Research ReviewJournalFirst author3 citations10.10520/aja19852007_32

The Peopling of Southern Ghana: 12 A Linguistic Viewpoint

1982The Archaeological and Linguistic Reconstruction of African HistoryJournalFirst author8 citations

The tones of Dagaare

1982Manuscript, Language Centre, University of Ghana, Legon, AccraJournalFirst author7 citations

On the characterization of stress in West African tone languages

1981Afrika und Übersee: Sprachen, KulturenJournalFirst author2 citations

One voice: The linguistic culture of an Accra lineage

1981(No Title)JournalFirst author54 citations

West African language data sheets, vol. 2

1980Leiden: West AfricanJournalFirst author6 citations

The Proto-Ga-Dangme vowel system

1980Papers in Ghanaian LinguisticsJournalFirst author6 citations

West African language data sheets

1980(No Title)JournalFirst author24 citations

Other People's Words: An Aspect of Style in Ga Songs

1979Language and Society: Anthropological IssuesJournalFirst author2 citations

The Potou lenis stops and Western Kwa

1977Anthropological LinguisticsJournalFirst author5 citations

Kropp 1971 The Ga-Adangme tone system, Actes du 8e Congrès de la Société Linguistique de l'Afrique Occidentale

1977Abidjan: Université d'Abidjan. 1977a The Potou lenis stops and Western Kwa, Anthropological LinguisticsJournalFirst author1 citation

A note on Hausa in Ghana

1977Papers in Ghanaian LinguisticsJournalFirst author5 citations

The contribution of linguistics to the study of Ghanaian history

1976Proceedings of the Seminar on Ghanaian Historiography and Historical ResearchJournalFirst author6 citations

On the linguistic geography of the area of ancient Begho

1976Eilungen der Basler Afrika BibliographienJournalFirst author11 citations

Observations on Akan as a second language

1976Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, Série H: LinguistiqueJournalFirst author2 citations

A survey of borrowed words in Dangme

1973Research ReviewJournalFirst author9 citations

Ga-English Dictionary

1973Institute of African StudiesReportFirst author34 citations

Linguistic pre-history and historical reconstruction: the Ga-Adangme migrations

1972Transactions of the Historical Society of GhanaJournalFirst author26 citations

Akaja: A Ga Song Type in Twi

1972Research Review (Legon)JournalFirst author1 citation

Ga adesai komei: stories in Ga

1972Institute of African StudiesReportFirst author1 citation

Dangme and Klama proverbs

1972(No Title)JournalSenior author8 citations

The Language and Structure of an Accra Horn and Drum Text

1971Institute of African Studies: Research ReviewJournalFirst author2 citations

A problem in the reconstruction of the Ga-Adangme consonant system

1971Journal of African languagesJournalFirst author5 citations

Transactions of the Linguistic Circle of Accra

1971Journal of African LanguagesJournalSenior author0 citations

The Adangme verb reconsidered

1970Journal of African LanguagesJournalFirst author3 citations

The categories of the Ga. verbal group

1970Journal of African LanguagesJournalFirst author19 citations

Bowdich's" Adampe" Word List

1969Research Re-view (University of Ghana)JournalFirst author3 citations

A Comparative Study of Gã and Adangme: With Special Reference to the Verb

1968PhD thesis, University of London.ThesisFirst author4 citations

Lefana, Akpafu and Avatime with English gloss

1967(No Title)JournalFirst author27 citations

Ga, Adangme and Ewe (Lomé) with English gloss

1966University of GhanaReportFirst author1 citation

Journal of African Languages

Journal of West African Languages4

How it can be read

42% free to read, of the 12 recorded

Gold 1 · 1%In an open-access journal
Green 4 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 5%Behind a paywall
Unknown 122 · 91%Not recorded by the source

The gur languages

The languages of Ghana

The volta-comoé languages

The languages of Ghana

2015129 citations