Clement Kwamina Insaidoo Appah

University of Ghana

Principal, University of Ghana, since 2025per ORCID
Associate Professor and Head, University of Ghana, since 2020per ORCID

Publishing since 2011, latest 2026

Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language
Communication
Artificial Intelligence
Cultural Studies
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

In their own words

Linguistic Morphology
Linguistics
Akan
Diminutives
Evaluative morphology
Syntax
Phonology
Serial verb constructions
Construction Morphlogy
Compounding

Publications: 182011–2026
Citations: 109to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 2.191.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 44%8 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 67%12 papers free to read

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

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Principal, Accra City Campus, College of Cross-Disciplinary StudiesUniversity of Ghanasince 2025
Associate Professor and Head, Linguistics DepartmentUniversity of Ghanasince 2020
Ghanaian Director, Confucius InstituteUniversity of Ghana2023–2025
Head of Department, Department of LinguisticsUniversity of Ghana2021–2023
Hall Master, Akuafo Hall

Publications

18 in all

Derogatory Akan names as pragmatic tools for social evaluation
2026African IdentitiesJournal0 citations10.1080/14725843.2026.2684701
Noun-noun compounds in Dagaare
2026Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Language and Linguistics1689%
Linguistics and Language422%
Communication317%
Artificial Intelligence16%
Cultural Studies16%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology16%
Gender Studies16%
General Health Professions16%
Philosophy16%
Social Psychology16%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation13
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies9
Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis7
Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity3
Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism3
Linguistic Variation and Morphology2
Multilingual Education and Policy2
Families in Therapy and Culture1
Gender Studies in Language1
Interprofessional Education and Collaboration1
Language and cultural evolution1
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

17% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States1
Italy1
United Kingdom1
Pakistan1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

City University of New YorkUS1 paper
Lancaster UniversityGB1 paper
University of EducationPK1 paper
University of VeronaIT1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Linguistics5
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)2
Acta Linguistica Academica1
Acta Linguistica Hafniensia1
Acta Linguistica Hungarica1
African Identities1
Contemporary Journal of African Studies

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education4
5Gender equality2
8Decent work and economic growth1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

The Morphopragmatics of the Diminutive Morpheme (-ba/-wa) in Akan
Lexis
201166 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Exocentric compounds in Akan
WORD Structure
20179 citationsWorld top 10%
On the syntactic category of Akan compounds
Acta Linguistica Hungarica11

Coordinator, Chinese Section, Department of Modern LanguagesUniversity of Ghana2017–2019

Senior Lecturer, Department of LinguisticsUniversity of Ghana2016–2020

Lecturer, Department of LinguisticsUniversity of Ghana2004–2016

Education

PhD, Linguistics and English LanguageLancaster University2008–2013
MPhil in Linguistics, Department of LinguisticsNorwegian University of Science and Technology2001–2003
Advanced Kiswahili Studies, Institute of Kiswahili StudiesUniversity of Dar es Salaam1998–1999
B.A. (Hons), Linguistics/Modern LanguagesUniversity of Ghana1995–2000

Borrowed Akan Discourse-Pragmatic Markers in Ghanaian English

2025Corpus-based Studies across HumanitiesJournalOpen access2 citations10.1515/csh-2025-0015

Distinguishing Compounds from Phrases in Kusaal

2024Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/gjl.v13i2.1

Cardinal numerals in Akan

2023Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/gjl.v12i1.3

Therapeutic Communication Competencies for Nurses and Midwives - Amfo et al 2018

2020Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.4314/gjl.v9i1.5

DumsorandDumsor-Based Neologisms

2020Ghana StudiesJournalFirst author0 citations10.3368/gs.23.1.28

A Survey of Exocentric Compounds in Three Kwa Languages: Akan, Ewe and Ga

2019Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.4314/gjl.v8i2.1

Lexicalization of Akan Diminutives:

2019Linguistik OnlineJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.13092/lo.94.5431

Analytical issues in the study of verb–noun compounds: How does Akan fit in?

2019Acta Linguistica AcademicaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1556/2062.2019.66.1.1

Beyond cardinals and ordinals

2019DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalFirst author0 citations10.53228/njas.v28i2.427

Exocentric compounds in Akan

2017WORD StructureJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.3366/word.2017.0106

Akan noun–verb nominal compounds: The exocentric synthetic view

2017Language SciencesJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1016/j.langsci.2017.05.001

Personal Attribute Nominals in Akan: A Constructionist Perspective

2017DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.4314/ljh.v28i2.3

On the syntactic category of Akan compounds

2015Acta Linguistica HungaricaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1556/064.2015.62.4.1

Corpus-based Studies across Humanities1

How it can be read

67% free to read

Diamond 7 · 39%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 2 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 11%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 6 · 33%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 18 papers name a funder

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission2
China Scholarship Council1
University of Ghana1

20157 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

A Survey of Exocentric Compounds in Three Kwa Languages: Akan, Ewe and Ga

Ghana Journal of Linguistics4

20195 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

Akan noun–verb nominal compounds: The exocentric synthetic view

Language Sciences

20175 citationsWorld top 10%