Kwasi Adomako

University of Ghana

Also at University of Education, Winnebafrom their recent papers

Associate Professor, University of Education Winneba, since 2022per ORCID

Publishing since 2008, latest 2024

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Communication
Developmental and Educational Psychology

In their own words

Linguistic theory
language and culture
language game
Researcher
linguist
lecturer

Publications: 252008–2024
Citations: 173to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 0.511.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%2 of 11 scored papers
Open access: 91%10 of the 11 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 245 citations, h-index 9 and i10-index 9 (146 citations and h-index 7 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, Akan- Nzema EducationUniversity of Education Winnebasince 2022

Education

PhD, LinguisticsUniversity of Ghana2014–2018
MPhil in Theoretical Linguistics, Languages and LinguisticsUniversity of Tromso2006–2008
BA (Hons) Linguistics and Theatre Arts, LinguisticsUniversity of Ghana1999–2003

On their papers

Publications

25 in all

Anglicization of personal names: The case of Akan
2024ACAL in SoCALJournalFirst author0 citations
Nzema Idiomatic Expressions as Indirection Strategy: A Politeness Theoretical Perspective
2023Journal of Language and LiteratureJournalOpen access0 citations10.24071/joll.v23i1.4690

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology832%
Language and Linguistics832%
Linguistics and Language832%
Artificial Intelligence28%
Communication14%
Developmental and Educational Psychology14%
Sociology and Political Science14%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Linguistic Variation and Morphology8
Phonetics and Phonology Research7
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation6
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies2
EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning1
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition1
Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research1
Natural Language Processing Techniques1
Reading and Literacy Development1
Speech Recognition and Synthesis1
Subtitles and Audiovisual Media1
Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their 11 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Education, WinnebaGH11 papers
Methodist College of EducationGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Linguistics4
Ghana Journal of Languages, Linguistics and Literature2
ACAL in SoCAL1
Accra: University of Ghana, Legon PhD dissertation1
Accra: University Press1
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education5
5Gender equality2

Most cited

Vowel epenthesis and consonant deletion in loanwords: A study of Akan
Unpublished MA Thesis. University of Tromsø, Norway
200867 citations
Some phonological processes in an Akan linguistic game
Linguistik online
201514 citations
Introduction to linguistics
Accra: University Press
201612 citations
Vowel raising in Akan reduplication

University of Education, Winneba

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Assessing the Phonological Processes in Akan Child Language

2023Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gjl.v12i1.2

VOWEL NASALITY IN AKAN

2022Lege artis Language yesterday today tomorrowJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.34135/lartis.22.7.2.special.09

Nasalisation and nasal assimilation in Akan

2022Ghana Journal of Languages, Linguistics and LiteratureJournalSenior author1 citation

SOME NZEMA PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS AS PORTRAYED IN THEIR PROVERBS

2022Ghana Journal of Languages, Linguistics and LiteratureJournal5 citations

Progressive Vowel Harmony in Gomoa

2021Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.4314/gjl.v10i2.3

Underapplication in an Akan language game

2019DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.53228/njas.v27i4.398

Some morphological and phonological processes in Akan day-names formation

2019Journal of the Linguistic Association of NigeriaJournalFirst author2 citations

The phonology of Akan loanwords in Ga and Dangme

2018Accra: University of Ghana, Legon PhD dissertationJournalFirst author11 citations

Velar palatalization in Akan: A reconsideration

2018Journal of West African LanguagesJournalFirst author7 citations

Morphophonological Analysis of Akan Female Family-Name Formation

2017Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.4314/gjl.v6i3.1

Introduction to linguistics

2016Accra: University PressReportSenior author12 citations

Truncation of SOme Akan Personal Names

2015GEMA Online Journal of Language StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.17576/gema-2015-1501-09

FINAL-NASAL DELETION IN AKAN (ASANTE TWI) REDUPLICATION

2015The Buckingham Journal of Language and LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.5750/bjll.v1i0.594

Some phonological processes in an Akan linguistic game

2015Linguistik onlineJournalFirst author14 citations

Some translation practices in the Asante Twi Bible

2014SKASE Journal of Translation and InterpretationJournalFirst author2 citations

Underapplication in Akan Loanword Adaptation

2013International Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.5296/ijl.v5i5.4277

Introduction to Linguistics

2013Koforidua: Pedaddo Ventures PO Box KfJournalFirst author3 citations

Verbal nominalization as a derivational process: The case of Akan

2012JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.4314/gjl.v1i2.41

Vowel raising in Akan reduplication

2012Legon Journal of the HumanitiesJournalFirst author12 citations

Comparative efficacy of four rodenticides on the Ghanaian market

2011Journal of Ghana Science AssociationJournalSenior author2 citations

Vowel epenthesis and consonant deletion in loanwords: A study of Akan

2008Unpublished MA Thesis. University of Tromsø, NorwayJournalFirst author67 citations

GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies

International Journal of Linguistics1

How it can be read

91% free to read, of the 11 recorded

Diamond 6 · 24%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 4%In an open-access journal
Bronze 2 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 4%Behind a paywall
Unknown 14 · 56%Not recorded by the source

Legon Journal of the Humanities

The phonology of Akan loanwords in Ga and Dangme

Accra: University of Ghana, Legon PhD dissertation

201811 citations