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George Akanlig-Pare

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF LANGUAGES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS
Phoneticsphonologymorohophonologytonal studiesdeaf studies and sign language linguistics
Publications

35

Citations

297

H-index

10

i10-index

10

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
8.5
Most cited paper
39
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2025
Last updated
16 Sep 2026, 03:51
Publications

35 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Tone in Buli
G Akanlig-Pare, M Kenstowicz
2002 Studies in African Linguistics, 56-95, 2002 Humanities 39
A comparative syntax of internally-headed relative clauses in Gur
K Hiraiwa, G Akanlig-Pare, S Atintono, A Bodomo, K Essizewa, F Hudu
2017 Glossa: a journal of general linguistics 2 (1), 2017 Humanities 36
Aspects of Buli phonology
G Akanlig-Pare
1994 Unpublished MPhil dissertation. University of Ghana, Legon, 1994 Humanities 35
Buli Tonology: a non-linear approach
G Akanlig-Pare
2005 Unpublished Ph. D Dissertation. Department of linguistics, University of …, 2005 Humanities 28
Vowel harmony in Nkami
G Akanlig-Pare, RK Asante
2016 Journal of West African Languages 43 (1), 21-44, 2016 Humanities 25
Nominal derivation in Buli
G Akanlig-Pare
1999 Cashiers Voltaїque-Gur Papers 4, 99-109, 1999 Humanities 20
Sign language research in Ghana: An overview of indigenous and foreign-based sign languages
M Edward, G Akanlig-Pare
2021 Humanities 16
Animacy in Nkami
KR Asante, G Akanlig-Pare
2015 Ghana Journal of Linguistics 4 (2), 64-91, 2015 Humanities 15
Tonal structure of Buli phonological nouns
G Akanlig-Pare
1997 Gur Papers/Cahiers Voltaïques 2, 63-67, 1997 Humanities 15
Vowel harmony in Buli
G Akanlig-Pare
2002 New directions in Ghanaian linguistics, 265-278, 2002 Humanities 11
Disadvantage and marginalisation in special education systems for deaf students in India, Ghana, and Uganda: A comparative analysis
G Akanlig-Pare, A Mugeere, RR Singh, U Zeshan
2021 READ WRITE EASY: Research, practice and, 119, 2021 Social Sciences 8
Societal perception of hearing impairment in Ghana: A report on Adamorobe
M Edward, G Akanlig-Pare
2020 Lancaster University Ghana Journal on Disability, 2020 Humanities 8
Buli tonology: A non-linear analysis
G Akanlig-Pare
2005 Accra, GH: University of Ghana, Legon dissertation, 2005 Humanities 7
Peer to peer deaf multiliteracies: Towards a sustainable approach to education in Ghana
J Gillen, M Nyarko, G Akanlig-Pare, E Akrasi-Sarpong, KT Addo, ...
2020 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. DOI 10 …, 2020 Social Sciences 6
Dagara tongue-root vowel harmony
N Kuubezelle, G Akanlig-Pare
2017 Ghana Journal of Linguistics 6 (2), 1-14, 2017 Humanities 6
A phono-syntax of Ghanaian Sign Language
G Akanlig-Pare
2014 New perspectives on humanity: Beliefs, values and artistic expressions, 135-150, 2014 Humanities 6
Education and Language: A case study of deaf persons in Adamorobe
M Edward, G Akanlig-Pare
2022 Open Oregon Educational Resources, 2022 Humanities 4
The tono-syntax of pronominal objects in Buli
G Akanlig-Pare
2007 Studies in the Languages of the Volta Basin 4, 87-102, 2007 Humanities 4
Towards a phonological study of tone in the Wiani dialect of Buli
G Akanlig-Pare
1988 Humanities 4
Syntax of reduplication and negative-polarity items in Buli
K Hiraiwa, G Akanlig-Pare
2022 Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 7 (1), 5252-5252, 2022 Humanities 3
Assimilatory and Syllable Structure Processes in Kusaal
AA Musah, G Akanlig-Pare
2024 Ghana Journal of Languages, Linguistics and Literature 2 (1), 2024 Humanities 1
Cultural Stigmatization and Linguistic Prejudice in Deaf Education in Ghana
G Akanlig-Pare, M Edward
2025 Social Sciences 0
Syntax of reduplication and negative-polarity items in Buli
G Akanlig-Pare
2022 Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America, 2022 Humanities 0
Palatalization in Central Bùlì
G Akanlig-Pare
2020 Legon Journal of the Humanities 31 (2), 66-94, 2020 Humanities 0
Peer to Peer Deaf Multiliteracies: Towards a Sustainable Approach to Education in Ghana
G Akanlig-Pare
2020 Social Sciences 0