Academic Research

The project explores microtypological studies in Ghana-Togo Mountain languages, an areal and genealogical unity within the Kwa linguistic family. The microtypological approach allows for reporting and summarizing minor structural differences in the language group, with a further explanation through the background of global linguistic typology.

While the research project focuses on wordhood in Ghana-Togo Mountain languages, the internship allows for a broader perspective of a microtypological study: any related grammatical topic can be chosen. An international intern will participate actively in research on a specific topic, gaining the experience of supervised microtypological work based on available data. Simultaneously, they will get a solid methodological background both in primary linguistic data collection and analysis and in global linguistic typology.

The main task for the intern will consist of doing comparative research on a chosen topic in the Ghana-Togo Mountain languages, namely:

Possible topics may be, but are not limited to: attributive constructions, numerals, noun phrase structure, and tense-aspect-modality systems.

The intern is presumed to give a public academic talk on their research.

Advanced undergraduate students (from second year) 
Master's students 
Ph.D. students 

Background in African linguistics, preferably in Ghana-Togo Mountain Languages.

Collecting preliminary data on a chosen topic in the Ghana-Togo Mountain Languages.