CURRICULUM VITAE DR. EVERSHED KWASI AMUZU (Updated March, 2014) Address: Department of Linguistics University of Ghana Legon - Accra Ghana Mobile Phone: Tel: 0243754406 E-Mail: [email protected] CURRENT RANK: Senior Lecturer (since October, 2010) ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 2001-2005 Doctor of Philosophy (Linguistics) Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 1994-1998 Master of Philosophy (Linguistics) University of Oslo, Norway 1992-1993 Master of Arts (Linguistics) University of Ghana, Legon 1989-1991 Bachelor of Arts (English and Linguistics University of Ghana, Legon (with Second Upper Class honours) THESES 2005. Ewe-English Codeswitching: A Case of Composite rather than Classic Codeswitching. PhD Dissertation, Australian National University, Canberra. 1998. Aspects of Grammatical Structure in Ewe-English Codeswitching. M. Phil. Thesis. Oslo: University of Oslo. 1993. Three-place Predicates in Ewe. M.A. Thesis. Accra: University of Ghana. RESEARCH INTERESTS - Sociolinguistics, with special interest in language contact phenomena—e.g. o bilingualism/multilingualism o (grammar and pragmatics) of codeswitching o pidgin and creole languages - Linguistics of Ewe - Linguistics of English - Discourse Analysis CV: Dr. E.K. Amuzu, 2013. Page 1 COURSES (I AM TEACHING) IN 2013-2014 FIRST SEMESTERS COURSES LNGS 303: Phonology of a Ghanaian Language (Ewe) LNGS 309: Sociolinguistics (only to Distance Education students) LNGS 411: Syntax of a Ghanaian Language (Ewe) LNGS 407: Pidgin and Creole Languages LNGS 657: Topics in Linguistics TESL 643: Morphology of English SECOND SEMESTER COURSES LNGS 314: Discourse Analysis LNGS 304: Morphology and Syntax of a Ghanaian Language (Ewe) LNGS 656: Sociolinguistics TESL 704: Contact Linguistics UGRC 130: Understanding Human Society (Language in Society option) OTHER ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN 2013-2014 Faculty of Arts Examination Officer for the 2013-2014 academic year Chair, 12th Faculty of Arts 2014 Colloquium Planning Committee Ongoing Supervision Work: - 2 PhD candidates (one in the Department of Linguistics, the other in the Department of English 5 MPhil. candidates in the Department of Linguistics Course Advisor, Level 400, Department of Linguistics SPECIAL ACADEMIC AWARDS African Humanities Program, Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2011-2012) sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies; topic researched during fellowship year was The syntax of English and French verbs in Ewe-English and Ewe-French codeswitching University of Ghana Research Grant with which as the Principal Investigator (I had two co-Investigators) I worked on a project entitled, Grammatical Outcomes of Contact of Ewe with English, French, and Logba. The project was housed in the Linguistics Department. Project period: April 2009 – October 2011. CV: Dr. E.K. Amuzu, 2013. Page 2 Australian National University PhD Scholarship (covering living expenses), 20012004 International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), an Australian Government PhD Scholarship for tuition and other (e.g. dependants’) school fees – 2001-2004 Norwegian Government Grant for Postgraduate Studies (for the MPhil), 1994-1998 University of Ghana Postgraduate Scholarship (for the M.A.), 1992-1993 RESEARCH PROJECTS 2011- ongoing: A collaborative project with Margot van den Berg (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) and Komlan Essizewa (University of Lomé); the project investigates the role of nativization in creole formation by comparing contemporary practices of multilingual language use in Ghana, Togo and the Netherlands with historical varieties of the creole languages Sranan Tongo (spoken in Suriname) and Negerhollands (now extinct). Project is being financed by the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) through principal investigator Margot van den Berg. 2011-2012: Project titled, Syntax of English and French verbs in Ewe-English and Ewe-French codeswitching, sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) under the 2011-2012 African Humanities Program post-Doctoral Fellowship 2009-2011: Project titled, Grammatical Outcomes of Contact of Ewe with English, French, and Logba, financed from the University of Ghana Research Fund (the approved total grant sum is GHC 24,560). I led two other members of faculty to investigate aspects of grammatical structure in Ewe-English, Ewe-French, and Logba-Ewe Codeswitching. Our deliverables were comprehensive electronic databases on the aspects of language contact we investigated, and two journal papers. 2007 to 2011: Ewe Dictionary Project, a Linguistics Departmental project. The project produced the Ewe Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Health (2011). PUBLICATIONS BOOKS 1. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi. (2010). Composite Codeswitching in West Africa: The Case of Ewe-English Codeswitching. Saarbrucken: Lambert Academic Publishing. BOOK CHAPTERS CV: Dr. E.K. Amuzu, 2013. Page 3 2. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi. (2002). ”The Mixed Possessive Adnominal Construction in EweEnglish Codeswitching: A Test for the Matrix Language Frame Model”. In F. K. Ameka and E. K. Osam (eds.), New Directions in Ghanaian Linguistics, pp. 147171. Accra: ACP Publishers. REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES 3. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi. (2013). Producing composite codeswitching: the role of the modularity of language production. International Journal of Bilingualism, in press. Available at: http://ijb.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/04/18/1367006913481139. 4. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi. (2013). Bilingual serial verb constructions: A comparative study of Ewe-English and Ewe-French codeswitching. Lingua 137, 19—37. 5. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi. (2012) Socio-pragmatics of conversational codeswitching in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Linguistics. 2.1: 1-22. 6. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi. (2009). “Mechanisms of language maintenance in Ewe-English Codeswitching”. Journal of West African Languages Volume XXXVI, Number 1-2, pp. 221-243. 7. Amuzu. Evershed Kwasi. (2009). “Double Plurality in Codeswitching”. Legon Journal of the Humanities. Vol 20, pp. 151-180. 8. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi. (2006). “Language Maintenance in Pervasive Codeswitching: Insights from Ghana.” In Language Centre Journal, Vol 2. 9. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi. (2005). “Revisiting the Classic Codeswitching – Composite Codeswitching Distinction: A Case Study of Nonverbal Predication in Ewe-English Codeswitching.” In Australian Journal of Linguistics 25.1, 2005, pp. 127-151. 10. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi. (2005). “Codeswitching in Ghana: Still a ‘third tongue’ of the educated?” In Legon Journal of the Humanities, Vol. XVI, pp. 27-53. - CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 11. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi. (2005). “The Composite Matrix Language in Mixed Possessive Constructions in Ewe-English Codeswitching.” In Monash University Linguistics Papers Vol. 3.2: Language Contact, Hybrids and New Varieties: Emergent Possessive Constructions, 11-27. - OTHER PUBLISHED WORKS 12. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi. (2010). Discourse Analysis: LING 344. A module for the Institute of Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana. CV: Dr. E.K. Amuzu, 2013. Page 4 13. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi. (2010). Pidgin and Creole Languages: LING 437. A module for the Institute of Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana. 14. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi. (2009). Sociolinguistics: LING 345. A module for the Institute of Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana. 15. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi, Stella Boateng Norgbe, and David Ako Odoi. (2007). Academic Writing: LANG 100/200. Volume 2. A module for the Institute of Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana. 16. Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi, Stella Boateng Norgbe, and David Ako Odoi. (2007). Academic Writing: LANG 100/200. Volume 1. A module for the Institute of Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana. PAST EXTENSION WORK 1. INTERNATIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE - July 26 – August 8 2009: Jointly taught the course on Bilingualism and Codeswitching with Prof. Pieter Muysken of Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherland, at the 1st AFRICAN LINGUISTICS SCHOOL, held in Accra. The school was sponsored by the New York University in Ghana and the event drew graduate students and academics from Africa, the United States of America, and Europe. - July 18 – July 30 2011: Jointly taught the course on Codeswitching with Prof. John Singler, New York University, USA, at the 2nd edition of the AFRICAN LINGUISTICS SCHOOL, held in Porto Novo, Benin. 2. SUPERVISOR Supervised to successful completion: 2 PhD. theses, 9 MPhil theses, 1 MA thesis, and 6 BA long essays. 3. THESIS EXAMINATION a. Internal Examiner (University of University) - PhD theses: - MPhil theses: 5 (Linguistics Department), 4 (English Department) - MA theses: b. 1 (Linguistics Department), 1 (English Department) 2 (Linguistics Department) External Examiner (Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Education, Winneba) - MPhil Theses: 4 CV: Dr. E.K. Amuzu, 2013. Page 5 4. REVIEWER Journal of West African Languages (occasionally) Legon Journal of the Humanities (occasionally) Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (1 article) 5. EDITOR - Associate Editor (Prof. John Singler is the other editor), Forthcoming Special Issue of the International Journal of Bilingualism on “Codeswitching in West Africa” - Assistant Editor, Language Centre Journal Vol. 2 6. ACADEMIC ADVISOR - August 2008 – July 2011: Level 400, Linguistics Department - July 2005 – July 2007: Academic Writing, Language Centre 7. SEMINAR COORDINATOR - August 2012-July 2013: Linguistics Department Seminars - September 2009- July 2011: Linguistics Department Seminars - 2006-2007: Language Centre Seminar Series 8. BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA ON WHICH I SERVED Chair: - Ongoing: 12th Faculty of Arts 2014 Colloquium Planning Committee - Committee set up by the Principal, Accra City Campus to investigate election malpractices during the 2009 presidential elections - Committee set up by the Dean of Students, University of Ghana, to investigate an “Alleged Attempted Kidnap” of a student at the Accra City Campus in December, 2009 - Linguistics Department Welfare Association (from August, 2013-to date) Vice-Chair: - September, 2009 to July, 2013: Linguistics Department Welfare Association Member: CV: Dr. E.K. Amuzu, 2013. Page 6 - August 2010-July-2011: Academic Board, University of Ghana - August 2007- July 2010: Faculty of Arts Board - September 2008 to July 2010: Faculty of Arts Appointment Review Committee - 2009-2010: 8th Faculty of Arts Colloquium Planning Committee - 2010-2011: 9th Faculty of Arts Colloquium Planning Committee - 2010-2011: Local Planning Committee of the ‘Conference 2011’, on Pidgin and Creole Languages, held at the University of Ghana in July, 2011. The conference was part of the activities of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, an international association. - 2010: Planning Committee of the Sign Language Conference and Summer School held at the Department of Linguistics, University of Ghana in July 2010 - November 2009 – August 2010: Interim Committee, Linguistics Association of Ghana / LAG; this committee successfully organised the 2nd LAG Conference in August, 2010 at the Department of Linguistics. - 2008- : Linguistics Department Course Review Committee - 2009: (Faculty of Arts) Committee on Four-Year BA Programme 9. BOARDS / PLANNING COMMITTEES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA ON WHICH I SERVED - July-November, 2007: Teamed up with Professor John Singler (of the New York University) to organise the 1st International Conference on Codeswitching in West Africa: Theory and Implications. The conference was funded by the New York University in Ghana and held at the University of Ghana on the 26th-27th of November, 2007. Guest Speakers: Prof. Pieter Muysken, Prof. Peter Auer, and Prof. Melisa Moyer - 2004: Member and sole Student Representative of the board of the Centre for Research on Language Change, Australian National University - 1998-2001 and 2005-2007: Secretary General, GBETORHIA Town Development Association (in the Volta Region, Ghana). I oversaw a CV: Dr. E.K. Amuzu, 2013. Page 7 successful electrification project, among other achievements. 10. CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMME, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA - 2012-2013: Coordinator, Linguistics programme - 2010-2011: Coordinator, Linguistics programme - 2010: Course Writer, Pidgin and Creole Languages (LING 437) - 2010: Course Writer, Discourse Analysis (LING 344) - 2009: Course Writer, Sociolinguistics (LING 345) - 2007: Lead Course Writer, Academic Writing (LANG 100/200) Vol. II - 2007: Lead Course Writer, Academic Writing (LANG 100/200) Vol. I - 2006-2008: Coordinator, Academic Writing programme CV: Dr. E.K. Amuzu, 2013. Page 8
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