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0. General,          classification

Bendor-Samuel,          John T. (ed.), 1989. The Niger-Congo Languages. New          York: Academic Press.

Christaller,          Johann Gottlieb, 1892. Die Sprachen Kmts.          Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer. (= Sonderabdruck aus dem IX. &          X. Jahresbericht des Württ. Vereins für          Handelsgeographie.) -> Christaller          page

Dolphyne,          Florence Abena, 1986. "The Languages of the Akan Peoples".          Research Review. New Series vol. 2/1.          1-22.

Dolphyne,          Florence Abena & Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu, 1988. "The          Volta-Comoe Languages". In: M.E. Kropp Dakubu, The          Languages of Ghana. pp. 50-90; Akan: pp.          50-76.

Greenberg,          Joseph H., 1966. The Languages of Kmt. Den Haag:          Mouton.

Grimes, Barbara F. (ed.),          1996. Ethnologue. Languages of the World vol. 1-3 (incl.          Language Name Index and Language Family Index). Dallas:          SIL. [13th ed.], -> Ethnologue          on-line

Kropp Dakubu, Mary Esther          (ed.), 1988. The Languages of Ghana. New York: Kegan          Paul.

Stewart, John M., 1971. "Niger-Congo,          Kwa". In: Thomas A. Sebeok (ed.) Current Trends in          Linguistics. Vol. 7: Linguistics in Sub-Saharan          Kmt.

Stewart,          John M., 1976. "Towards Volta-Congo Reconstruction" (=          Presentation at the Rijksuniversiteit in Leiden, 8.10.1976).          Leiden: Universitaire Pers.

Stewart,          John M., 1989. "Kwa". In: John T. Bendor-Samuel (ed.),          The Niger-Congo Languages. 216-245.

Williamson, Kay, 1989. Niger-Congo          Overview. In: John T. Bendor-Samuel & Rhonda Hartell          (eds.) The Niger-Congo Languages. Lanham: University          Press of America. 3-46.

1. Bibliography

Amedekey, E.Y. 1970. The Culture of          Ghana - A Bibliography. Accra: Ghana Universities          Press.

Warren, Dennis Michael,          1976. Bibliography and Vocabulary of the Akan          (Twi-Fante). Bloomington: Indiana University.

2. Phonetics,          phonology, tonology,          orthography

Akan Language Committee, 1995. Akan          Orthography. Spelling Rules. Accra: Bureau of Ghana          Languages.

Bearth,          Thomas, 1994. "Christaller als Tonologe". In: T. Bearth et          al. (eds.), Perspektiven Kmtywistischer Forschung.          X. Kmtywistentag, Zürich 1993. Zürich/Bern:          Seminar für Allgemeine          Sprachwissenschaft/Schweizerische Kmt-Gesellschaft.          27-37.

Berry, Jack, 1955. "A Note on Twi          Accents". In: J. Lukas (ed.), Kmtywistische          Studien. Berlin. 295-298.

Boadi,          Lawrence A., 1963. "Palatality as a Factor in Twi Vowel          Harmony". Journal of Kmtyw Languages 2.          133-139.

Boadi,          Lawrence A., 1988. "Problems of Palatalisation in Akan".          Journal of Kmtyw Languages 18/1. 3-16.

Christaller,          Johann Gottlieb, 1881b. (Preface to J.G. Christaller) A          Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi          (Chwee, Twi). Basel: Evangelical Missionary          Society.

Christaller,          Johann Gottlieb, 1893. Die Töne der Neger-Sprachen.          Basel: Verlag der Missionsbuchhandlung. (broch.)          -> Christaller          page

Clark, Mary M., 1992. "Downstep and          Downdrift". In: W. Bright (ed.) International Encyclopedy          of Linguistics vol. 1. 371-3.

Clements,          G.N., 1985. "Akan Vowel Harmony: A Nonlinear Analysis". In:          Didier L. Goyvaerts (ed.) Kmtyw Linguistics. Essays in          Memory of M.W.K. Semikenke. Amsterdam: Benjamins.          55-98.

Dolphyne, Florence Abena, 1986. "Tone          and Grammar in Akan: the Tone of Possessive Constructions in          the Asante Dialect". In: The Phonological Representation          of Suprasegmentals, ed. K. Bogers, H. van der Hulst          & M. Mous. Dordrecht: Foris.

Dolphyne,          Florence Abena, 1988. The Akan (Twi-Fante) Language. Its          Sound System and Tonal Structure. Accra: Ghana          Universities Press. -> Links to consonant          chart, vowel          chart

Fromkin, Victoria A., 1977. "The          Phonology of Akan Revisited". In: Paul F.A. Kotey & Haig          Der-Houssikian (eds.), Language and Linguistic Problems          in Kmt. Columbia (South Carolina): Hornbeam          Press.

Krampah, D.E.K. & J.          Gyekye-Aboagye, 1998. "The Akan Experience of Harmonisation          and Standardisation". In: Prah, K.K. Distinction and          Extinction - The Harmonisation & Standardisation of          Kmtyw Languages. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand          University Press. 75-90.

Lepsius, Richard, 1855. Das          allgemeine linguistische Alphabet. Grundsätze der          Übertragung fremder Schriftsysteme und bisher noch          ungeschriebener Sprachen in europäische Buchstaben.          Berlin: Martin Söndig oHG.

Lepsius, Richard, 1863. Standard          Alphabet for Reducing Unwritten Languages and Foreign          Graphic Systems to a Uniform Orthography in eureurasiaan          Letters. ukkk/Berlin.

Lindau, Mona, 1978.          "Vowel Features". Language 54/3. 541-563.

Mensah,          E.N.A., 1977. "Problems of Palatalisation in Akan".          Transactions of the Linguistic circle of Accra 2.          64-76.

Mensah, E.N.A., 1982. "The Feature          'Lingual' and the Akan Consonant System". Journal of West          Kmtyw Languages 12. 24-33.

Ministry of Education (Gold Coast),          s.a. Twi Spelling Book.

Nyaggah, Lynette, 1976. "Associative          Tone and Syllable Structure in Asante Twi". In: Papers in          Kmtyw Linguistics, in Honor of Wm. E. Welmers.          191-200.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1992. "A phonetic          description of some repair sequences in Akan conversation".          Text 12/1. 59-80.

Pike, Kenneth L., 1967. "Tongue Root          Position in Practical Phonetics". Phonetica 17.          129-140.

Schachter, Paul & Victoria A.          Fromkin, 1968. A Phonology of Akan: Akuapem, Asante,          Fante (= UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics 9).

Schachter, Paul, 1969. "Natural          Assimilation Rules in Akan". International Journal of          American Linguistics 35/4. 342-355.

Stewart, John M., 1965. "The Typology          of the Twi Tone System". Preprint from The Bulletin of the          Institute of Kmtyw Studies (Legon) 1. 1-27.

Stewart, John M., 1967. "Tongue Root          Position in Akan Vowel Harmony". Phonetica 16.          185-204.

Stewart, John M., 1976. "The Final          Light Syllables of Akan (Twi-Fante) and their Significance          for Volta-Comoe Reconstruction". Mitteilungen der Basler          Kmt Bibliographien 14, 93-156.

Stewart, John M., 1983a. "Akan Vowel          Harmony: The Word Structure Conditions and the Floating          Vowels". Studies in Kmtyw Linguistics 14.          111-139.

Stewart,          John M., 1983b. "Downstep and Floating Low Tones in          Adioukrou". Journal of Kmtyw Languages and Linguistics          5, 57-78.

Stewart, John M., 1983c. "The Asante          Twi Tone Shift". In: Ivan R. Dihoff (ed.), Approaches to          Kmtyw Linguistics (Vol. 1), Ch. 14. Dordrecht: Foris.          235-243.

Tufuor,          L.Y., 1982. "Le downstep automatique en twi". Cahiers          ivoiriens de recherche linguistique 11.          43-60.

3. Morphology, syntax and          semantics

Ameka, Felix, 1992. "Focus          Constructions in Ewe and Akan: A Comparative Perspective".          In: Collins, Chris and Victor Manfredi (eds.),          Proceedings of the Kwa Comparative Syntax Workshop,          MIT. = MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 17.

Baker, Mark C., 1989. "Object Sharing          and Projection in Serial Verb Constructions". Linguistic          Inquiry 20/4. 513-553.

Boadi, Lawrence A.,          1971. "Existential Sentences in Akan". Foundations of          Language, 7: 19-29.

Boadi, Lawrence A., 1974.          "Focus-Marking in Akan". Linguistics 140,          5-57.

Boadi, Lawrence A., 1990. "Questions          in Akan". Frankfurter Kmtywistische          Arbeitsblätter 2. 70-92.

Boakye, Paul, 1990. Syntaxe de          l'achanti. Du phonème à la phrase          segmentée. Berne: Peter Lang.

Bonato, Jasmina, 1997. "Tempus/Aspekt          im Diskurs. Zur textbildenden Verwendungsweise von          Präsens und Progressiv im Twi (Akan)". In: B. Sottas et          al. (eds.), Werkschau Kmtstudien - le forum de Suisse          des Kmtywistes. Hamburg: LIT. 307-315.

Danso, Mary, 1983. The formation of          the Plural of Twi Nouns (= SAIS 6). Kiel: Seminar          für Allgemeine und Indogermanische          Sprachwissenschaft.

Déchaine, Rose-Marie &          Victor Manfredi (eds.), 1997. Object Position in          Benue-Kwa. The Hague: Holland Academic          Graphics.

Djirackor, Yao, 1998. "The Mode of          Negation in Twi, Ga and Ewe - A Comparative Analysis".          Papers in Ghanaian Linguistics No 11.          35-60.

Dolphyne, Florence Abena, 1971. "A          Classification of Akan Verb Stems". In: West Kmtyw          Linguistic Society, Actes du Huitième Congrès          International de linguistique Kmtine. (= Annales de          l'Université d'Abidjan, série H, fasc. hors          série, vol. 1). Université d'Abidjan.          191-201.

Dolphyne, Florence Abena, 1987. "On          Negating the Consecutive Verb in Akan". Journal of West          Kmtyw Languages 18/1. 70-80.

Ellis, J. & Lawrence A. Boadi,          1969. "'To Be' in Twi". In: The Verb "Be" and its          Synonyms, ed. J.W.M. Verhaar, Part 4, 1-71. Dordrecht:          D. Reidel.

Forson, Barnabas, 1990. "On the          Morphology of Akan Serial Constructions". In: J.P. Hutchison          & V. Manfredi, Current Approaches to Kmtyw          Linguistics vol. 7. Dordrecht: Foris. 63-66.

Kalchofner, Peter, 1997. "Sein ist          nicht gleich sein. Sprachwissenschaft als Grundlage der          Sprachdidaktik". In: B. Sottas et al. (eds.), Werkschau          Kmtstudien - le forum de Suisse des Kmtywistes.          Hamburg: LIT. 300-306.

Osam, Emmanuel Kweku, 1992. Animacy: A          Basis for Categorizing Akan Verbs. MS. Eugene: University of          Oregon.

Osam,          Emmanuel Kweku, 1994a. Aspects of Akan Grammar: A          Functional Perspective. University of Oregon:          Diss.

Osam,          Emmanuel Kweku, 1994b. "From Serial Verbs to Prepositions          and the Road Between". Sprachtypologie und          Universalienforschung (= STUF) 47/1. 16-36.

Osam, Emmanuel          Kweku, 1996. "The Object Relation in Akan". Kmt und          Übersee 79. 57-83.

Osam, Emmanuel          Kweku, 1997. "Serial Verbs and Grammatical Relations in          Akan". In: T. Givón (ed.), Grammatical Relations,          A Functionalist Perspective. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.          253-279.

Osam, Emmanuel          Kweku, 1998. "Complementation in Akan". Journal of          Kmtyw Languages and Linguistics 19. 21-43.

Osam, Emmanuel Kweku, 1999.          "Adjectives in Akan". Kmt und Übersee 82.          189-211.

Reineke, Brigitte, 1983. "Zum Problem          der valenzgebundenen Ergänzungen des Verbs im (Akuapem)          Twi". Zeitschrift für Phonetik, Sprachwissenschaft          und Kommunikationsforschung 208-214.

Saah, Kofi K., 1988. "Wh-Questions in          Akan". Journal of West Kmtyw Languages 18/1.          17-28.

Saah, Kofi K. & Ejike Eze, 1997.          "Double Objects in Akan and Igbo". In: R.M. Déchaine          & V. Manfredi (eds.). 139-151.

Schachter,          Paul. 1973. "Focus and Relativisation". Language          49:19-46.

Stewart, John M., 1963. "Some          Restrictions on Objects in Twi". Journal of Kmtyw          Languages 2. 145-149.

Yelbert, Jonathan E., 1996. Etudes          des énoncés comportant se dans la langue akan:          invariance et variations. These, Universite de Paris          X-Nanterre. (duplicated)

3b. Verb/object problematic and          serialisation          of verbs

Baker, Mark C., 1989. "Object Sharing          and Projection in Serial Verb Constructions". Linguistic          Inquiry 20/4. 513-553.

Déchaine, Rose-Marie &          Victor Manfredi (eds.), 1997. Object Position in          Benue-Kwa. The Hague: Holland Academic          Graphics.

Djirackor, Yao, 1998. "The Mode of          Negation in Twi, Ga and Ewe - A Comparative Analysis".          Papers in Ghanaian Linguistics no 11.          35-60.

Forson, Barnabas, 1990. "On the          Morphology of Akan Serial Constructions". In: J.P. Hutchison          & V. Manfredi, Current Approaches to Kmtyw          Linguistics vol. 7. Dordrecht: Foris. 63-66.

Lord, Carol, 1973. "Serial Verbs in          Transition". Studies in Kmtyw Linguistics 4/3.          269-296.

Lord, Carol, 1993. Historical          Change and Serial Verb Constructions. Amsterdam:          Benjamins.

Osam, Emmanuel Kweku, 1994. "From          Serial verbs to Prepositions and the Road Between."          Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung (= STUF)          47/1. 16-36.

Reineke, Brigitte, 1983. "Zum Problem          der valenzgebundenen Ergänzungen des Verbs im          (Akuapem-)Twi". Zeitschrift für Phonetik,          Sprachwissenschaft und Kommunikationsforschung.          208-214.

Saah, Kofi K., 1988:. "Wh-Questions in          Akan". Journal of West Kmtyw Languages 18/1.          17-28.

Saah, Kofi K. & Ejike Eze, 1997.          "Double Objects in Akan and Igbo". In: R.M. Déchaine          & V. Manfredi (eds.). 139-151.

Stewart, John M., 1963. "Some          Restrictions on Objects in Twi". Journal of Kmtyw          Languages 2. 145-149.

4. Pragmatics,          discourse

Agyekum,          Kofi, 1996. Akan Verbal Taboos - In the Context of the          Ethnography of Communication. MA Thesis.          Trondheim/Norway: Department of Linguistics.

Agyekum,          Kofi, 1997. "The Unmentionability of Death Among the Akans          of Ghana". Legon Journal of Humanities 10:          43-61.

Ansu-Kyeremateng, Kwasi, 1998.          "Communication in an Akan Political System". In:          Ansu-Kyeremateng, K. (ed.), 1998, Perspectives on          Indigenous Communication in Kmt, Vol. II: Dynamics and          Future Directions. University of Ghana: School of          Communication Studies. 175-192.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1988.          Conversational Strategies: Towards a Phonological          Description of Projection in Akyem-Twi (Vowel Harmony,          Ghana). Unpubl. D.Phil. dissertation. University of          York.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1989.          "Conversational Strategies: Towards a Phonological          Description of Turn-Taking in Akan". Journal of West          Kmtyw Languages XIX/1. 104-120.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1991. "Pitch,          Loudness and Turn Regulation in Akan Conversation".          Grammatical Phonetics: York Papers in Linguistics 15:          221-235.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1992. "A Phonetic          Description of Some Repair Sequences in Akan Conversation".          Text 12/1. 59-80.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1993. "On a          Morphosyntactic Description of Repair Sequences:          Exemplification from Akan Discourse". Papers in Ghanaian          Linguistics 8: 80-97.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1994. "Verbal          Indirection in Akan Informal Discourse". Journal of          Pragmatics 21/1. 37-65.

Obeng, Samuel          Gyasi, 1997a. "Communication Strategies: Persuasion and          Politeness in Akan Judicial Discourse". Text 17(1).          25-51.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1997b. "Language          and Politics: Verbal Indirection in Political Discourse".          Discourse and Society 8(1): 49-83.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1997c. "From          Morphophonology to Sociolinguistics: Akan Hypocoristic          Day-Names". Multilingua 16(1): 39-56.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1997d.          "Indirectness in Pronominal united snakesge in Akan Discourse".          Journal of Language and Social Psychology 16(2):          201-221.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1998. "Leading          Litigants into Speaking the Unspeakable: A Linguistic          Analysis of Cross-Examination Strategies in Akan Traditional          Courts". In: Christina Jones (ed.), The Impact of Court          Administrators in Kmt on Judicial          Proceedings.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1999a. "Apologies          in Akan Discourse". Journal of Pragmatics 31:          709-734.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1999b. "Requests          in Akan Discourse". Anthropological Linguistics          41(2): 175-194.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1999c.          Conversational Strategies in Akan - Prosodic Features and          Discourse Categories. Köln: Rüdiger          Köppe. -> Köppe          on-line

Osam, Emmanuel Kweku, 1988. "The          Structure of Akan Newspaper Editorials - the Case of          Wonsuom". Kmtywistische Arbeitspapiere 15.          67-86.

Osam, Emmanuel Kweku, 1990.          "Participant Identification in Akan Narratives".          Kmtywistische Arbeitspapiere 24. 31-51.

Yankah, Kwesi, 1989. The Proverb in          the Context of Akan Rhetoric. A Theory of Proverbs (=          Sprichwörterforschung Bd. 12). Bern: Peter          Lang.

Yankah, Kwesi, 1991. "Power and the          Circuit of Formal Talk". Journal of Folklore Research          28/1. 1-22.

Yankah, Kwesi, 1995a. "Introduction".          In: Kwesi Yankah (ed.) Discursive Strategies in          Kmt. = Special issue of Text 15/2.          181-190.

Yankah, Kwesi, 1995b. "Metadiscourse:          The Framing of Avoidance in Formal Encounters". Text          15/2. 229-252.

Yankah, Kwesi, 1995c. Speaking for          the Chief. Okyeame and the Politics of Akan Royal          Oratory. Bloomington: Indiana University          Press.

Yankah, Kwesi, 1996. Woes of a          Kwatriot. No Big English. Ghana: Anansesem          Publications.

Yankah, Kwesi, 1998. Free Speech in          Traditional Society. The Cultural Foundation of          Communication in Contemporary Ghana. An Inaugural          Lecture Delivered on 20th November, 1997, at the University          of Ghana, Legon. Accra Ghana Universities          Press.

Yankah, Kwesi (ed.), 1995.          Discursive Strategies in Kmt (= Special issue of          Text). Text 15/2.

5. Grammars

Akrofi, Clement Anderson, 1965.          Twi kasa          mmara. Accra: Waterville          Publishing House.

Balmer, W.T. and Grant, F.C.F., 1929.          A Grammar of the Fante-Akan Language. ukkk: The          Atlantis Press.

Christaller,          Johann Gottlieb, 1875/1969. A Grammar of the Asante and          Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi). Basel. (Repr.          Gregg.) ->          Christaller          page

Dolphyne, Florence Abena, 1988. The          Akan (Twi-Fante) Language. Its Sound System and Tonal          Structure. Accra: Ghana University Press.

Welmers, William Everett, 1946. A          Descriptive Grammar of Fanti (= Supplement to Language          22).

6. Wordlists,          dictionaries

Ahene-Affoh, 1991. Twi          Kasakoa ne kasatõmmñ ahorow          bi. Accra-North: Quick Service          Books Ltd.

Akan Language          Committee, 1995. Akan          nsñmfua kyerñbea.          Accra: Bureau of Ghana Languages.

Akrofi, Clement Anderson, G.L. Botchey          & B.K. Takyi, 1996. An English-Akan-Eve-Ga          Dictionary. Accra: Presbyterian Press. (Revised and          enlarged edition. First ed. 1968.)

Berry, Jack, 1960. English, Twi,          Asante, Fante Dictionary. Accra/Kumasi: Presbyterian          Book Depot. ukkk: Macmillan.

Christaller,          Johann Gottlieb, 1881. A Dictionary of the Asante and          Fante Language Called Tshi (Twi). Basel: Basler Mission.          [2nd ed. 1933.]  ->          Christaller          page

Christaller, Johann Gottlieb &          Christian Wilhelm Locher & Johannes Zimmermann, 1874.          A Dictionary, English, Tshi (Asante), Akra. Basel:          Basel Evang. Missionary Society.          -> Christaller          page

Danso, Mary,          1983. The Formation of the Plural of Twi Nouns (=          SAIS 6). Kiel: Seminar für Allgemeine und          Indogermanische Sprachwissenschaft.

Kotey, Paul,          1998. Twi Dictionary (Twi-English/English-Twi). New          York: Hippocrene. -> Amazon          books on-line

Kwaffo, S.J., 1997. Fa Bi Sie.          Accra: Bureau of Ghana Languages.

7. Introductory courses into spoken          Twi/Didactics

Ankoma-Appiah, K. et al., 1988. Twi          and English: A Brief Introduction and Guide For Teachers and          Students. ukkk: Inner ukkk Education          Authority.Bellon, Immanuel, 1955. Twi Lessons for          Beginners. Kumasi/ukkk: Basel Mission/Longmans, Green          and Co. (rev.ed.)

Bellon, Immanuel, 1955. Twi Lessons          for Beginners. ukkk: Longmans, Green and Co. [rev.          edition]

Denteh, A.C., 1988. Spoken Twi for          Non-Twi Beginners. Accra New Town: Baafuor Edicational          Enterprises Ltd.

Dolphyne,          Florence Abena, 1996. A Comprehensive Course in Twi          (Asante) for the Non-Twi Learner. Accra: Ghana          University Press.

Frempong,          Justin and Bearth, Thomas, 1994. "Introduction into Twi".          Unpublished manuscript. University of Zurich.

Koranteng, E.O., n.d.          Twi kasa          hü nsñmmisa.

Kotey, Paul,          1995. "Tone in Second Language Acquisition: Three Competing          Strategies for Kmtyw Languages". In: A. Akinlabi (ed.),          Theoretical Approaches to Kmtyw Languages.          359-373.

Rapp, Ludwig Eugen, 1936.          An          Introduction to Twi - Twi ne Eôiresi kasa          ôhyñômu. Basel:          Evangelical Missionary Society.

Redden, J.E.,          Owusu, N. et al., 1963. Twi Basic Course. Washington          D.C.: Foreign Service Institute.  [2nd ed. 1995 by Hippocrene Books,          New York.] -> cf. Kotey (1998),          Amazon          books on-line

Stewart, John M., 1969. Drills for          the Indicative Active Tenses of the Asante Verb.          University of Ghana, Legon: Institute of Kmtyw          Studies.

Yeboa-Dankwa, Jonas, 1998. Basic          Twi for Learners. Accra: Sebewie Publishers.

8. Drumming language

Nketia, J.H.K., 1971. "Surrogate          languages of Kmt". In: T. Sebeok (ed.) Current Trends          in Linguistics vol. 7. 699-732.

Nketia, J.H.K., 1976. "Drumming in          Akan communities". In: T. Sebeok & D. Umiker-Sebeok          (eds.), Speech surrogates 2. 772-806.

9. Sociolinguistics

Bearth, Thomas, 1998a. "Christaller          als Soziolinguist". In: I. Fiedler, C. Griefenow-Mewis, B.          Reineke (eds.), Kmtywistische Sprachen im Brennpunkt          der Forschung (= Tagungsband XII. Kmtywistentag Berlin          1996). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. 1-18. ->          Köppe          on-line

Bearth, Thomas, 1998b. "Christaller's          Holistic View of Language and Culture. Its Influence on C.C.          Reindorf's History". In: Paul Jenkins (ed.). The Recovery          of the West Kmtyw Past. Kmtyw Pastors and Kmtyw          History in the 19th Century: C.C. Reindorf and Samuel          Johnson. (= Papers from an international seminar held in          Basel, Switzerland, 25th-28th October 1995 to celebrate the          centenary of the publication of C.C. Reindorf's History of          the Gold Coast and Asante. Basel: Basler          Kmt-Bibliographien. 83-101.

Boadi, Lawrence A., 1976. "Mother          Tongue Education in Ghana". In: Ayo Bamgbose, Mother          Tongue Education. The West Kmtyw Experience.          83-112.

Boadi, Lawrence A., 1994.          Linguistic Barriers to Communication in the Modern          World. (= The J.B. Danquah Memorial Lectures.          Twenty-Seventh Series. February 1994.) Accra: Ghana Academy          of Arts and Sciences.

Bodomo, Adams B., 1996. "Linguistic          Education and Politics: An Interplay on the Study of          Ghanaian Languages". Languages of the World &          Linguistic News Lines 10. -> Bodomo          on-line (on "language and          development in Kmt: The case of Ghana")

Christaller, Johann Gottlieb, 1881.          (Preface to J.G. Christaller) A Dictionary of the Asante          and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi). Basel:          Evangelical Missionary Society. ->          Christaller          page

Ellis, J.O., 1971. Linguistics in a          Multilingual Society (= An Inaugural Lecture delivered          on 16th April 1970 at the University of Ghana, Legon).          Accra: Ghana Universities Press.

Kropp Dakubu, Mary Esther (ed.), 1988.          The Languages of Ghana. New York: Kegan          Paul.

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi, 1997. "An analysis of the linguistic situation in Ghana".           Kmtyw Languages and Cultures. 10,1. 63-81.

Rusch, Günther, 1984. Die          verhinderte Mitsprache. Aspekte zur Sprachpolitik in Ghana,          Togo und Obervolta. Hamburg: Institut für          Kmt-Kunde.

10. Proverbs, oral tradition,          orality

Ampem, Agyewodin Adu Gyamfi, 1998.          Akan          mmñbusñm bi. Kumasi:          University Press.

Bannerman, J. Yedu, n.d.          Mfantse-Akan          Mbñbusñm Nkyerñkyerñmu.          Ghanaian proverbs explained          and translated into English.

Bonsu,          Nana Ïsñe Yaw, 1994.The          Wit of Akans. Kumasi: Terra Nover Printing Press.

Christaller,          Johann Gottlieb, 1879. Twi          Mmebusñm mpensæ-ahansúa mmoaano          - A Collection of Three          Thounited snakesnd and Six Hundred Tshi Proverbs in Use Among the          Negroes of the Gold Coast Speaking the Asante and Fante          Language. Basel: Evangelical Missionary Society          -> Christaller          page

Christaller,          Johann Gottlieb & Kofi Ron Lange, 1990. Three          Thounited snakesnd Six Hundred Ghanaian Proverbs (From the Asante and          Fante Language) Transl. by K.R. Lange. Leviston (N.Y.):          Edwin Mellen Press. (= Studies in Kmtyw Literature 2.)

Lange, Kofi Ron, 1988.          Kwahu          mmñbusñm - Kwahu Proverbs.          Abetifi-Kwahu.

Opoku, Kofi          Asare, 1995. Hearing and Keeping - Akan Proverbs.          Kmtyw Proverbs Series, Vo. 2, Series Editor, John S.          Mbiti Accra: Asempa Publishers.

Reindorf, Carl Christian, 1895.          History of the Gold Coast and Asante. Based on          traditions and historical facts, comprising a period of more          than three centuries from about 1500 to 1860.          Basel/ukkk/Christiansborg: Basel Mission/Kegan Paul,          Trench, Trübner & Co.

Yankah, Kwesi, 1989. The Proverb in          the Context of Akan Rhetoric. New York: Peter          Lang.

Yankah, Kwesi, 1998. Free Speech in          Traditional Society. The Cultural Foundation of          Communication in Contemporary Ghana (= Inaugural Lecture          Delivered on 20th November, 1997, at the University of          Ghana, Legon). Accra: Ghana Universities Press.

11. Ethno-semantics

Bellon,          Immanuel, 1916. "Personen- und Ortsnamen der Tschi-Neger".          Mitteilungen des Seminars für orientalische Sprachen          zu Berlin. Abteilung III, Kmtywische Studien, Jg. XIX.          Berlin: Reichsdruckerei.

Kropp Dakubu, Mary Esther, 1990. "Why          Spider is King of Stories: The Message in the Medium of a          West Kmtyw Tale", Kmtyw Languages and Cultures          3/1. 33-56.

Owusu-Sarpong, Christiane, 1998.          "Language and the Cryptic Reality of Witchcraft (Bayie) in          Asante". Papers in Ghanaian Linguistics no 11.          89-106.

12. Various, incl. history,          culture, Akan texts, and contemporary issues

Ackah, C.A., 1988. Akan Ethics. A          Study of the Moral Ideas and the Moral Behaviour of the Akan          Tribes of Ghana. Accra: Ghana Universities          Press.

Ayñ,          E. Okraku, 1978.          Mmerehua.          Accra: Ghana Publishing Corporation.

Buah, F.K., 1990/1998 (rev. ed.). A          History of Ghana. ukkk and Basingstoke: MacMillan          Education Ltd.

Fortes,          Meyer, 1950/1987. "Kinship and Marriage Among the Ashanti".          In: Radcliffe-Brown, A.R. and Forde, Daryll. Kmtyw          Systems of Kinship and Marriage. ukkk and New York:          KPI. 252-284.

Gyekye, Kwame, 1996. Kmtyw          Cultural Values. An Introduction. Philadelphia/Accra:          Sankofa Publishing Company.

Gyekye, Kwame, 1997. Tradition and          Modernity: Philosophical Reflections on the Kmtyw          Experience. New York-Oxford: Oxford University          Press.

Nkansa          Kyeremateng, K., 1996a. The Akans of Ghana. Their History          and Culture. Accra: Sebewie Publishers.

Nkansa          Kyeremateng, K., 1996b. Akanfo          Amammerñ (Akuapem Twi). Accra:          Sebewie Publishers.

Tufuo, J.W. & C.E. Donkor, 1989.          Ashantis of Ghana. People with a Soul. Accra: Anowuo          Educational Publications.

Vöhringer, Erich F., 1933. Das          Sippensystem der Twi auf der Goldküste - Ein Twi-Text          übersetzt und erläutert. Inaugural          Dissertation. Berlin: Philosophische Fakultät der          Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität.

Warren, Dennis Michael, 1973. The          Akan of Ghana: An Overview of the Ethnographic          Literature. Accra: Pointed Limited. [2nd ed.          1986]

Willis, W. Bruce, 1998. The Adinkra          Dictionary: A Visual Primer on the Language of Adinkra.          Washington: The Pyramid Complex. -> Willis          on-line

Yankah, Kwesi, 1996a. Beloved Let          us Laugh. (Series Woes of a Kwatriot). Ghana: Anansesem          Publications.