Dr. F.K. (Felix) Ameka
Position:
- Lecturer
- Ewe Language
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2243 |
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| E-Mail: | f.k.ameka@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics, LUCL T&C van Afrika |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex van Wijkplaats 4 2311 BX Leiden Room number 1.02c |
Research
Ewe
2011
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Ameka, F.K. & Duthie, A.S. & Essegbey, J.A.B.K. & Dorrvlo, K. & Amuzu, E & Ofori, K. A. G. & Agbedor, P & Dzameshie, A & Agbetsoamedo, Y (Eds.) (2011)
Ewe encyclopedia dictionary of health. Legon-Accra: Department of Linguistics, University of Ghana.
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Ameka, F.K. (2011)
L'éwé. In: Bonvini, E, Busuttil, J, Peyraube, A (Eds.), Dictionnaire des langues, pp. 79-85. Quadridge: Presse Universitaire Français.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2010
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Merolla, D. & Ameka, F.K. & Dorvlo, K.G.E. (2010)
Hogbetsotso: celebration and songs of the Ewe migration story. Interview with Dr. Datey-Kumodzie. In: Merolla, D. (Ed.), Verba Africana series - Video documentation and Digital Materials (Electronic publication)Leiden: Leiden University.
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Ameka, F.K. (2010)
Information packaging constructions in Kwa: micro-variation and typology. In: Essegbey, J. & Aboh,, E. O (Eds.), Topics in Kwa syntax (Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory), 78. , pp. 141-176. Dordrecht: Springer.
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Ameka, F.K. & Amha, A. & Kossmann, M.G. (2010)
T.R. – Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 31
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
2009
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Ameka, F.K. (2009)
Access rituals in West African communities: an ethnopragmatic perspective. In: Senft, G & Basso, E. B. (Eds.), Ritual communication (Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series), pp. 127-151. Oxford: Berg.
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Ameka, F.K. (2009)
Likpe. In: Dimmendaal, G. J. (Ed.), Coding pparticipant marking: Construction types in twelve African languages (Studies in Language Companion Series), 110. , pp. 239-279. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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Ameka, F.K. & Amha, A. & Kossmann, M.G. (2009)
T.R. – Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 30
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Ameka, F.K. (2009)
T.R. – The Journal of West African Languages. The Journal of West African Languages, 36
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Ameka, F.K. (2009)
Verb extensions in Likpe (Sekpele). Journal of West African Languages, 36 (1-2), pp. 139-157.
(Article)
2008
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Ameka, F.K. (2008)
Aspect and modality in Ewe: a survey. In: Ameka, F.K. & Dakubu, M.E. Kropp (Eds.), Aspect and modality in Kwa languages (Studies in Language Companion Series), 100. , pp. 135-194. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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Ameka, F.K. & Dakubu, M.E.Kropp (Eds.) (2008)
Aspect and modality in Kwa languages. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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Ameka, F.K. (2008)
He died old, dying to be dead right: Transitivity and semantic shifts of ‘die’ in Ewe in crosslinguistic perspective. In: Bowerman, M. & Brown, P. (Eds.), Crosslinguistic perspectives on argument structure: Implications for learnability, pp. 231-254. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum.
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Ameka, F.K. & Dakubu, M.E.Kropp (2008)
Introduction. In: Ameka, F.K. & Dakubu, M.E. Kropp (Eds.), Aspect and modality in Kwa languages (Studies in Language Companion Series), 100. , pp. 1-7. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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Ameka, F.K. & Amha, A. & Kossmann, M.G. (2008)
T.R. - Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 29
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Ameka, F.K. & Dakubu, M.E.Kropp (2008)
imperfective constructions: Progressive and prospective in Ewe and Dangme. In: Ameka, F.K. & Dakubu, M.E. Kropp (Eds.), Aspect and modality in Kwa languages (Studies in Language Companion Series), 100. , pp. 215-289. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2007
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Essegbey, J.A.B.K. & Ameka, F.K. (2007)
"Cut" and "break" verbs in Gbe and Sranan. Journal of Pidgins and Creoles, 22 (1), pp. 37-55.
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Ameka, F.K. & Essegbey, J.A.B.K. (2007)
Cut and break verbs in Ewe and the causative alternation construction. Cognitive Linguistics, 18 (2), pp. 241-250.
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Ameka, F.K. & Dorvlo, K.G.E. & Merolla, D. (2007)
Ewe stories and storytelling. In: Merolla, D. (Ed.), Verba Africana series - Video documentation and Digital Materials (Electronic publication), 1. Leiden: Leiden University.
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Huttar, G. & Essegbey, J.A.B.K. & Ameka, F.K. (2007)
Gbe and other West African sources of Suriname creole semantic structures: implications for creole genesis. Journal of Pidgins and Creoles, 22 (1), pp. 57-72.
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Ameka, F.K. (2007)
Grammatical borrowing in Likpe (Sekpele). In: Matras, Y. & Sakel, J. (Eds.), Grammatical borrowing in cross-linguistic perspective (Emperical Approaches to Linguistic Typology), 34. , pp. 107-122. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
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Ameka, F.K. & Levinson, S.C. (2007)
Introduction–The typology and semantics of locative predicates: posturals, positionals and other beasts. Linguistics, 45 (5/6), pp. 847-872.
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Bohnemeyer, J. & Enfield, N.J. & Essegbey, J.A.B.K. & Ibaetxe-Antunano, I. & Kita, S. & Ameka, F.K. (2007)
Principles of event segmentation in language: the case of motion events. Language, 83 (3), pp. 495-532.
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Ameka, F.K. & Amha, A. & Kossmann, M.G. (2007)
T.R. - Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 28
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Ameka, F.K. & Levinson, S.C. (2007)
T.R. - Linguistics (Special Issue: The typology and semantics of predicates: posturals, positionals and other beasts). Linguistics (Special Issue: The typology and semantics of predicates: posturals, positionals and other beasts), 45
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Ameka, F.K. (2007)
The coding of topological relations in verbs: the case of Likpe (Sekpele). Linguistics, 45 (5/6), pp. 1065-1104.
(Article)
2006
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Ameka, F.K. & Dench, A. & Evans, N. (Eds.) (2006)
Catching language: The standing challenge of grammar writing. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
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Ameka, F.K. & Essegbey, J.A.B.K. (2006)
Elements of the grammar of space in Ewe. In Levinson, S.C. & Wilkins, D.P. (Eds.) Grammars of space: Explorations in cognitive diversity (pp. 359-399). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Ameka, F.K. (2006)
Ewe serial verb constructions in their grammatical context. In Aikhenvald, A.Y. & Dixon, R.M.W. (Eds.) Serial verb constructions: a cross-linguistic typology (pp. 124-143). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Ameka, F.K. (2006)
Grammars in contact in the Volta Basin (West Africa): On cntact induced grammatical change in Likpe. In: Aikhenvald, A.Y. & Dixon, R.M.W. (Eds.), Grammars in contact: a crosslinguistic typology (Explorations in Linguistic Typology), 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Ameka, F.K. (2006)
Interjections. In Östman, J.-O. & Verschueren, J. (Eds.) Handbook of Pragmatics 2006 (pp. 1-22). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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Ameka, F.K. (2006)
Real descriptions: Reflections on native speaker and nonnative speaker descriptions of a language. In Ameka, F.K., Dench, A., Evans, N. (Eds.) Catching language: The standing challenge of grammar writing (pp. 69-112). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
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Ameka, F.K. & Amha, A. (2006)
T.R. - Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 27
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
2005
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Ameka, F.K. (2005)
"The woman is seeable" and "The woman perceives seeing": Undergoer voice constructions in Ewe and Likpe. In Dakuba, M.E., Kropp & Osam, E.K. (Eds.) Studies in the Languages of the Volta Basin 3. Proceedings of the Annual Colloquium of the Legon-Trondheim Linguistics Project 18-20 January 2005 (pp. 43-62). Legon-Accra: epartment of Linguistics, University of Ghana.
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Ameka, F.K. (2005)
Forms of secondary predication in serialising languages: on depictives in Ewe. In: Himmelmann, N.P. & Schultze-Berndt, E.F. (Eds.), Secondary predication and adverbial modification: The typology of depictives, pp. 355-378. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Ameka, F.K. (2005)
Multiverb constructions on the West African littoral: microvariation and areal typology. In: Vulchanova, M. & Åfarli, T.A. (Eds.), Grammar & beyond: essays in honour of Lars Hellan, pp. 15-42. Oslo: Novus Press.
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Ameka, F.K. & Amha, A. & Mous, Maarten (2005)
T.R. - Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 26
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
2004
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Ameka, F.K. & Breedveld, J.O. (2004)
Areal cultural scripts for social interaction in West African communities. Intercultural Pragmatics, 1 (2), pp. 167-187.
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Ameka, F.K. (2004)
Grammar and cultural practices: The grammaticalisation of triadic communication in West African languages. Journal of West African Languages, 30 (2), pp. 5-28.
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Ameka, F.K. & Mous, Maarten & Essegbey, J.A.B.K. (2004)
T.R. - Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 25
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2003
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Ameka, F.K. (2003)
"Today is far": Situational anaphors in overlapping clause constructions in Ewe. In Dakubu, M.E.K. & Osam, E.K. (Eds.) Studies in the languages of the Volta basin I (pp. 9-22). Legon, Accra: Dept of Linguistics, University of Ghana.
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Ameka, F.K. (2003)
Prepositions and postpositions in Ewe(Gbe): empirical and theoretical considerations. In Sauzet, P. & Zibri-Hertz, A. (Eds.) Typologie des langues d¿afrique & universaux de la grammaire, Volume II Benue-kwa, Wolof (pp. 41-67). Paris: L'Harmattan.
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Ameka, F.K. & Mous, Maarten & Essegbey, J.A.B.K. (2003)
T.R. - Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 24
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
2002
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Ameka, F.K. (2002)
Constituent order and grammatical relations in Ewe in typological perspective. In: Davidse, K. & Lamiroy, B. (Eds.), The nominative & accusative and their counterparts (case and grammatical relations across languages), 4. , pp. 319-352. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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Ameka, F.K. (2002)
Cultural scripting of body parts for emotions: On "jealousy" and related emotions in Ewe. Pragmatics and Cognition, 10 (1-2), pp. 27-55.
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Ameka, F.K. & Osam, E.K. (Eds.) (2002)
New directions in Ghanaian linguistics: essays in honour of the 3Ds. Accra: Black Mask.
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Ameka, F.K. (2002)
The progressive aspect in Likpe: its implications for aspect and word order in Kwa. In: Ameka, F.K. & Osam, E.K. (Eds.), New directions in Ghanaian linguistics: essays in honour of the 3Ds, pp. 85-111. Accra: Black Mask.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2001
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Ameka, F.K. (2001)
Ewe. In: Garry, J. & Rubino, C. (Eds.), Facts about the world's languages: An encyclopedia of the world's major languages, past and present, pp. 207-213. New York: New England Publishing Associates.
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Ameka, F.K. (2001)
Ideophones and the nature of the adjective word class in Ewe. In: Voeltz, E.F.K. & Kilian-Hatz, C. (Eds.), Ideophones (Typological Studies in Language), 44. , pp. 25-48. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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Ameka, F.K. & Mous, Maarten & Essegbey, J.A.B.K. (2001)
T.R. - Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 21
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
2000
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Ameka, F.K. & Mous, Maarten & Essegbey, J.A.B.K. (Eds.) (2000)
Journal of African Languages and Linguisitics. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
(Book editorial)
1999
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Ameka, F.K. (1999)
Interjections. In: Brown, K. & Miller, J. (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of grammatical categories, pp. 213-216. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
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Ameka, F.K. (1999)
Partir c'est mourir un peu: unversal and culture specific features of leave-taking. RASK, 9-10, pp. 257-283.
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Ameka, F.K. (1999)
Spatial information packaging in Ewe and Likpe: a comparative perspective. Frankfurter Afrikanistische Blätter, 11, pp. 7-34.
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Ameka, F.K. & Mous, Maarten & Essegbey, J.A.B.K. (1999)
T.R. - Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 20
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Ameka, F.K. (1999)
The typology and semantics of complex nominal duplication in Ewe. Anthropological Linguistics, 41 (1), pp. 75-106.
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Ameka, F.K. (1999)
recensie. [Bespreking van: Korle meets the sea: a sociolinguistic history of Accra]. In: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 62, pp. 198-199.
(Book review)
1998
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Ameka, F.K. (1998)
Les particules ènonciatives en Ewe. In: Platiel, S. & Kabore, R. (Eds.), Faits de languses: Les langues d'Afrique subsaharienne (Revue de linguistique), 11-12. , pp. 179-204. Paris: Ophrys.
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Ameka, F.K. & Mous, Maarten & Essegbey, J.A.B.K. (1998)
T.R. - Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 19
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
1997
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Ameka, F.K. & Mous, Maarten (1997)
T.R. - Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics
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1996
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Ameka, F.K. (1996)
Chapter 17. Semantics. In: Goebl, H. (Ed.), Contact Linguistics. An international handbook of contemporary research, pp. 130-138. Berlin: NN.
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Ameka, F.K. & Dimmendaal, G.J. & Mous, Maarten (1996)
T.R. - Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics
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1995
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Ameka, F.K. (1995)
Body parts in Ewe grammar. In: Chappell, H. & McGregor, W. (Eds.), The Grammar of Inalienability: A typological perspective on body part terms and the part-whole relation, pp. 783-840. Berlin: NN.
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Dimmendaal, G.J. & Ameka, F.K. (Eds.) (1995)
Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. NN: NN.
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Ameka, F.K. (1995)
The linguistic construction of space in Ewe. Cognitive Linguistics, 6 (2/3), pp. 139-181.
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