Timothy Mac Hadjah

• {2018} LOT (Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics) SUMMER SCHOOL Hosted by: Center for Language and Cognition, University of Groningen – Netherlands .Took courses in: State of the art: Language attrition, State of the art: Multilingualism at home and in school, Linguistic typology and language diversity & Mechanisms and methods in historical linguistics
• {2017} SCIENCEDIRECT AND MENDELEY TRAINING, ACCRA – GHANA (GH). Organized by: Elsevier (The Netherlands) and the University of Ghana, Library System
• {2017} QUANTITATIVE METHODS SHORT COURSE, ACCRA – GHANA (GH). Organized by: Building Stronger Universities (BSU)
• {2016} CORPUS LINGUISTICS WORKSHOP, ACCRA - GH. Organized by: ESRC Centre for corpus Approaches to Social Science, Lancaster University UK and School of Languages, University of Ghana, Legon. Trained in the use of AntCone to explore corpus data and GraphColl for analysis of collocation network
• {2011} AFRICAN LINGUISTIC SCHOOL, PORTO-NOVO, BENIN. Organized by: University of Amsterdam, New York University and Rutgers University. Trained in current and core areas of linguistics in which the modules covered Syntax, Phonology, Semantic, Language contact, Field methods and Sign Language

• Gesture studies
• Sociolinguistics
• Sign language linguistics
• Disability and vulnerability studies

• Awo Mana. A., Hadjah T. M. & Tei-Doe I. (2017). Tertiary Education for persons with disability: The role of the Office of Students with Special Needs at the University of Ghana. Accra: Lancaster University Ghana
• Nyst, V., Morgado, M., Hadjah, T., Nyarko, M., Martins, M., van der Mark, L., & Schüller, A. (2021). Object and handling handshapes in 11 sign languages: Towards a typology of the iconic use of the hands. Linguistic Typology. https://doi.org/10.1515/lingty-2021-0026.
• Hadjah, T., Fobi, D., Nyarko, M., & Elisa M. (forthcoming). Reflecting on the professionalization of sign language interpretation in Ghana. International Perspectives on Sign Language Translator & Interpreter Education. Gallaudet University Press

• Hadjah Timothy M, Tei-Doe O.I and Safo A. E (2019). Assisting and supporting tertiary students with disabilities: Insights from Disability Services Staff. Paper presented at the multidisciplinary conference on disability and development. Lancaster University, Ghana Campus. 15th March 2019
• Hadjah, Timothy M (2019). Lexical variation in GSL. Paper presented at the Colloquium of African Languages and Linguistics. University of Leiden. 30 August 2018
• Hadjah, Timothy M (2018). Receiving Justice, Education and Healthcare in Your Own Language: The Case of Deaf People in Ghana. Leiden African Studies Assembly. Paper presented at the workshop on language as a socio-cultural tool for sustainable human development, University of leiden, Netherlands. 1 May 2018.
• Hadjah Timothy M (2017). The forgotten Taboo words in Ghanaian Sign Language. Research manuscript
• Hadjah Timothy M. (2015a). Grammaticalization path: the emergence of bound person marker in Ghanaian Sign Language. Unpublished Term Paper, submitted to the Department of Linguistics, University ofGhana.
• Hadjah Timothy M. (2015b). Sociolinguistic variation in the use of cardinal numbers in Ghanaian Sign Language: a case study. Unpublished Term Paper, submitted to the Department of Linguistics, University of Ghana.
• Hadjah Timothy M. (2014). Serial Verb Construction in Ghanaian Pidgin English. Unpublished Term Paper, submitted to the Department of Linguistics, University of Ghana.

Dr. Victoria Nyst

Centre for Linguistics 

Leiden University  

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Prof.  Felix Ameka

Centre for Linguistics 

Leiden University  

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Prof. Elisa Maroney

Division of Deaf Studies and Professional Studies 

Western Oregon University

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