Sampson is a Linguist with the Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He received his doctoral degree from the IGRA Graduate School at Universität Leipzig, Germany. His research broadly focuses on theoretical issues in the syntax and morphology of Kwa languages of West Africa, especially Gã and Akan (both spoken in southern Ghana). He has worked on a range of topics, including pronouns, clausal determiners, marking definiteness, negative polarity, and inherent complement verbs, among others. He is, presently, the Local Investigator for Akan in the European Research Council-funded LeibnizDream Project.
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Specializations
Academic interests · number = colleagues who share it
Recent activity
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Project
Apr 2023
Realizing Leibniz’s Dream: Child Languages as a Mirror of the Mind
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Fellowship
Jan 2022
Ghent Africa Platform Fellowship
Background
🎓 Education & qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics
University of Leipzig
2017
Master of Philosophy in Linguistics
University of Ghana
2011
Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics with Study of Religions
University of Ghana
2008
★ Career & positions
Departmental Registration & Exams Officer
Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
Sep, 2020 to Aug, 2022
Academic Advisor
Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
Aug, 2025 to Aug, 2025
Head of Department
Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
Aug, 2026 to Aug, 2026
Teaching & projects
Re-contextualization of ideas, promotion of critical thinking, and creation of a supportive learning environment
Projects
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Realizing Leibniz’s Dream: Child Languages as a Mirror of the Mind
Local Investigator (for Akan)
April 2020 - Present
Publications 18 works
2025
Bare singular and plural kinds
Agata Renans, Akua Campbell, Sampson Korsah
Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory · Article · Source: OpenAlex
Cross-disciplinary approaches to Information Structure in Niger-Congo languages
Akinbiyi Akinlabi, Sampson Korsah, Sharon Rose, Abdul-Razak Sulemana et al.
OAPEN (The OAPEN Foundation) · Article · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Deriving (anti)-uniqueness: demonstratives in Ga (Kwa)
Agata Renans, Sampson Korsah, Akua Campbell
Journal of Semantics · Article · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
2024
The Absence of Islands in Akan: The Role of Resumption
Sampson Korsah, Andrew Murphy
Languages · Article · 4 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Remarks on nominalised adjectives in Gã
Sampson Korsah
Studies in language companion series · Book-chapter · Source: OpenAlex
2023
On unexpected exceptions to prosodic vacuity and verbal resumption in Akan
Sampson Korsah, Augustina Pokua Owusu, Comfort Ahenkorah
Snippets · Article · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
2022
Object drop in Gã and the Radical Pro-Drop Generalization
Journal article · Source: ORCID
2019
Tonal reflexes of movement in Asante Twi
Sampson Korsah, Andrew Murphy
Natural Language & Linguistic Theory · Article · 41 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Islands and Resumption in Asante Twi
Sampson Korsah, Andrew Murphy
Article · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Removing clausal determiners in Kwa
Working paper · Source: ORCID
2017
Beyond resumptives and expletives in Akan
Conference paper · Source: ORCID
Reduplicated Indefinites in Ga: Concord or Polarity?
Sampson Korsah, Andrew Murphy
Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen · Article · Source: OpenAlex
Reduplicated indefinites in Gã: Concord or polarity?
Conference paper · Source: ORCID
2016
From polarity to reduplication in Gã
Working paper · Source: ORCID
On deriving inherent complement verb constructions
Conference paper · Source: ORCID
What can tone tell us about successive-cyclic movement? Evidence from Asante Twi
Conference paper · Source: ORCID
Undated
Cross-disciplinary approaches to information structure in Niger-Congo languages
Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Information Structure in African Languages 2022 Porto-Novo, Akinbiyi Akinlabi, Sampson Korsah, Sharon Rose et al.
Article · Source: OpenAlex
Remarks on nominalised adjectives in Gã
Book chapter · Source: ORCID
OpenAlex updated 10 Sep 2026
Honors & affiliations
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Ghent Africa Platform Fellowship
Ghent University, Belgium · 2022
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Member (Secretary 2021-2025)
Linguistics Association of Ghana · 2010
Colleagues & frequently viewed together
Dr. Benjamin Kubi
Lecturer · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Prof. Edoh Torgah
Associate Professor · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Dr. Vincent Erskine Aziaku
Senior Lecturer · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Dr. Kofi Busia Abrefa
Senior Lecturer · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Mr. Emmanuel Asubonteng
Senior Lecturer · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Mr. Peter Alexander Hope
Lecturer · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Dr. Stephen Anim
Lecturer · Department of Sports Sciences
Morphology
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Dr. Stephen Kwaku Amoah
Senior Lecturer · Department of Anatomy
Morphology
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Ms. Catherine Mensah
Assistant Lecturer · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
Morphology
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Dr. Ernest Nyamekye
Lecturer · Department of Arts Education
Kwa Languages
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Dr. Kofi Busia Abrefa
Senior Lecturer · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Prof. Edoh Torgah
Associate Professor · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Dr. Vincent Erskine Aziaku
Senior Lecturer · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Dr. Benjamin Kubi
Lecturer · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Mr. Emmanuel Asubonteng
Senior Lecturer · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Dr. Peter Boakye
Senior Lecturer · Department of History and Diplomacy
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Prof. Edoh Torgah
Associate Professor · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Dr. Vincent Erskine Aziaku
Senior Lecturer · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Dr. Benjamin Kubi
Lecturer · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Mr. Emmanuel Asubonteng
Senior Lecturer · Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
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Dr. Peter Boakye
Senior Lecturer · Department of History and Diplomacy
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