Biography

Dr. Sophia Adjaye, a native of Ghana, is Associate Professor of English at California State University, Bakersfield, where she has been teaching linguistics, phonetics/phonology, sociolinguistics, and history of the English language. She received her M.A. in Phonetics and Ph.D. in Phonetics and Linguistics, both from University College London. Dr. Adjaye formerly lectured in English at the University of Ghana. Her research interests include English accents, English-Akan contact and Akan phonology.