ASARE Esther

Esther Asare is a PhD student at the Department of Linguistics and Translation, City University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Professor Meichun Liu and with funding from the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship.  Esther has an MPhil in Ghanaian Languages and a B.A in English and Akan. Her MPhil thesis, titled, Conceptual metaphor and transitivity analysis of body parts fear and joy expressions in Akan won the School of Graduate Studies, University of Cape Coast Dean’s Award of Excellence. And for her BA studies, she was awarded the best graduating English student.

Prior to her enrolment in the PhD programme at CityU, she was a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics, University of Cape Coast, and  a part-time Course Demonstrator for the Department of Communication Studies, University of Cape Coast, all in Ghana, for three academic years. Between August 2019 and May 2023, Esther taught Akan linguistics courses for the College of Distance Education and an English grammar course for the Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. She has also served as assistant examiner for various examining bodies including the West African Examination Council (WAEC).

Language Description

Systemic Functional Grammar

Corpus Linguistics

Construction Grammar

Language and Gender

Training/Courses

• 16 -17; 23 - 24 January 2024: STEAM Education Training Course (under the Future Teacher Programme),  City University of Hong Kong
  • Skills acquired
    • Micro:bit Programming and Projects
    • Applying Generative AI Tools in Micro:bit Projects
    • Introduction to App Inventor
    •  Advanced App Development with App Inventor and Introduction to Python
• October 31 2023 - November 30 2023: Pragmatics in African Contexts Online Course, International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)
  • Skills Acquired

    • Different types of Pragmatics Research: Postcolonial Pragmatics; Variational Pragmatics; Medical Pragmatics

    • Data Types and Data Collection methods: Research Ethics; Audio-Video recording; Data transcription and annotation

• January 1 2023 - December 31 2023: African Research Talents Experiencing Mentorship in Science programme, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherland
  • Skills Acquired
    • Introduction to neuro imaging technologies (FMRI, EEG, MEG) and laboratories
    • Guide to applying for scientific positions and preparing project proposals
    • International experience and networking through a visit to the Max Planck Institute for Phycholinguistics

• November 2023 – date: Member, Linguistics Society of Hong Kong
• March 2023- date: Member, West African Systemic Functional Linguistics Interest Group
• November 2021 - date: Member, Systemic Functional Linguistics Interest Group
• August 2019 - date: Member, Linguistics Association of Ghana