Univ.-Prof. Dr. Adams Bodomo, BA MA MPhil PhD

T: +43-1-4277-43214

Summer term 2025

143211 VO The African Diaspora in China: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond

143220 KU Current Research Trends and Concepts in African Studies

143223 VO African Poetry Workshop

Winter term 2024

143242 VO The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond

143317 VO Language and Literature in their Social Contexts

143356 KU Afriphone Literatures: From Oral to Written Texts in African Languages

Summer term 2024

143211 VO The African Diaspora in China: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond

143220 KU Current Research Trends and Concepts in African Studies

143223 VO African Poetry Workshop

Abubakari, H., & Bodomo, A. (2024). Kusaal interrogatives: Discourse function and focus distinction. In M. Butt, J. Y. Findlay, & I. Toivonen (Eds.), The Proceedings of the LFG'24 Conference (Vol. 29, pp. 1-23). publikon. https://lfg-proceedings.org/lfg/index.php/main/article/view/51/52

Kenne, J., & Bodomo, A. (2024). Migration and linguistic integration: an investigation of Chinese immigrants’ language learning experience before moving to Africa. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2024.2420844

Bodomo, A. (2024). The Euro-American West should not underestimate the Global South. In Historical Thinking, Future Strategies: Democracy in a New Geopolitical Era (4 ed., pp. 14-17). Ed. Körber-Stiftung. https://koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/files/42433/e-paper-historyhotspot-2024-historical_thinking_future_strategies.pdf

Bodomo, A. (2024). Linguistic Human Rights for the Promotion of Democracy. In M. Kornprobst, & S. Redo (Eds.), Reinvigorating the United Nations (pp. 189-200). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032707648-14

Bodomo, A., Mboya, C., & Nkrumah, B. (2024). Confucius Institutes and the Promotion of Chinese Language and Culture: A Case Study. In J. Adeli, & L. Ammann (Eds.), New Silk Road Narratives: Local Perspectives on Chinese Presence along the Belt and Road Initiative, (pp. 179-192). Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing. https://doi.org/10.11588/hasp.1370.c19725

Bodomo, A., & Koblitz, C. (Eds.) (2024). Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Diversity in a Global Perspective. John Benjamins Publishing Company. FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures https://doi.org/10.1075/fillm.21

Bodomo, A., & Ali, M. (2023). YƐ Gorogoro Yaa: Dagaare Folktales in Parallel Texts. LIT Verlag. Vienna African languages and literatures (VALL) series Vol. 2

Che, D., & Bodomo, A. (2023). China and the European Union in Africa: win–win-lose or win–win-win? Asia Europe Journal, 21(2), 119-136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-023-00656-y

Bodomo, A., Ye, W., & Kenne, J. (2023). Guangzhou Dream Factory dir. by Christiane Badgley (review). African Studies Review, 66(1), 296-298. http://muse.jhu.edu/article/892460

Dakurah, G., Kanwetuu, V. D. P., & Bodomo, A. (2023). No Kagyin, No Funerals Among the Dagaaba of North-West Ghana: Understanding the Symbolic and Ritual Aspects of the Uses of Crops. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228231157188

Bodomo, A., & Anttila, A. (2022). Tone and morphological level ordering in Dagaare. Phonology, 39(3), 443-471. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952675723000167

Her, O., Che, D., & Bodomo, A. (2022). On a dichotomy of question types: the case of Mandarin Chinese and Changsha Xiang. The Linguistic Review, 39(2), 257-291. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1515/tlr-2022-2087

Ali, M., Grimm, S., & Bodomo, A. (2021). A dictionary and grammatical sketch of Dagaare. Language Science Press. African Language Grammars and Dictionaries Vol. 4 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4501694

Bodomo, A., & Che, D. (2021). LFG and African Languages. In M. Dalrymple (Ed.), Handbook of Lexical Functional Grammar Language Science Press.

Che, D., & Bodomo, A. (2021). When Africans meet Chinese: Is Calculator Communication a Form of World Englishes? In T. Heyd , & B. Schneider (Eds.), World Englishes (pp. 274-288). Bloomsbury Publishing.

Bodomo, A., & Ali, M. (Eds.) (2021). Ye Gorógoró Yaa: Dagaare Folktales in Parallel Texts. LIT Verlag. Vienna African languages and literatures (VALL) series Vol. 2

Bodomo, A., Abubakari, H., & Issah, S. A. (2020). Handbook of the Mabia Languages of West Africa. Galda Verlag. https://www.galda-verlag.de/product/handbook-of-the-mabia-languages-of-west-africa/

Bodomo, A. (2020). Historical and contemporary perspectives on inequalities and well-being of Africans in China. Asian Ethnicity, 21(4), 526-541. https://doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2020.1761246

Bodomo, A., Che, D., & Hongjie, D. (2020). Calculator communication in the markets of Guangzhou and beyond. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 30, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2020.1786575

Adams Bodomo

Professor

Department of African Studies

Type of address: Postal address.

Austria

Publications

Kusaal interrogatives: Discourse function and focus distinction

Abubakari, H. & Bodomo, A., 31 Dec 2024, The Proceedings of the LFG'24 Conference. Butt, M., Findlay, J. Y. & Toivonen, I. (eds.). publikon, Vol. 29. p. 1-23

Migration and linguistic integration: an investigation of Chinese immigrants’ language learning experience before moving to Africa

Kenne, J. & Bodomo, A., 1 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. p. 1-10

The Euro-American West should not underestimate the Global South

Bodomo, A., Sept 2024, Historical Thinking, Future Strategies: Democracy in a New Geopolitical Era. 4 ed. Ed. Körber-Stiftung, p. 14-17

Setting research priorities for global pandemic preparedness: An international consensus and comparison with ChatGPT’s output

Song, P., Adeloye, D., Acharya, Y., Bojude, D. A., Ali, S., Alibudbud, R., Bastien, S., Becerra-Posada, F., Berecki, M., Bodomo, A., Borrescio-Higa, F., Buchtova, M., Campbell, H., Chan, K. Y., Cheema, S., Chopra, M., Cipta, D. A., Castro, L. D., Ganasegeran, K., Gebre, T., & 40 othersGlasnović, A., Graham, C. J., Igwesi-Chidobe, C., Iversen, P. O., Jadoon, B., Lanza, G., Macdonald, C., Park, C., Islam, M. M., Mshelia, S., Nair, H., Ng, Z. X., Htay, M. N. N., Akinyemi, K. O., Parisi, M., Patel, S., Peprah, P., Polasek, O., Riha, R., Rotarou, E. S., Sacks, E., Sharov, K., Stankov, S., Supriyatiningsih, W., Sutan, R., Tomlinson, M., Tsai, A. C., Tsimpida, D., Vento, S., Glasnović, J. V., Vokey, L. B., Wang, L., Wazny, K., Xu, J., Yoshida, S., Zhang, Y., Cao, J., Zhu, Y., Sheikh, S. A. & Rudan, I., 16 Feb 2024, In: Journal of Global Health. 14, 14 p., 04054.

Linguistic Human Rights for the Promotion of Democracy

Bodomo, A., 1 Jan 2024, Reinvigorating the United Nations. Kornprobst, M. & Redo, S. (eds.). Routledge, p. 189-200 12 p.

Confucius Institutes and the Promotion of Chinese Language and Culture: A Case Study

Bodomo, A., Mboya, C. & Nkrumah, B., 2024, New Silk Road Narratives: Local Perspectives on Chinese Presence along the Belt and Road Initiative, . Adeli, J. & Ammann, L. (eds.). Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing, p. 179-192

Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Diversity in a Global Perspective

Bodomo, A. (ed.) & Koblitz, C. (ed.), 2024, Amsterdam/ Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. (FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures).

YƐ Gorogoro Yaa: Dagaare Folktales in Parallel Texts

Bodomo, A. & Ali, M., 31 Oct 2023, LIT Verlag. 256 p. (Vienna African languages and literatures (VALL) series, Vol. 2).

China and the European Union in Africa: win–win-lose or win–win-win?

Che, D. & Bodomo, A., Jun 2023, In: Asia Europe Journal. 21, 2, p. 119-136 18 p.

Guangzhou Dream Factory dir. by Christiane Badgley (review)

Bodomo, A., Ye, W. & Kenne, J., Mar 2023, African Studies Review, 66, 1, p. 296-298.

No Kagyin, No Funerals Among the Dagaaba of North-West Ghana: Understanding the Symbolic and Ritual Aspects of the Uses of Crops

Dakurah, G., Kanwetuu, V. D. P. & Bodomo, A., 14 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Omega: Journal of Death and Dying.

Tone and morphological level ordering in Dagaare

Bodomo, A. & Anttila, A., 10 Aug 2022, In: Phonology. 39, 3, p. 443-471 29 p.

On a dichotomy of question types: the case of Mandarin Chinese and Changsha Xiang

Her, O., Che, D. & Bodomo, A., 4 Mar 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Linguistic Review. 39, 2, p. 257-291 35 p.

A dictionary and grammatical sketch of Dagaare

Ali, M., Grimm, S. & Bodomo, A., 2021, Berlin: Language Science Press. 354 p. (African Language Grammars and Dictionaries, Vol. 4).

LFG and African Languages

Bodomo, A. & Che, D., 2021, Handbook of Lexical Functional Grammar. Dalrymple, M. (ed.). Berlin: Language Science Press, 44 p. (Empirically Oriented Theoretical Morphology and Syntax ).

When Africans meet Chinese: Is Calculator Communication a Form of World Englishes?

Che, D. & Bodomo, A., 2021, World Englishes. Heyd, T. & Schneider, B. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 274-288

Ye Gorógoró Yaa: Dagaare Folktales in Parallel Texts

Bodomo, A. (ed.) & Ali, M. (ed.), 2021, Wien: LIT Verlag. 241 p. (Vienna African languages and literatures (VALL) series, Vol. 2).

Handbook of the Mabia Languages of West Africa

Bodomo, A., Abubakari, H. & Issah, S. A., 24 Jun 2020, Berlin: Galda Verlag. 400 p.

Historical and contemporary perspectives on inequalities and well-being of Africans in China

Bodomo, A., Jun 2020, In: Asian Ethnicity. 21, 4, p. 526-541 16 p.

Calculator communication in the markets of Guangzhou and beyond

Bodomo, A., Che, D. & Hongjie, D., 2020, In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 30, p. 1-12 12 p.

Africa-China-Europe relations: Conditions and conditionalities

Bodomo, A., 30 Dec 2019, In: Journal of International Studies. 12, 4, p. 115 - 129 15 p.

The Globalization of Foreign Investment in Africa: In Comes the Dragon

Bodomo, A. & Che, D., 2 Nov 2019, Reconfiguring Trans-Regionalism in the Global South – African Asian Encounters. Rupert, U. & Anthony, R. (eds.). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 61-77 17 p. (International Political Economy Series).

A Dagaare Pandora's box: The syntax of verb serialization in an oral literature context

Bodomo, A., 1 Aug 2019, The Grammar of Verbs and their Arguments. Essegbey, J., Kallulli, D. & Bodomo, A. (eds.). Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, p. 115 - 149 34 p.

Introduction to "The Grammar of Verbs and their Arguments: A Cross-linguistic Perspective"

Essegbey, J., Kallulli, D. & Bodomo, A., 2019, Introduction to "The Grammar of Verbs and their Arguments: A Cross-linguistic Perspective". Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, p. 11-14 (Grammatische Analysen afrikanischer Sprachen = Grammatical Analyses of African Languages, Vol. 59).

Is China colonizing Africa?

Bodomo, A., 2019, Global Economic Governance and Human Development. Raudino, S. & Poletti, A. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 120-132 12 p. (The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series).

The Grammar of Verbs and their Arguments: A Cross-linguistic Perspective

Essegbey, J. (ed.), Kallulli, D. (ed.) & Bodomo, A. (ed.), 2019, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. 232 p. (Grammatische Analysen afrikanischer Sprachen = Grammatical Analyses of African Languages, Vol. 59).

The Bridge is not Burning Down: Transformation and Resilience within China's African Diaspora Communities

Bodomo, A., Feb 2018, In: African Studies Quarterly: the online journal of African studies. 17, 4, p. 63-83 20 p.

Introduction: African linguistics

Agwuele, A. & Bodomo, A., 1 Jan 2018, The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics. Agwuele, A. & Bodomo, A. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 1-11 11 p.

Is China colonizing Africa? Africa– China relations in a shifting global economic governance system

Bodomo, A., 1 Jan 2018, Global Economic Governance and Human Development. Raudino, S. & Poletti, A. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 120-133 14 p.

The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics

Agwuele, A. (ed.) & Bodomo, A. (ed.), 1 Jan 2018, Abingdon/New York: Routledge. 464 p.

A Constraint-Based Analysis of the Objects of VO Verbal Compounds in Mandarin Chinese

Che, D. & Bodomo, A., 2018, Proceedings of the LFG’18 Conference. Butt, M. & King, T. H. (eds.). Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University CSLI Publications, p. 171-190

Introduction: African Linguistics

Agwuele, A. & Bodomo, A., 2018, The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics. Agwuele, A. & Bodomo, A. (eds.). Abingdon/New York: Routledge, p. 1-11 11 p.

On nominalizing the serial verb in Mabia languages

Bodomo, A., Abubakari, H. & Che, D., 2018, In: Ghana Journal of Linguistics . 7, 2, p. 1-32

Tense and time-depth in the Mabia languages of West Africa: Testing the philosophy of linguistic relativity

Bodomo, A., 2018, The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics. Agwuele, A. & Bodomo, A. (eds.). Abingdon/New York: Taylor & Francis, p. 438-449 11 p.

Towards the Harmonization of a Writing System for the Mabia Languages of West Africa

Bodomo, A. & Abubakari, H., 10 Dec 2017, Deconstructing the Tower of Babel: Between the Harmonization and Fragmentation of African Language Orthographies. Prah, K. K. & Miti, L. (eds.). Cape Town, Vol. 120. p. 159 - 181 22 p. (CASAS book series, Vol. 120).

The Globalization of Foreign Investment in Africa: The Role of Europe, China, and India

Bodomo, A., 31 Oct 2017, 1 ed. Bingley: Emerald. 109 p.

Verb-Object Compounds and Idioms in Chinese

Bodomo, A., Yu, S. & Che, D., 26 Oct 2017, Computational and Corpus-Based Phraseology - 2nd International Conference, Europhras 2017, Proceedings: International Conference, Europhras 2017, London, UK, November 13-14, 2017. Mitkov, R. (ed.). Cham: Springer International, p. 383-396 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10596).

African Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures: Exploring Global Interdisciplinary Research Trends in the Humanities : inaugural lecture (Antrittsvorlesung) at the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, June 10, 2015

Bodomo, A., 30 Sept 2017, Glienicke: Galda Verlag. 50 p. (Inaugural lecture monographs in the humanities (ILM) series, Vol. 1).

Parallel text: a theoretical and methodological strategy for promoting African language literature in the twenty first century

Bodomo, A., 30 Sept 2017, In: Translation: A Transdisciplinary Journal. p. 36-52 16 p.

A comparative syntax of internally-headed relative clauses in Gur

Hiraiwa, K., Akanlig-Pare, G., Atintono, S., Bodomo, A., Essizewa, K. & Hudu, F., 7 Apr 2017, In: Glossa: a journal of general linguistics. 2, 1, p. 1-30 30 p., 27.

Afriphone literature as a prototypical form of African literature: Insights from prototype theory

Bodomo, A., 1 Oct 2016, In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies. 7, 5, p. 262-267 6 p.

Africans in China: Guangdong and Beyond

Bodomo, A., 31 Jul 2016, New York: Diasporic Africa Press. 166 p.

Some empirical and methodological problems for calibrating the African presence in Greater China

Bodomo, A. & Pajancic, C., 2016, Africans in China. Guangdong and Beyond. Bodomo, A. (ed.). New York: Diasporic Africa Press, p. 139 - 155 17 p.

The Ghanaian community in Hong Kong and Guangzhou

Bodomo, A., 2016, The socio-spatial landscape of international migration zones in Guangzhou. Li, Z. (ed.). Nanjing: Southeast University Press, p. 198 212 p.

African soft power in China

Bodomo, A., 30 Jun 2015, In: African East-Asian Affairs. 2015, 2, p. 76 - 97 22 p.

Counting beans: Some empirical and methodological problems for calibrating the African presence in Greater China

Bodomo, A. & Pajancic, C., 1 May 2015, In: Journal of Pan African Studies. 7, 10, p. 126 - 143 18 p.

Ebola outbreak: From the perspective of African migrants in China

Lin, L., Hall, B., Khoe, C. & Bodomo, A., 1 May 2015, In: American Journal of Public Health. 105, 5, p. e5-e5 1 p.

African traders in Guangzhou: a bridge community for Africa - China relations

Bodomo, A., 24 Apr 2015, Handbook on China and Developing Countries. Freeman, C. (ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 133-166 34 p. (Handbooks of research on contemporary China).

Health Care Experiences and Perceived Barriers to Health Care Access: A Qualitative Study Among African Migrants in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Lin, L., Brown, K. B., Yu, F., Yang, J., Wang, J., Schrock, J. M., Bodomo, A. B., Yang, L., Yang, B., Nehl, E. J., Tucker, J. D. & Wong, F. Y., 8 Oct 2014, In: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.

Africans in China: A bibliographical survey

Bodomo, A., 1 Aug 2014, In: Annual Review of African Studies in China. 2013, p. 109 - 121 13 p.

The African Traveller and the Chinese Customs Official: Ethnic Minority Profiling at Border Check Points in Hong Kong and China?

Bodomo, A., 22 Jun 2014, In: Journal of African American Studies. 19, p. 52–64

Africa - Asia Relations through the Prism of Television Drama: How Africans in Hong Kong Conceptualize Korean Culture

Bodomo, A. & Chabal, E-S., 2014, In: African and Asian Studies. 13, 4, p. 504-529 26 p.

African diaspora remittances are better than foreign aid funds: Diaspora-driven development in the 21st Century

Bodomo, A., Dec 2013, In: World Oil. 14, 4, p. 21-28

Review of Don Wyatt's 'The Blacks of Premodern China'

Bodomo, A., 2013, African Studies, 56, 3, p. 244-246.

Ubiquitous Conversations: A case study of interactivity enhancement in web-based learning

Bodomo, A., 2013, In: Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal. 5, 1, p. 1-14

We are what we eat: Food in the process of community formation and identity shaping among African traders in Guangzhou and Yiwu

Bodomo, A. & Ma, E., 19 Dec 2012, In: African Diaspora. 5, 1, p. 3-26 24 p.

Language Matters: The Role of Linguistic Identity in the Establishment of the Lusophone African Community in Macau

Bodomo, A. & Teixeira-E-Silva, R., 1 Apr 2012, In: African Studies. 71, 1, p. 71-90 20 p.

Africans in China: A sociocultural study and its implications for Africa - China relations

Bodomo, A., 2012, New York: Cambria Press.

La Globalizacion de la Inversiones en Africa

Bodomo, A., 2011, Los Libros de la Catarata.

Let's Speak Twi: A Proficiency Course in Akan Language and Culture

Bodomo, A., Marfo, C. & Hall-Lew, L., 2010, Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University CSLI Publications. 135 p.

Computer-Mediated Communication for Linguistics and Literacy: Technology and Natural Language Education

Bodomo, A., 2009, IGI Global.

A Proficiency Course in Zhuang: Fieldwork Documentation and Revitalization of a Language and Culture of Southwestern China

Bodomo, A. & Pan, Y., 2007, Linguistic Society of Hong Kong.

A Dagaare-Cantonese-English Lexicon for Lexicographical Field Research Training

Bodomo, A., 2004, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.

Lexical-Functional Grammar Analysis of Chinese

Bodomo, A. & Luke, K. K. (ed.), 2003, Journal of Chinese Linguistics Monograph.

Dagaare: Languages of the World Materials No. 165

Bodomo, A., 2000, LINCOM Europa.

Paths and Pathfinders: Exploring the Syntax and Semantics of Complex Verbal Predicates in Dagaare and other Languages

Bodomo, A., 1997, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

The Structure of Dagaare

Bodomo, A., 1997, 1 ed. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University CSLI Publications. (Stanford Monographs in African Languages).

The Making of An African Academic

Adams Bodomo (Keynote speaker)

4 Nov 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public