Acknowledgement

The idea to put together contributions from students and colleagues of Felix Kofi Ameka was conceived before the COVID-19 pandemic. Like all projects undertaken during this time, ours faced a lot of hurdles. We would like to thank the contributors for their immense patience, understanding and perseverance to see the project through to fruition. Our sincere thanks also go to the reviewers whose insightful comments helped improve the papers. We also acknowledge the help of Ymke Verploegen and Elly Van Gelderen of the Studies in Language Companion Series for agreeing to publish the book, and the John Benjamins production team for their assistance. Lastly, but not least, our tremendous gratitude goes to the angel, Ida Sodoke Assem, for the countless hours she spent to get the manuscript in shape.