My current research focuses on language and social interaction, primarily in Siwu, but also with a comparative outlook in the larger Human Sociality and Systems of Language Use project. 

Since 2007 I have carried out over a year of fieldwork in Kawu (Akpafu) in Ghana's Volta Region. My home base there is in the friendly village of Akpafu-Mempeasem. I also spend a lot of time in Akpafu-Todzi, the mountain citadel of the Mawu people. 

Besides carrying out linguistic research, I like being of use to the Mawu people by recording stories and songs that are important to them and by disseminating recordings and archival materials to everyone interested, in Ghana as well as in the diaspora.

Other projects

• Language of Perception
• Ideophones and Sound-Symbolism
• Interactional Foundations of Language
• Synaesthesia across cultures