Kofi Yakpo

  Kofi Yakpo is a Full Professor and Chair of Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong. His research examines the linguistic and social forces shaping language evolution in multilingual societies, with emphasis on Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia. His books include A Grammar of Pichi (2019), Boundaries and Bridges: Language Contact in Multilingual Ecologies (2017), and Code-switching Between Structural and Sociolinguistic Perspectives (2015). His work has appeared in leading journals including Language, International Journal of Bilingualism, World Englishes, Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, Africa Spectrum, and English World-Wide. He has taught at universities in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, aiming to equip students with methods and critical perspectives for describing and documenting linguistic diversity.