Introduction

In June of 1980 the Linguistic Circle of Accra decided that the time was ripe to produce a book on language and language use in Ghana. The book should serve as a text on the subject for university students of linguistics and the social sciences, and at the same time be useful as a general reference handbook for those who may not have any background in linguistics, but need basic information on the linguistic situation in any part of Ghana. This book has resulted from that decision.