Language Matters

Papers
(The median citation count of Language Matters is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial November 202513
The Decolonisation of African Languages: Insights from Southern Africa11
Women and Kaaps10
Ideological Stances in Yoruba Nation Secessionist Discourse in Nigerian Virtual Communities9
Mapping Patterns of Ideologies in Nigeria’s Socio-political Discourse: Evidence from Herdsmen Discourse8
Twisting Traditional Proverbs to Suit a Pandemic Situation: A Study of COVID-19 Postproverbials among the Nzema6
Exploring Euphemisms as Taboo Avoidance Strategies in the Mabia Languages6
What Constitutes Success in a Language Revitalisation Initiative? Views from the Kalanga Speech Community4
Language Planning and Policy: Ideologies, Ethnicities, and Semiotic Spaces of Power , edited by Ashraf Abdelhay, Sinfree Makoni, and Cristine Severo4
A Pragma-Rhetorical Analysis of Speeches of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on COVID-193
The Development of Academic and Plain English Parallel Word Lists and Subtitles for Undergraduate Students3
Attitudes towards Portuguese, Indigenous Languages, and Code-Switching in Mozambique: A Matched-Guise Study3
Riding on Slogans and Mottos: Bicycle Taxis as Mobile Bodies of Meaning in Malawi3
Voices in Selected Comments of Obiageli Ezekwesili on the #BringBackOurGirls Protest3
Assessing the Relevance of the 1992 Namibian Language in Education Policy (NLiEP) Document2
The Linguistic Landscape of Places of Worship in Accra: Religion and Multilingualism in Ghana2
A Critical Appraisal Study of Gender-Based Violence Discourse on Nairaland Digital Community2
30 Years On2
Discourse-Pragmatic Borrowing in South African English2
Linguistic Marginalisation and Multilingual Policy Gaps: African Language Speakers’ University Experiences Explored2
An Analysis of Selected Supreme Court Rulings on Human Rights Violation in Nigeria2
Material Evaluation of Communicative Competence in a Setswana Beginner Language Learning Course2
Early Multilingualism and Bi/Multilingual Education in Tanzanian Primary Schools: Teachers’ Perceptions2
Speaking Venda in Public: Venda Youths’ Perception of Their L1 in Soshanguve1
Power Relations in the 1951 and 2017 English Translations of Insila kaShaka1
Tomorrow May Not Be Yours: Military Slang and Jargon as Linguistic Performance in Nigeria1
Editorial1
Objection Overruled: Language Dynamics and Power Relations in Courtroom Interactions1
Obstacles and Challenges Confronting Tonga Revitalisation in Zimbabwe1
Editorial1
Modelling Bilinguals’ Language Shift Intentions: Towards the Development of the “Context-Dependent Theory of Language Shift”1
Phonological and Semantic Variations in Tsonga Spoken in Zimbabwe and South Africa1
Foundation Phase Teachers’ Experiences with Teaching Xhosa Home Language to Baca-Speaking Learners in Umzimkhulu1
Intercultural Communicative Competence of Chinese Language Learners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo1
To Be or Not to Be Extraposed: An Extraposition Profile of Paarl-Kaaps1
Editorial1
The Impact of Language Contact on Terminology Development and Orthography in Xitsonga0
The Officialisation of South African Sign Language—What Is There to Gain?0
Editorial0
A Discourse-Based Analysis of Perceptions of Nigerian Pidgin Among the Nigerian Diaspora0
Aspects of Digital Multilingualism in Twenty-First Century Retail Banking in Nigeria0
Scripting Identities: Reading Language Dynamics and Ideologies on Shop Signs in Kampala0
World Englishes: The Local Lives of a Global Language , by Bertus van Rooy0
A Survey of Language Shift in Communicative Domain Preferences among Idoma Youths0
“A Name That Recognises You”: Local Analysis of Semiotic Dynamics in Semi-Informal Markets in South Africa0
Incidental Vocabulary Learning in a Postcolonial English Second Language Context0
Attitudes of Nigerians Towards BBC Pidgin: A Preliminary Study0
Editorial0
Grounding Mechanisms in Selected Interviews of President Muhammadu Buhari0
Editorial0
The Linguistic Repertoires of Xhosa-Speaking People in TikTok Videos0
An Applied Linguistic Analysis of Social Transformation: Bult Magazine (1987–2022)0
Call for Contributions: A Special Issue on Afrikaans Sociolinguistics0
Consonants of Lesotho English: Features and Comparison with South African Varieties0
Identity Construction and Its Influence on Language Shift among Ghanaian and Nigerian Bi/Multilinguals0
Students’ Perceived Language Competence and Attitudes Towards Multilingualism at a South African University0
Creating Student-Authored Learning Material: A Case of Kaaps-Speaking Engineering Students0
Some Missionary-Influenced Early Borrowed Words and Names in Xhosa0
Back to the Future: Uncovering Deeper Meanings in Historical Newspaper Texts0
Language Contact in Santrokofi, a Ghana-Togo Mountain Language Community: Impact on Selee0
Police Written Discourse: Analysing Notable Glitches in Police Reports0
Pictures of Language: Language Metaphors in a Recent Language Policy Framework0
Neologisms in Social Media-Based Political Discourse on Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Election0
The Handbook of Multilingualism, Identity, and Language Endangerment in Africa , edited by Alireza Korangy and Evgeniya Gutova0
Effects of Declarative and Procedural Memory in the Development of Grammatical Structures0
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Former President Nelson Mandela's Two State of the Nation Addresses (1994 and 1999)0
Challenges Facing Mpondo Learners in Learning Standard Xhosa: Teachers’ Perspectives0
An Investigation into Some Orthographic Challenges in Afan Oromo: The Case of Digraphs0
Languaging in Law: Applying Decolonial and Translingual Scholarship in a Law School’s Writing Centre0
Language Choice and Identity Construction among Bilinguals at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana0
On Critical Linguistic Landscape in Motion: A Decolonial Approach to Automobile Graffiti0
Linguistic Landscapes and Dominant Language Constellations: The Multilingual Behaviour of Minoritised Migrant Populations in Lusaka, Zambia0
Relational Work Strategies in Seller–Buyer Haggling Exchanges in Markets of Port Harcourt, Nigeria0
Editorial0
Foreignisation and Translator Visibility: Subversion of English in Translated Swati Short Stories0
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