Language Matters

Papers
(The TQCC of Language Matters is 1. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Ideological Stances in Yoruba Nation Secessionist Discourse in Nigerian Virtual Communities12
Evaluating the PEDS:DM Developmental Screening Tool in Zulu and Northern Sotho7
The Decolonisation of African Languages: Insights from Southern Africa7
Attitudes of Educated Nigerians towards Varieties of English6
Mapping Patterns of Ideologies in Nigeria’s Socio-political Discourse: Evidence from Herdsmen Discourse5
Exploring Euphemisms as Taboo Avoidance Strategies in the Mabia Languages5
Riding on Slogans and Mottos: Bicycle Taxis as Mobile Bodies of Meaning in Malawi5
Language Planning and Policy: Ideologies, Ethnicities, and Semiotic Spaces of Power , edited by Ashraf Abdelhay, Sinfree Makoni, and Cristine Severo4
Voices in Selected Comments of Obiageli Ezekwesili on the #BringBackOurGirls Protest3
Twisting Traditional Proverbs to Suit a Pandemic Situation: A Study of COVID-19 Postproverbials among the Nzema3
Encounters with Xenophobia: Language Learning Experiences of Cameroonian and Nigerian Migrants in South Africa3
A Pragma-Rhetorical Analysis of Speeches of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on COVID-193
Discourse Tactic(s) in Police-Suspect Interactions in Ibadan, Nigeria3
An Analysis of Selected Supreme Court Rulings on Human Rights Violation in Nigeria2
Indigenous Languages in an Online Space: Translanguaging for Visibilisation of Multilingualism and Multisemiotic Modes2
Editorial2
Material Evaluation of Communicative Competence in a Setswana Beginner Language Learning Course2
Discourse-Pragmatic Borrowing in South African English1
30 Years On1
Lexical Variation in Regional Modern Standard Arabic1
Modelling Bilinguals’ Language Shift Intentions: Towards the Development of the “Context-Dependent Theory of Language Shift”1
The Linguistic Landscape of Places of Worship in Accra: Religion and Multilingualism in Ghana1
An Ecological Approach to the Implementation of Language-in-Education Policy: A Kalanga Case Study1
Tomorrow May Not Be Yours: Military Slang and Jargon as Linguistic Performance in Nigeria1
Intercultural Communicative Competence of Chinese Language Learners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo1
Obstacles and Challenges Confronting Tonga Revitalisation in Zimbabwe1
Early Multilingualism and Bi/Multilingual Education in Tanzanian Primary Schools: Teachers’ Perceptions1
Foundation Phase Teachers’ Experiences with Teaching Xhosa Home Language to Baca-Speaking Learners in Umzimkhulu1
Speaking Venda in Public: Venda Youths’ Perception of Their L1 in Soshanguve1
Editorial1
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