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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Ideological Stances in Yoruba Nation Secessionist Discourse in Nigerian Virtual Communities12
The Decolonisation of African Languages: Insights from Southern Africa7
Evaluating the PEDS:DM Developmental Screening Tool in Zulu and Northern Sotho6
Positive Politeness in Writing-Centre Consultations with an Emphasis on Praise5
Attitudes of Educated Nigerians towards Varieties of English5
Mapping Patterns of Ideologies in Nigeria’s Socio-political Discourse: Evidence from Herdsmen Discourse5
Riding on Slogans and Mottos: Bicycle Taxis as Mobile Bodies of Meaning in Malawi4
Language Planning and Policy: Ideologies, Ethnicities, and Semiotic Spaces of Power , edited by Ashraf Abdelhay, Sinfree Makoni, and Cristine Severo3
Twisting Traditional Proverbs to Suit a Pandemic Situation: A Study of COVID-19 Postproverbials among the Nzema3
Exploring Euphemisms as Taboo Avoidance Strategies in the Mabia Languages3
Encounters with Xenophobia: Language Learning Experiences of Cameroonian and Nigerian Migrants in South Africa2
A Pragma-Rhetorical Analysis of Speeches of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on COVID-192
Voices in Selected Comments of Obiageli Ezekwesili on the #BringBackOurGirls Protest2
Discourse Tactic(s) in Police-Suspect Interactions in Ibadan, Nigeria2
To Bewithor Not: Emotional Causality and Afrikaans PrepositionalmetandvanConstructions2
Indigenous Languages in an Online Space: Translanguaging for Visibilisation of Multilingualism and Multisemiotic Modes1
30 Years On1
Tomorrow May Not Be Yours: Military Slang and Jargon as Linguistic Performance in Nigeria1
Foundation Phase Teachers’ Experiences with Teaching Xhosa Home Language to Baca-Speaking Learners in Umzimkhulu1
The Linguistic Landscape of Places of Worship in Accra: Religion and Multilingualism in Ghana1
Discourse-Pragmatic Borrowing in South African English1
Editorial1
An Ecological Approach to the Implementation of Language-in-Education Policy: A Kalanga Case Study1
Obstacles and Challenges Confronting Tonga Revitalisation in Zimbabwe1
Material Evaluation of Communicative Competence in a Setswana Beginner Language Learning Course1
An Analysis of Selected Supreme Court Rulings on Human Rights Violation in Nigeria1
Investigating Teachers’ Perceptions of Critical Literacy: A Case Study from Two South African Township Schools1
Early Multilingualism and Bi/Multilingual Education in Tanzanian Primary Schools: Teachers’ Perceptions1
Editorial1
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