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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Namibian Teachers’ Beliefs about Medium of Instruction and Language Education Policy Implementation5
A Portrait-Corpus Study of Language Attitudes towards Afrikaans and English4
The Revitalisation of the Tonga Language in Zimbabwe: The Strategies4
Urban Youth Style or Emergent Urban Vernacular? The Rise of Namibia's Kasietaal4
Interpretation and Translation as Disciplines and Professions in Zimbabwe: A Critical Appraisal4
Language and Discourse in Contemporary South African Politics: A Critical Discourse Analysis4
Language and Identity: Multilingual Immigrant Learners in South Africa3
A Cross-Linguistic Study of BLOOD Metaphors in Afrikaans and Northern Sotho2
Borrowed Discourse-Pragmatic Features in Kenyan English2
Metaphor Frequency and Distribution in Three Sesotho Newspapers’ Coverage of HIV and AIDS2
Indigenous Languages in an Online Space: Translanguaging for Visibilisation of Multilingualism and Multisemiotic Modes2
Editorial1
Evaluating the PEDS:DM Developmental Screening Tool in Zulu and Northern Sotho1
To Bewithor Not: Emotional Causality and Afrikaans PrepositionalmetandvanConstructions1
The Officialisation of South African Sign Language: Implications for Place-Name Planning1
Imagined Futures and New Technology: Youths’ Language Attitudes in Songea, Tanzania1
Investigating Teachers’ Perceptions of Critical Literacy: A Case Study from Two South African Township Schools1
Attitudes of Educated Nigerians towards Varieties of English1
A Multidimensional Interface and Nigerian Political Discourse: A Case Study of Ideological Issues Underlying Coronavirus Discourse in Nigeria1
Editorial1
An Ecological Approach to the Implementation of Language-in-Education Policy: A Kalanga Case Study1
Riding on Slogans and Mottos: Bicycle Taxis as Mobile Bodies of Meaning in Malawi1
Objection Overruled: Language Dynamics and Power Relations in Courtroom Interactions1
The Officialisation of South African Sign Language—What Is There to Gain?1
The Decolonisation of African Languages: Insights from Southern Africa1
Public Access to, Involvement in, and the Right to Petition Parliament in Zimbabwe1
“Linking the Dots”: Metaphors in the Narrative of Self-Justification by Former President Zuma1
Multilingual Assessment: Levelling the Cognition–Emotion Playing Field at the University of the Western Cape1
Adjectives in Likpakpaln (Konkomba): Structural and Areal-Typological Aspects0
An Analysis of Selected Supreme Court Rulings on Human Rights Violation in Nigeria0
Phonological and Semantic Variations in Tsonga Spoken in Zimbabwe and South Africa0
Language Choice and Identity Construction among Bilinguals at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana0
Editorial0
Police Written Discourse: Analysing Notable Glitches in Police Reports0
Positive Politeness in Writing-Centre Consultations with an Emphasis on Praise0
A Pragma-Rhetorical Analysis of Speeches of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on COVID-190
Editorial0
A Tale of Many Tongues: Towards Conceptualising Nigerian Youth Languages0
Ideological Stances in Yoruba Nation Secessionist Discourse in Nigerian Virtual Communities0
The Dynamics of Language: A Linguistic Analysis of the Framing of COVID-19 in Eswatini0
The Factative and Perfect Aspect Markers in Degema and Kalaḅarị0
Challenges Facing Mpondo Learners in Learning Standard Xhosa: Teachers’ Perspectives0
Editorial0
Compulsory isiZulu at the University of KwaZulu-Natal: The Attitudes of Enrolled Students0
Relational Work Strategies in Seller–Buyer Haggling Exchanges in Markets of Port Harcourt, Nigeria0
Grounding Mechanisms in Selected Interviews of President Muhammadu Buhari0
Lexical Variation in Regional Modern Standard Arabic0
Lexical Innovation and Mainstreaming in Igbo Indigenous Music0
Noun Classes and Agreement in Dawida0
Editorial0
Material Evaluation of Communicative Competence in a Setswana Beginner Language Learning Course0
Editorial0
Tomorrow May Not Be Yours: Military Slang and Jargon as Linguistic Performance in Nigeria0
Language Preservation, Evolution, and Loss: The Case of the Shona Language Spoken in Kenya0
Discourse Tactic(s) in Police-Suspect Interactions in Ibadan, Nigeria0
Editorial0
Encounters with Xenophobia: Language Learning Experiences of Cameroonian and Nigerian Migrants in South Africa0
Editorial0
The Silence of South African Health Policies on the Language Barrier Between Healthcare Providers and Patients0
Language Planning and Policy: Ideologies, Ethnicities, and Semiotic Spaces of Power , edited by Ashraf Abdelhay, Sinfree Makoni, and Cristine Severo0
“A Name That Recognises You”: Local Analysis of Semiotic Dynamics in Semi-Informal Markets in South Africa0
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Former President Nelson Mandela's Two State of the Nation Addresses (1994 and 1999)0
Factors Contributing to Student Language Outcomes in a Biliteracy Setting According to Teachers’ and Parents’ Views0
Attitudes of Nigerians Towards BBC Pidgin: A Preliminary Study0
Editorial0
Editorial0
Language Styles of Automotive Mechanics in Selected Garages in Dar es Salaam0
Multilingualism in Education: The Lived Experience of the Marginalised Language Learner0
Pictures of Language: Language Metaphors in a Recent Language Policy Framework0
Call for Contributions: A Special Issue on Afrikaans Sociolinguistics0
Diphthongs in Igbo? Language Contact in the Igbo and Anaang Borderlands0
Evaluativity in the Afrikaans Equative and Excessive Constructions0
Foundation Phase Teachers’ Experiences with Teaching Xhosa Home Language to Baca-Speaking Learners in Umzimkhulu0
Congruence between Teachers’ Spoken Discourse and Students’ Vocabulary Levels: Is the Gap Too Wide?0
Obstacles and Challenges Confronting Tonga Revitalisation in Zimbabwe0
Elicited Production of Part/Whole and General/ Specific Articles by Four- to Nine-Year-Old Afrikaans- and South African English-Speaking Monolinguals0
Back to the Future: Uncovering Deeper Meanings in Historical Newspaper Texts0
Scripting Identities: Reading Language Dynamics and Ideologies on Shop Signs in Kampala0
Exploring Euphemisms as Taboo Avoidance Strategies in the Mabia Languages0
Mapping Patterns of Ideologies in Nigeria’s Socio-political Discourse: Evidence from Herdsmen Discourse0
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