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
Language Planning and Policy: Ideologies, Ethnicities, and Semiotic Spaces of Power , edited by Ashraf Abdelhay, Sinfree Makoni, and Cristine Severo4
What Constitutes Success in a Language Revitalisation Initiative? Views from the Kalanga Speech Community4
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Former President Nelson Mandela's Two State of the Nation Addresses (1994 and 1999)0
Effects of Declarative and Procedural Memory in the Development of Grammatical Structures0
An Investigation into Some Orthographic Challenges in Afan Oromo: The Case of Digraphs0
Challenges Facing Mpondo Learners in Learning Standard Xhosa: Teachers’ Perspectives0
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
The Impact of Language Contact on Terminology Development and Orthography in Xitsonga0
Editorial0
The Officialisation of South African Sign Language—What Is There to Gain?0
Aspects of Digital Multilingualism in Twenty-First Century Retail Banking in Nigeria0
A Discourse-Based Analysis of Perceptions of Nigerian Pidgin Among the Nigerian Diaspora0
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
An Applied Linguistic Analysis of Social Transformation: Bult Magazine (1987–2022)0
The Linguistic Repertoires of Xhosa-Speaking People in TikTok Videos0
Consonants of Lesotho English: Features and Comparison with South African Varieties0
Call for Contributions: A Special Issue on Afrikaans Sociolinguistics0
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
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