Jemima Asabea Anderson

University of Ghana

Publishing since 2009, latest 2026

Linguistics and Language
Language and Linguistics
Literature and Literary Theory
Sociology and Political Science
Artificial Intelligence
Communication

Publications: 242009–2026
Citations: 269to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 3.011.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 38%9 of 24 scored papers
Open access: 50%12 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Publications

24 in all

Derogatory Akan names as pragmatic tools for social evaluation
2026African IdentitiesJournalFirst author0 citations10.1080/14725843.2026.2684701
A linguistic landscape of advertising billboards in Ghana and Tanzania: Indigenous language visibility, status, and communicative functions
2026Legon Journal of the Humanities

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Linguistics and Language1667%
Language and Linguistics1563%
Literature and Literary Theory729%
Sociology and Political Science417%
Artificial Intelligence313%
Communication313%
Human-Computer Interaction313%
Anthropology28%
Demography28%
Gender Studies28%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Multilingual Education and Policy15
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies12
Linguistic Variation and Morphology5
Second Language Learning and Teaching5
EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning4
Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity4
Digital Communication and Language3
Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism3
African history and culture studies2
Diaspora, migration, transnational identity2
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies2
Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

38% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234567Home

Most frequent partner countries

Hong Kong SAR3
United States1
Australia1
Pakistan1
Germany1
France1
Norway1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHK2 papers
Griffith UniversityAU1 paper
Lancaster UniversityGB1 paper
Langage, langues et cultures d'AfriqueFR1 paper
Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNO1 paper
University of BonnDE1 paper
University of California, San FranciscoUS1 paper
University of EducationPK1 paper
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR1 paper
University of Hong KongHK1 paper

Where they publish

Contemporary Journal of African Studies2
Corpus Pragmatics2
Current Issues in Language Planning2
Journal of Pragmatics2
Legon Journal of the Humanities2
African Identities1
Corpus-based Studies across Humanities

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education11
5Gender equality3
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
10Reduced inequalities1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Powerful women in powerless language: Media misrepresentation of African women in politics (the case of Liberia)
Journal of Pragmatics5
201189 citationsWorld top 10%
A Kente of Many Colours: Multilingualism as a Complex Ecology of Language Shift in Ghana
Sociolinguistic Studies
201064 citations
The choice of English as a home language in urban Ghana
Current Issues in Language Planning4

Borrowed Akan Discourse-Pragmatic Markers in Ghanaian English

2025Corpus-based Studies across HumanitiesJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.1515/csh-2025-0015

A closer look at the pragmatic marker sέbè in Akan

2025Linguistique et langues africainesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4000/15e41

The Shibboleths of the Kusaal Speakers of English as a Second Language in Ghana

2025International Journal of Second and Foreign Language EducationJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.33422/ijsfle.v4i2.987

Politeness in Computer-Mediated Pragmatics of Complaint Tweets by Clients of Ghanaian-based Telecom Networks

2024International Journal of Language and Literary StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.36892/ijlls.v6i3.1784

Communicative action and interaction in Africa: Towards a broader picture

2023Journal of PragmaticsJournalSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.1016/j.pragma.2023.07.013

The Goof, the Bad and the Ugly: "Indecent" Language Use on Ghanaian Radio

2022Contemporary Journal of African StudiesJournalOpen access1 citation10.4314/contjas.v8i2.4

The role of English as medium of instruction in lower primary schools in a selected community in Ghana

2021Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural DevelopmentJournalSenior authorCorresponding9 citations10.1080/01434632.2021.1998077

A linguistic landscape of the central business district of Accra

2020Legon Journal of the HumanitiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.4314/ljh.v31i1.1

The choice of English as a home language in urban Ghana

2019Current Issues in Language PlanningJournalCorresponding36 citations10.1080/14664208.2019.1582947

Multilingualism and language policies in the African context: lessons from Ghana

2019Current Issues in Language PlanningJournalOpen accessSenior author12 citations10.1080/14664208.2019.1582945

Codifying Ghanaian English

2009Varieties of English around the world. General seriesBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1075/veaw.g40.05and

Polite Requests in Non-native Varieties of English: The Case of Ghanian English

2009The Journal of Macrodynamic Analysis (Memorial University of Newfoundland)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations

Ghana Journal of Linguistics1

How it can be read

50% free to read

Diamond 5 · 21%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 4%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 17%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 12 · 50%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 24 papers name a funder

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation1
Carnegie Corporation of New York1
University of Ghana1

201936 citationsWorld top 10%

Multilingualism and language policies in the African context: lessons from Ghana

Current Issues in Language Planning4

201912 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Codifying Ghanaian English

Varieties of English around the world. General series4

200910 citations