Nana Aba Appiah Amfo

University of Ghana

Publishing since 2007, latest 2021

Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Literature and Literary Theory
Artificial Intelligence
Gender Studies

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 212007–2021
Citations: 226to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 1.491.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 29%6 of 21 scored papers
Open access: 43%9 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Publications

21 in all

Managing authorship in (socio)linguistic collaborations
2021International Journal of the Sociology of LanguageJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1515/ijsl-2020-0078
Event Types and (In)Directness of Causation in Akan
2021Cognitive Semantics

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Language and Linguistics1781%
Linguistics and Language1257%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology524%
Literature and Literary Theory419%
Artificial Intelligence210%
Gender Studies210%
Philosophy210%
Communication15%
General Health Professions15%
Sociology and Political Science15%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies14
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation9
Multilingual Education and Policy8
Linguistic Variation and Morphology6
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition5
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies2
Gender Studies in Language2
Linguistics and Discourse Analysis2
Second Language Learning and Teaching2
Crime, Deviance, and Social Control1
EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning1
Gender Roles and Identity Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

48% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Norway5
Australia3
United States1
Mozambique1
Brazil1
Sweden1
Germany1
Hungary1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNO5 papers
Griffith UniversityAU2 papers
Ho Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinDE1 paper
Lancaster UniversityGB1 paper
Stockholm UniversitySE1 paper
Universidade de São PauloBR1 paper
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)BR1 paper
Universidade Federal de São PauloBR1 paper
University of South AustraliaAU1 paper

Where they publish

Current Issues in Language Planning2
Studies in African Linguistics2
Acta Linguistica Hafniensia1
Cognitive Semantics1
Communication & Medicine1
Discourse & Society1
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Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education13
10Reduced inequalities3
5Gender equality2

Most cited

The Morphopragmatics of the Diminutive Morpheme (-ba/-wa) in Akan
Lexis
201166 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Caring supporters or daring usurpers? Representation of women in Akan proverbs
Discourse & Society5
201458 citations
To Dance or Not to Dance Masculinities in Akan Proverbs and Their Implications for Contemporary Societies
Ghana Journal of Linguistics

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

2019Current Issues in Language PlanningJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.1080/14664208.2019.1582945

Multilingualism and language practices of Nigerien migrants in Ghana

2019Current Issues in Language PlanningJournalSenior author5 citations10.1080/14664208.2019.1582944

Lexicalization of Akan Diminutives:

2019Linguistik OnlineJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.13092/lo.94.5431

“Insanity is from home”

2018International Journal of Language and CultureJournalFirst author6 citations10.1075/ijolc.16016.amf

Language socialisation practices of children in multilingual Accra, Ghana

2018Legon Journal of the HumanitiesJournalOpen accessSenior author7 citations10.4314/ljh.v29i1.7

Commentaries on Omphile and his Soccer Ball: Colonialism, Methodology, Translanguaging Research

2018Multilingual Margins A journal of multilingualism from the peripheryJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.14426/mm.v5i2.1358

The Form and Function of English Loanwords in Akan

2014DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalSenior author6 citations10.53228/njas.v23i4.138

Indefiniteness marking and Akan bi

2009Journal of PragmaticsJournalFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1016/j.pragma.2009.02.002

'Abroad' and semantically related terms in some European languages and in Akan (Ghana)

2008Pragmatics & beyond. New seriesBook chapterSenior author3 citations10.1075/pbns.175.10fre

Reference, determiners and descriptive content

2008Studies in language companion seriesBook chapterSenior author5 citations10.1075/slcs.99.17fre

Noun phrase and clausal connectives in Akan

2007Studies in African LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.32473/sal.v36i1.107304

Explaining connections in Akan discourse

2007Languages in ContrastJournalFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1075/lic.7.2.06amf

Ghana Journal of Linguistics1

How it can be read

43% free to read

Diamond 7 · 33%Free to read and to publish
Bronze 2 · 10%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 12 · 57%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 21 papers name a funder

Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet2
University of Ghana1

201826 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

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

Current Issues in Language Planning4

201912 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Indefiniteness marking and Akan bi

Journal of Pragmatics4

20098 citationsWorld top 10%