Reginald Akuoko Duah

University of Ghana

Also at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlinfrom their recent papers

Associate Professor, University of Ghana, since 2014per ORCID

Publishing since 2017, latest 2026

Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Literature and Literary Theory
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

In their own words

Syntax
Semantics
Akan
Kwa

Publications: 92017–2026
Citations: 23to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 2.831.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 33%3 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 44%4 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, LinguisticsUniversity of Ghanasince 2014
Postdoctoral Researcher, English and American StudiesHumboldt University2018–2024

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, LinguisticsUniversity of Ghana2008–2013

Honours, memberships and service

MemberLinguistics Association of Ghanasince 2015
Co-Editor, Linguistics

Publications

9 in all

Exploring Variation in Infants' Preference for Infant‐directed Speech: Evidence From a Multi‐Site Study in Africa
2026Developmental ScienceJournal0 citations10.1111/desc.70242
Recognition of Familiar Wordforms and Phonological Variation in Akan by Multilingual Infants Learning African Tone Languages in Ghana
2026Developmental ScienceJournal

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Language and Linguistics556%
Linguistics and Language556%
Developmental and Educational Psychology444%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology111%
Literature and Literary Theory111%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health111%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Language Development and Disorders4
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies4
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation4
Linguistic Variation and Morphology3
Multilingual Education and Policy3
Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis2
Child and Animal Learning Development1
Infant Development and Preterm Care1
Multisensory perception and integration1
Phonetics and Phonology Research1
Reading and Literacy Development1
Second Language Learning and Teaching1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

67% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Germany4
France2
Netherlands2
Nigeria2
United Kingdom2
United States1
Senegal1
Kenya1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of PotsdamDE3 papers
Université Paris CitéFR2 papers
Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinDE2 papers
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR2 papers
Newcastle UniversityGB1 paper
Princeton UniversityUS1 paper
Ruhr University BochumDE1 paper
Sapienza University of RomeIT1 paper
Stanford UniversityUS1 paper
University of AmsterdamNL1 paper

Where they publish

Developmental Science3
Ghana Journal of Linguistics2
Cognitive Semantics1
Journal of Child Language1
Language Sciences1
Linguistics1

How it can be read

44% free to read

Diamond 2 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 2 · 22%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 5 · 56%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 9 papers name a funder

Fondation Fyssen2
Agence Nationale de la Recherche1
Jacobs Foundation1
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education6
10Reduced inequalities2

Ghana Journal of Linguistics

ACLS-AHP Scholar, English Language and LinguisticsRhodes University2016

Guest Researcher, LinguisticsUniversity of Potsdam2014

Cardinal numerals in Akan

2023Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gjl.v12i1.3

Event Types and (In)Directness of Causation in Akan

2021Cognitive SemanticsJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1163/23526416-07010001

Non-African Linguists Be Like, “This Is a New Way to Quote!”

2017Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/gjl.v6i2.5