Samuel Alhassan Issah

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Communication
Artificial Intelligence
Gender Studies

In their own words

Theoretical and descriptive linguistics
structure and literatures of Mabia languages

Publications: 362008–2026
Citations: 207to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 1.851.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 28%5 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 56%10 of the 18 whose access is recorded

Google Scholar shows 297 citations, h-index 12 and i10-index 14 (188 citations and h-index 8 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Publications

36 in all

Tone in Mabia Languages: Structure and Processes
2026LanguagesJournalOpen access1 citation10.3390/languages11050104
The semantics of Dagbani cut and break verbs
2025Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language StudiesJournalCorresponding0 citations

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Citations received each year

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

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Language and Linguistics1747%
Linguistics and Language925%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology719%
Communication411%
Artificial Intelligence26%
Gender Studies13%
Sociology and Political Science13%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation13
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies7
Linguistic Variation and Morphology7
Phonetics and Phonology Research5
Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism4
Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis3
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition2
Linguistics and language evolution2
Multilingual Education and Policy2
Gender Studies in Language1
Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection1
Historical Linguistics and Language Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

39% of their 18 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Pakistan3
Germany2
Russia1
United States1
Austria1
Hong Kong SAR1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH5 papers
Accra College of EducationGH4 papers
University of EducationPK3 papers
Goethe University FrankfurtDE2 papers
Ghana Education ServiceGH2 papers
St. Vincent College of EducationGH2 papers
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences GhanaGH2 papers
Pskov Volny InstituteRU1 paper
Saint Vincent CollegeUS1 paper
University of Hong KongHK1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Linguistics4
Journal of West African Languages3
Contemporary Journal of African Studies2
International Journal of Language and Culture2
Languages2
Studia Linguistica2
ACAL in SoCAL

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education14
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

On the structure of A-bar constructions in Dagbani: Perspectives of wh-questions and fragment answers
Peter Lang
202024 citations
Information packaging in Dagbani
Master‘s Thesis, University of Tromso
200818 citations
Handbook of the Mabia languages of West Africa
Galda Verlag
202016 citations
Phrasal identificational and contrastive focus in Dagbani

The structure of the Dagbani conditional clause

2025Contemporary Journal of African StudiesJournalFirst author0 citations10.4314/contjas.v12i1.5

The heart became hot

2024International Journal of Language and CultureJournalSenior author0 citations10.1075/ijolc.00059.iss

Visiting A Neglected Lexical Category: An Overview of Dagbani Adverbials

2024Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gjl.v13i2.3

Phonological variation in Kusaal: A synchronic dialectological study

2024ACAL in SoCALJournalSenior author1 citation

Mabia languages and cultures expressed through personal names

2023International Journal of Language and CultureJournal11 citations10.1075/ijolc.22037.abu

The Structure of Dagbani Sentential Negation*

2023Studia LinguisticaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1111/stul.12209

A Comparative Study of Ideophones in Dagbani and Gurenԑ

2022Nordic Journal of African StudiesJournalSenior author1 citation

Interrogative Pronouns in Dagbani and Likpakpaanl

2021Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/gjl.v10i2.2

Semantics of Nominal Classification in Mabia Languages

2021World Congress of African Linguistics Leiden UniversityJournalFirst author1 citation

Subject and non-subject ex-situ focus in Dagbani

2020Glossa a journal of general linguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.5334/gjgl.664

The syntax of weak and strong pronouns in Dagbani and Kusaal

2020Studia LinguisticaJournalSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.1111/stul.12135

Reflexives and intensifiers in Dagbani and Gurenɛ

2020Contemporary Journal of African StudiesJournalFirst author3 citations10.4314/contjas.v7i2.4

Handbook of the Mabia languages of West Africa

2020Galda VerlagReportSenior author16 citations

The syntax of strong and weak pronouns in Dagbani and kusaal

2020Studia Linguistica: A Journal of General LinguisticsJournalSenior author5 citations

The form and function of Dagbani demonstratives

2018The Routledge Handbook of African LinguisticsBook chapterFirst author2 citations10.4324/9781315392981-15

The conjoint–disjoint alternation in Dagbani

2018Manuscript, Goethe Universität FrankfurtJournalSenior author6 citations

Conjoint and disjoint verb alternations in Dagbani

2016Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.4314/gjl.v4i2.2

Introduction to linguistics

2016Accra: University PressReportFirst author12 citations

An analysis of interrogative constructions in Dagbani

2015Journal of West African LanguagesJournalFirst author10 citations

The structure of the Dagbani simple noun phrase

2013South African Journal of African LanguagesJournalFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1080/02572117.2013.871462

The Function of the Post Verbal la in Dagbani

2013Studies in African LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.32473/sal.v42i2.107272

Focus and constituent question formation in Dagbani

2013Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.4314/gjl.v2i1.35

Phrasal identificational and contrastive focus in Dagbani

2012Journal of West African LanguagesJournalFirst author16 citations

The Correlation between Aspect and Transitivity Alternation in Dagbani

2011The Buckingham Journal of Language and LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.5750/bjll.v4i0.37

The phonology of Dagbani verbal reduplication

2011Journal of West African LanguagesJournalFirst author13 citations

Reflexive pronouns in Dagbani

2011Legon Journal of the HumanitiesJournalFirst author8 citations

Information packaging in Dagbani

2008Master‘s Thesis, University of TromsoJournalFirst author18 citations

Accra: University Press1

How it can be read

56% free to read, of the 18 recorded

Diamond 5 · 14%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 8%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 22%Behind a paywall
Unknown 18 · 50%Not recorded by the source

Journal of West African Languages

The phonology of Dagbani verbal reduplication

Journal of West African Languages

201113 citations