Esther Serwaah Afreh

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 1991, latest 2026

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Literature and Literary Theory
Language and Linguistics
Communication
Accounting
Developmental and Educational Psychology

In their own words

English language and linguistics

Publications: 251991–2026
Citations: 60to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.341.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 85%11 of the 13 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 97 citations, h-index 5 and i10-index 3 (85 citations and h-index 5 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

25 in all

‘Jɔɔgye Kumpala, Maame Container’: Conceptual metaphors and ideologies in Oyerepa Afutuo, Oyerepa Radio/TV, Kumasi, Ghana
2026E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.38159/ehass.20267622
Modality in the Independence Day Speeches of John Dramanai Mahama and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
2026

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology728%
Literature and Literary Theory624%
Language and Linguistics520%
Communication312%
Accounting14%
Developmental and Educational Psychology14%
Education14%
Gender Studies14%
Human-Computer Interaction14%
Law14%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Language, Metaphor, and Cognition7
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies4
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies3
Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics2
Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism2
African cultural and philosophical studies1
Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification1
Digital Communication and Language1
Gender Studies in Language1
Law in Society and Culture1
Legal Issues in Education1
Lexicography and Language Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their 13 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM4 papers
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentGH3 papers
St. Ambrose College of EducationGH2 papers
University for Development StudiesGH1 paper
Ghana Education ServiceGH1 paper
Abetifi Presbyterian College of EducationGH1 paper
Mampong Technical College of EducationGH1 paper

Where they publish

E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences6
Cognitive Semantics2
African Books Collective1
Aspects of Akan Verbal Semantics1
Identity meets nationality. Voices from the humanities1
International Journal of English Language, Literature and Humanities

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education8
5Gender equality3
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Metaphors of death in Akan
Identity meets nationality. Voices from the humanities
201112 citations
The metonymic and metaphoric conceptualisations of the heart in Akan and English
Legon Journal of the Humanities4
201610 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Metaphors Otumfoɔ Lives by: A Cognitive Linguistic Study of Metaphors in some Addresses by Otumfoɔ Osei Tutu ii, Asantehene
Cognitive Semantics

Journal of Languages and Translation

A Corpus-Based Cross-Disciplinary Study of Unattended Anaphoric Pronouns in L2 Postgraduate Theses

2025Journal of English Language and Pedagogy (JELPA)JournalOpen access0 citations10.51826/jelpa.v3i1.1323

Language, Law, and Culture: Exploring Conceptual Metaphors in Ghanaian Supreme Court Judgements

2025E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.38159/ehass.202561513

Informality in Ghanaian postgraduate theses: A cross-disciplinary perspective

2025Journal of Languages for Specific Purposes (JLSP)Journal1 citation

Syntax, Technology and Politics: Analyzing Political Facebook Posts

2024E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.38159/ehass.2024578

A diachronic corpus-based study of hedging in L2 postgraduate theses in civil engineering

2024International Journal of Research Studies in EducationJournalOpen access1 citation10.5861/ijrse.2024.24022

A Comparative Corpus-Based Study of Genitive Variation in Written Native and Non-Native Speakers’ Narratives

2024International Journal of Language and Literary StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.36892/ijlls.v6i2.1654

Roll up your sleeves: designing a course on Italian for healthcare

2024Journal of Languages for Specific PurposesJournal1 citation

Football and metaphor

2024Language and FootballJournalSenior author0 citations

The Discourse Functions of Antonyms in Faceless by Amma Darko

2023E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.38159/ehass.2023436

A Morpho-Syntactic Analysis of Gender-Fair Language in Advertisements of Cosmetic Products in Ghana

2023E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.38159/ehass.20234117

Aspects of Akan Verbal Semantics

2023Linguistics Association of GhanaJournal3 citations

The Basic Locative Construction (BLC) in Akan and the Semantics of Akan Posture Verbs

2023Aspects of Akan Verbal SemanticsJournalFirst author0 citations

Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo’s Inaugural Address: Conceptual metaphors, metonymies and values to celebrate a presidency

2022Journal for Research Scholars and Professionals of English Language TeachingJournalFirst author3 citations

A Cognitive Linguistic Study of Metaphors in Selected Advertisements by some Financial Institutions in Ghana

2017Online Proceedings of UK-CLA MeetingsJournalFirst author5 citations

The metonymic and metaphoric conceptualisations of the heart in Akan and English

2016Legon Journal of the HumanitiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.4314/ljh.v26i1.3

Metaphors of death in Akan

2011Identity meets nationality. Voices from the humanitiesJournalFirst author12 citations

Identity meets nationality: voices from the humanities

2011African Books CollectiveReport4 citations

The Discourse Functions of Antonyms in Faceless by Amma Darko

1991LinguisticsJournalFirst author0 citations

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies1

International Journal of Research Studies in Education1

How it can be read

85% free to read, of the 13 recorded

Diamond 5 · 20%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 24%In an open-access journal
Closed 2 · 8%Behind a paywall
Unknown 12 · 48%Not recorded by the source

Hedging Strategies in Health Discourse : A Study of Pharmaceutical Leaflets

The Journal of AsiaTEFL4

20176 citationsOpen access · Diamond