Abraham Kwesi Bisilki

Lecturer, University of Education, Winnebaper ORCID

Publishing since 1970, latest 2026

Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Literature and Literary Theory
Communication
Cultural Studies

In their own words

General Linguistics
Language Documentation
Linguistic Typology
Sociolinguistics
CMT and Oral Lit

Publications: 201970–2026
Citations: 97to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 2.081.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 20%2 of 10 scored papers
Open access: 60%6 of the 10 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 122 citations, h-index 7 and i10-index 5 (100 citations and h-index 7 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Applied LinguisticsUniversity of Education, Winneba

Education

M.Phil, Applied LinguisticsThe University of Education, Winneba
Bachelor'sThe University of Cape Coast
PhD Candidate, LinguisticsThe University of Hong Kong

On their papers

University of Education, Winneba9 works

Publications

20 in all

Tone in Mabia Languages: Structure and Processes
2026LanguagesJournalOpen access1 citation10.3390/languages11050104
Online linguistic landscaping and indigenous languages in multilingual Ghana
2025International Journal of MultilingualismJournalFirst authorCorresponding

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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 Linguistics1050%
Linguistics and Language420%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology315%
Literature and Literary Theory315%
Communication15%
Cultural Studies15%
Gender Studies15%
Philosophy15%
Sociology and Political Science15%

Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies7
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation4
EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning2
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition2
Linguistic Variation and Morphology2
Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity2
Multilingual Education and Policy2
Second Language Learning and Teaching2
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies1
Gender Studies in Language1
Language and cultural evolution1
Linguistics and Discourse Analysis1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

50% of their 10 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223344Home

Most frequent partner countries

Hong Kong SAR5
Austria1
France1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Hong KongHK5 papers
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR1 paper
École Pratique des Hautes ÉtudesFR1 paper
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations OrientalesFR1 paper
Langage, langues et cultures d'AfriqueFR1 paper
University of ViennaAT1 paper
Accra College of EducationGH1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
Ghana Education ServiceGH1 paper
University of GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Linguistics3
Contemporary Journal of African Studies2
Journal of West African Languages2
12th Linguistics Association of Ghana Conference (LAG)1
BOOKS/FESCHSCHRIFTS1
International Journal of Multilingualism1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education7

Most cited

A sociolinguistic analysis of kinship terms in Likpakpaln (Konkomba)
Ghana Journal of Linguistics
201726 citations
Noun pluralisation as a dialect marker in līkpākpáln ‘konkomba’
Journal of West African Languages
201714 citations
The heart has caught me
Sociolinguistic Studies
202110 citations

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Relativization in Likpakpaln (Ghana): New typological perspectives on the Mabia (Gur) languages

2024The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistiqueJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1017/cnj.2024.17

The causative construction in Likpakpaanl (Konkomba)

2023Studies in African LinguisticsJournalFirst author0 citations

The heart has caught me

2021Sociolinguistic StudiesJournalFirst author10 citations10.1558/sols.42338

Posture Verb Nominalisation in Likpakpaln (Konkomba)

2019Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4314/gjl.v8i1.1

BODY-PART TERMS IN LIKPAKPALN.

2019Journal of West African LanguagesJournalFirst author8 citations

FOLKTALES AND GENDER AMONG THE BIKPAKPAAM â€˜ KONKOMBAâ€™ OF GHANA

2019BOOKS/FESCHSCHRIFTSJournalFirst author0 citations

A dialect-based investigation of the future marker in Likpakpaln (Konkomba)

201912th Linguistics Association of Ghana Conference (LAG)JournalFirst author0 citations

Body-part derived expressions in Likpakpaln (Konkomba): A study in ethnolinguistics

2019Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG) ConferenceJournalFirst author0 citations

The dilemmas of bilingual education in rural Ghana: A case study of the Nkwanta North District

2018Legon Journal of the HumanitiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4314/ljh.v29i2.6

A Sociolinguistic and literary analysis of the proverb in Likpakpaln ‘Konkomba’

2018Journal of Linguistics, Language and CultureJournalFirst author7 citations

Bisilki: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Kinship Terms in Likpakpaln (Konkomba)

2017Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.4314/gjl.v6i3.2

Evaluative speech acts of Ghanaian graduate students: a case study of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

2017Contemporary Journal of African StudiesJournalFirst author3 citations

A sociolinguistic analysis of kinship terms in Likpakpaln (Konkomba)

2017Ghana Journal of LinguisticsJournalFirst author26 citations

Noun pluralisation as a dialect marker in līkpākpáln ‘konkomba’

2017Journal of West African LanguagesJournalFirst author14 citations

Journal of Linguistics, Language and Culture1

Language & Communication1

How it can be read

60% free to read, of the 10 recorded

Diamond 3 · 15%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 5%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 10%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 4 · 20%Behind a paywall
Unknown 10 · 50%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

1 of 20 papers name a funder

Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology1

BODY-PART TERMS IN LIKPAKPALN.

Journal of West African Languages

20198 citations