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Josephine Dzahene-Quarshie

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Associate Professor , University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF LANGUAGES
DepartmentDEPT. OF AFRICAN AND ASIAN LANGUAGE
linguisticssociolinguisticsSwahilipragmaticssyntax
Publications

30

Citations

240

H-index

8

i10-index

6

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
8.0
Most cited paper
94
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
16 Sep 2026, 02:56
Publications

30 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
A kente of many colours: Multilingualism as a complex ecology of language shift in Ghana
A Bodomo, JA Anderson, J Dzahene-Quarshie
2010 Sociolinguistic Studies 3 (3), 357-379, 2010 Humanities 94
Viewing gender through the eyes of proverbs: Reflections of gender ideology in the Akan and Swahili societies
J Dzahene-Quarshie, S Omari
2021 Journal of pragmatics 174, 128-142, 2021 Social Sciences 29
Ghana’s contribution to the promotion of Kiswahili: Challenges and prospects for African unity
J Dzahene-Quarshie
2013 The Journal of Pan African Studies 6 (6), 69-85, 2013 Humanities 17
Language policy, language choice and language use in the Tanzanian parliament
J Dzahene-Quarshie
2011 Legon Journal of the HUMANITIES 22, 27-69, 2011 Humanities 15
English loans in Swahili newspaper football language
J Dzahene-Quarshie
2012 Ghana Journal of Linguistics 1 (1), 35-56, 2012 Humanities 11
Globalization of an African language: Truth or fiction
J Dzahene-Quarshie
2009 Legon Journal of the HUMANITIES 20 (0), 69-87, 2009 Humanities 10
English in contact with Swahili: enrichment or threat?
J Dzahene-Quarshie
2010 — Humanities 9
TwiSwahili or KiswaTwili: A study of parallel proverbs in Akan (Twi) and Kiswahili
OB Kambon, J Dzahene-Quarshie
2017 Ghana Journal of Linguistics 6 (2), 116-153, 2017 Humanities 8
The dilemma of language in education policies in Ghana and Tanzania
J Dzahene-Quarshie, L Moshi
2014 Cross-Cultural Studies 34, 149-174, 2014 Humanities 7
Language choice in swahili newspaper advertising in Tanzania
J Dzahene-Quarshie
2013 US-China Foreign Language 11 (6), 447-460, 2013 Humanities 7
Inalienable Possession Constructions in Akan and Kiswahili
JD Quarshie
2016 Kiswahili 79, 2016 Humanities 6
NEGOTIATING LANGUAGE USE IN SPECIFIC DOMAINS AMONG EAST AFRICAN MIGRANT STUDENTS AND WORKERS IN GHANA.
J Dzahene-Quarshie, S Marjie
2020 Swahili Forum, 57, 2020 Humanities 5
Swahili versus English in Tanzania: The win-win situation
J Dzahene-Quarshie
2009 Language Pedagogy and Language use in Africa, 61-81, 2009 Humanities 5
Language blending in Tanzanian adverts: Codeswitching between Swahili, English, and Kiswahili cha mtaani
J Dzahene-Quarshie, FK Sosoo
2023 Legon Journal of the Humanities 34 (1), 118-152, 2023 Humanities 3
LOCALIZING GLOBAL TRENDS IN SMS TEXTING LANGUAGE AMONG STUDENTS IN GHANA AND TANZANIA.
J Dzahene-Quarshie
2016 Swahili Forum 23, 1, 2016 Humanities 3
A Historical Appraisal of the Department of Modern Languages and the Department of French. IN: Journeys through the Modern Languages at the University of Ghana. Edited by …
RF Amonoo, WK Azanku, KA Bilson
2014 Ayebia Clarke Publishing Limited, 2014 Humanities 3
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH YOUR SWAH? INVESTIGATING STUDENTS’ATTITUDES TOWARDS KISWAHILI STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA.
J Dzahene-Quarshie
2023 Swahili Forum, 78, 2023 Humanities 2
Object marking in affective constructions in Swahili
J Dzahene-Quarshie
2013 Legon journal of the humanities 24, 119-142, 2013 Humanities 2
Inalienable possession: the syntax of personal reference in Swahili
J Dzahene-Quarshie
2010 (No Title), 2010 Humanities 2
AUTO-REFERENTIAL AFFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION: AN ASPECT OF THE SYNTAX OF INALIENABLE POSSESSIONS IN SWAHILI.
J Dzahene-Quarshie
2007 Legon Journal of the Humanities 18, 91, 2007 Engineering 2
A linguistic landscape of advertising billboards in Ghana and Tanzania
JA Anderson, J Dzahene-Quarshie, D Boamah-Boateng
2026 Legon Journal of the Humanities 37 (1), 1-34, 2026 Humanities 0
The Depiction of Women in Bongowood and Ghallywood Video Films
J Dzahene-Quarshie, AE Dzregah
2021 Mwanga wa Lugha 6 (2), 51-64, 2021 Humanities 0
Metaphors in Encoding Inalienability in Kiswahili
J Dzahene-Quarshie
2018 Kioo cha Lugha, 2018 Humanities 0
Altered Kiswahili Proverbs: The Role of Literary Writers and Blog Users
S Omari, J Dzahene-Quarshie
2016 — Humanities 0
A comparative Study of English Loans in Russian and Swahili
J Dzahene-Quarshie, I Csajbok-Twerefou
2011 비교문화연구, 169-190, 2011 Humanities 0