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Rachel G. A. Thompson

Research Fellow

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Verified email at griffith.edu.au Griffith University Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF LANGUAGES
DepartmentLANGUAGE CENTRE SECRETARIAT
Political communicationComputer mediated communicationSocial mediaCommunication in healthcareInterpersonal communication
Publications

61

Citations

368

H-index

11

i10-index

13

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
6.0
Most cited paper
49
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:23
Publications

61 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Unpacking the Akan Interjection Apuu: A Natural Semantic Metalanguage Approach
RGA Thompson
2026 Explorations in applied ethnolinguistics: Words, cultures, and global …, 2026 Social Sciences 3
Impact of COVID-19 on people living with HIV and HIV care: A qualitative study in the Volta Region of Ghana
DA Asakitogum, JJ Nutor, RGA Thompson, RK Alhassan, AO Gyamerah
2024 PLOS Global Public Health 4 (3), e0003017, 2024 Health Sciences 3
Ethnopragmatic perspectives on online political discourse in Ghana: Invective and insults on Ghanaweb
R Thompson
2019 Griffith University, 2019 Social Sciences 3
Borrowed Akan Discourse-Pragmatic Markers in Ghanaian English
JA Anderson, CKI Appah, RGA Thompson
2025 Corpus-based Studies across Humanities 3 (2), 343-368, 2025 Humanities 2
Culturally bound abusive expressions in Ghanaian social media
RGA Thompson, EK Amuzu
2025 Lingua 328, 104056, 2025 Social Sciences 2
Examining Ghanaian Midwives’ Health Education Facebook Posts on Prenatal/Antenatal Care
JKJ Rachel G. A. Thompson, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Jerry John Ouner, Tricia Thompson
2024 Advances in Public Health, 2024 Health Sciences 2
Face-attack in political discussions on radio in the context of Ghana’s 2016 electioneering period
JA Anderson, RGA Thompson, MI Amoakohene, V Tawiah
2021 Language, Discourse & Society 9, 2021 Social Sciences 2
Do Only Balanced Bilinguals Code Switch? Examining Language Use in Urban Ghana
R Thompson, GE Agbozo, WK Amoako
2020 International Journal of Cross-Cultural Studies and Environmental …, 2020 Humanities 2
Stigma, Food Insecurity, and Limited Social Support as Psychosocial Correlates of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Pregnant Women Living With HIV: Cross-Sectional Study
SK Sorkpor, I Yigit, RGA Thompson, BL Lane, G Anguyo, JJ Ouner
2026 JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 12 (1), e84914, 2026 Health Sciences 1
Exploring pragmatic acts in Ghanaian midwives’ Facebook posts
RGA Thompson, JA Anderson, E Agbaglo, JJ Ouner, JK Johnson
2025 Language and Health 3 (1), 1-10, 2025 Humanities 1
Ghanaian Usage of the Interjection Hmm in Online Discourse
RGA Thompson, JA Anderson, E Agbaglo
2025 Language, Discourse & Society 13 (2), 157-78, 2025 Humanities 1
Impact of reproductive health intervention on awareness of sexual and reproductive health service among adolescents in the Greater Accra and Eastern Regions of Ghana
RGA Thompson, A Afaya, I Yeboah, P Agbadi, TA Thompson, W Agbadi, ...
2025 BMC Research Notes 18 (1), 507, 2025 Health Sciences 1
Verbal attacks on Ghanaian traditional leaders on an online news platform.
R Thompson, E Agbaglo
2025 Acta Scientiarum: Language & Culture 47 (1), 1, 2025 Humanities 1
Association between water insecurity and antiretroviral therapy adherence among pregnant and postpartum women in Greater Accra region of Ghana. PLOS Glob Public Health 4 (1 …
J Nutor, J Okiring, I Yeboah, R Thompson, P Agbadi, E Ameyaw, ...
2024 Health Sciences 1
Derogatory Akan names as pragmatic tools for social evaluation
JA Anderson, IA Forson, RGA Thompson, CKI Appah, M Yakub
2026 African Identities, 1-17, 2026 Social Sciences 0
Discourse-Pragmatic Functions of Oh, Ah, and Aha in Ghanaian English
EK Amuzu, R Thompson
2026 Corpus-based Studies across Humanities, 2026 Humanities 0
EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL USE DISORDER (AUD) ON HIV TREATMENT OUTCOMES AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV: A CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS
JJ Ouner, M Denyu, RGA Thompson, J Okiring, GM Santos
2026 ALCOHOL-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 50, 3-3, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Greetings as a linguistic routine among the people of Larteh in Ghana
C Sarpong, RGA Thompson, EK Amuzu
2026 South African Journal of African Languages, 1-12, 2026 Social Sciences 0
Pathways linking internalized HIV stigma to attitudes and beliefs toward ART through depression: Conditional indirect effects of food insecurity
SK Sorkpor, JJ Ouner, RGA Thompson, RK Alhassan, AO Gyamerah, ...
2026 Plos one 21 (6), e0350297, 2026 Health Sciences 0
The emotional labour of concession: a critical discourse analysis of Bawumia’s 2024 speech
J Ganaah, R Thompson, E Agbaglo
2026 Social Semiotics, 1-15, 2026 Social Sciences 0
A closer look at the pragmatic marker sέbè in Akan
JA Anderson, RGA Thompson, IA Forson
2025 Linguistique et langues africaines, 2025 Social Sciences 0
Euphemism and Metaphor as an Off-Record Politeness Strategy in Nzema Sexual-Related Communication
M Yakub, CF Lomotey, RGA Thompson, F Kwaw
2025 Socio-Cultural Concepts of (Im) Politeness: Interpretation, Linguistics, and …, 2025 Social Sciences 0
“It Is Possible”: A Pragma-Rhetorical Study of Mahamudu Bawumia’s Victory Speech as NPP Flagbearer
W Dautey, RGA Thompson, M Yakub, K Agyekum
2025 The International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies 23 (4), 19, 2025 Social Sciences 0
L2 reading in healthcare contexts: Informed research methods with language diverse patients
C Brantmeier, DP Agyepong, A Dube, M Strube, J Van Rheenen, J Wills, ...
2025 University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center, 2025 Humanities 0
Depression and its associated factors among people living with HIV in the Volta region of Ghana
RK Alhassan, RGA Thompson, DA Asakitogum, HO Duah
2024 Health Sciences 0