Dion Nkomo

Dion Nkomo

Rhodes University

H-index: 11

Africa-South Africa

About Dion Nkomo

Dion Nkomo, With an exceptional h-index of 11 and a recent h-index of 8 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Rhodes University, specializes in the field of Language Policy & Language Planning Studies, Lexicography, Terminology, Translation and Language Teaching.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Power to the minorities: Ndebele L1–speaking teachers in Tonga-speaking communities in Zimbabwe

Issues with corpus planning in Zimbabwe’s previously marginalised languages in Matabeleland

A socio-political and historical perspective of linguistic prescriptivism in relation to the African languages of southern Africa

The institutionalization and integration of English in a multilingual South African Context

How Great is thy Dictionary? Cross-referencing as a Lexicographic Device in The Greater Dictionary of (isi)Xhosa

The intellectualization of African languages through terminology and lexicography: methodological reflections with special reference to lexicographic products of the University …

Another isiXhosa Monolingual Dictionary: A Critical Analysis of the Shuters IsiChazi-magama SesiXhosa

The Language Question and the Role of the University in South Africa Revisited.

Dion Nkomo Information

University

Position

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Citations(all)

401

Citations(since 2020)

199

Cited By

267

hIndex(all)

11

hIndex(since 2020)

8

i10Index(all)

14

i10Index(since 2020)

7

Email

University Profile Page

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Dion Nkomo Skills & Research Interests

Language Policy & Language Planning Studies

Lexicography

Terminology

Translation and Language Teaching

Top articles of Dion Nkomo

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Power to the minorities: Ndebele L1–speaking teachers in Tonga-speaking communities in Zimbabwe

Busani Maseko

Dion Nkomo

2024

Issues with corpus planning in Zimbabwe’s previously marginalised languages in Matabeleland

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Raphael Nhongo

Dion Nkomo

2024/2/29

A socio-political and historical perspective of linguistic prescriptivism in relation to the African languages of southern Africa

Russell H Kaschula

Sebolelo Mokapela

Dion Nkomo

Bulelwa Nosilela

2023/5/5

The institutionalization and integration of English in a multilingual South African Context

Englishes in Africa

MONICA Hendricks

DION Nkomo

2023

How Great is thy Dictionary? Cross-referencing as a Lexicographic Device in The Greater Dictionary of (isi)Xhosa

Lexikos

Dion Nkomo

Bulelwa Nosilela

Wanga Gambushe

2022/12/1

The intellectualization of African languages through terminology and lexicography: methodological reflections with special reference to lexicographic products of the University …

Lexikos

Langa Khumalo

Dion Nkomo

2022/10/13

Another isiXhosa Monolingual Dictionary: A Critical Analysis of the Shuters IsiChazi-magama SesiXhosa

Lexikos

Dion Nkomo

2021/10/28

The Language Question and the Role of the University in South Africa Revisited.

Alternation

Dion Nkomo

2021/7/4

Dictionary culture in African language communities: research, development, challenges and prospects

Dion Nkomo

2020/11/25

New Frontiers in Forensic Linguistics: Themes and Perspectives in Language and the Law in Africa and beyond: Monwabisi K Ralarala, Russell H Kaschula and Georgina Heydon (eds …

Dion Nkomo

2020/5/3

Vernacular lexicography in African languages: From early days to the digital age

Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America

Dion Nkomo

2020

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