Herman M. Batibo

1.4k total citations
25 papers, 304 citations indexed

About

Herman M. Batibo is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Herman M. Batibo has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 304 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Linguistics and Language, 11 papers in Language and Linguistics and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Herman M. Batibo's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (11 papers), Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (9 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 papers). Herman M. Batibo is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (11 papers), Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (9 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 papers). Herman M. Batibo collaborates with scholars based in Botswana and Tanzania. Herman M. Batibo's co-authors include Franz Rottland, Bernd Heine, Jan Vansina, Scott MacEachern, Thomas Spear, David Schoenbrun, James Denbow, Yvonne Bastin, Derek Nurse and Roland Oliver and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development and Journal of Multicultural Discourses.

In The Last Decade

Herman M. Batibo

23 papers receiving 237 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Herman M. Batibo Botswana 7 237 160 90 33 30 25 304
Tony Crowley United Kingdom 10 167 0.7× 153 1.0× 102 1.1× 64 1.9× 26 0.9× 31 354
Zane Goebel Australia 12 241 1.0× 213 1.3× 119 1.3× 70 2.1× 39 1.3× 51 407
Kasper Juffermans Luxembourg 11 196 0.8× 137 0.9× 112 1.2× 59 1.8× 11 0.4× 43 312
Monica Barni Italy 6 297 1.3× 225 1.4× 116 1.3× 63 1.9× 11 0.4× 13 421
Pia Lane Norway 10 287 1.2× 199 1.2× 154 1.7× 49 1.5× 9 0.3× 22 400
Paulin G. Djité Australia 9 226 1.0× 126 0.8× 136 1.5× 30 0.9× 12 0.4× 30 284
Robert Chaudenson France 9 310 1.3× 207 1.3× 56 0.6× 48 1.5× 56 1.9× 38 420
Louis-Jean Calvet France 9 182 0.8× 115 0.7× 56 0.6× 42 1.3× 16 0.5× 54 285
Urs Dürmüller 3 319 1.3× 239 1.5× 68 0.8× 50 1.5× 7 0.2× 11 401
Claude Hagège France 11 155 0.7× 224 1.4× 32 0.4× 37 1.1× 17 0.6× 52 353

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Herman M. Batibo

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Batibo, Herman M.. (2017). Evolution of Tone in Bantu Languages. 6(2). 34–40.
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Batibo, Herman M., et al.. (2016). Ambivalence Regarding Linguistic and Cultural Choices among Minority Language Speakers: A Case Study of the Khoesan Youth of Botswana. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University). 37(3). 103–115. 3 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (2015). Patterns of Identity Loss in Trans-Cultural Contact Situations Between Bantu and Khoesan Groups in Western Botswana. Studies in literature and language. 11(1). 1–5. 3 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (2015). Ten commandments for Setswana to be a resourceful vehicle of development in Botswana. 26(1). 41–54. 2 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (2015). The prevalence of cultural diversity in a multilingual situation: the case of age and gender dimensions in the Shisukuma and Kiswahili greeting rituals. Journal of Multicultural Discourses. 10(1). 100–111. 5 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (2013). Preserving and transmitting indigenous knowledge in diminishing bio-cultural environment: Case studies from Botswana and Tanzania. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University). 34(3). 161–173. 6 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (2009). The inter-cultural dimension in the use of languages of wider communication by minority language speakers. Journal of Multicultural Discourses. 4(2). 89–102. 8 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (2007). Saving Languages: An Introduction to Language Revitalisation: Leonore Grenoble and Lindsay Whaley. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 28(2). 161–163. 3 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (2005). Language Decline and Death in Africa. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 163 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (2005). Language Decline and Death in Africa. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (2004). Naro Dictionary : Naro-English, English-Naro, fourth edition, Hessel Visser : book review. Lexikos. 14(1). 451–454. 1 indexed citations
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Oliver, Roland, Thomas Spear, Jan Vansina, et al.. (2001). Comments on Christopher Ehret, "Bantu History: Re-Envisioning the Evidence of Language". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 34(1). 43–43. 3 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M., et al.. (2000). Botswana : the future of the minority languages. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 33 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (1999). A lexicostatistical survey of the Setswana dialects spoken in Botswana. South African Journal of African Languages. 19(1). 2–11. 4 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (1998). A lexicostatistical survey of the Bantu languages of Botswana. South African Journal of African Languages. 18(1). 22–28. 3 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M., et al.. (1997). The historical implications of the linguistic relationship between Makua and Sotho languages.1. Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies. 11(1). 23–29. 2 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (1996). Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study. South African Journal of African Languages. 16(2). 33–41. 13 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (1994). Does Kiswahili have diphthongs: interpreting foreign sounds in African languages. South African Journal of African Languages. 14(4). 180–186. 3 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (1991). The two-directional tone melody spread in Sukuma. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. 17(2). 15–15. 4 indexed citations
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Batibo, Herman M.. (1985). Le kesukuma (langue bantu de Tanzanie) : phonologie, morphologie. 1 indexed citations

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