Subfield · Linguistics and Language
Most cited papers in Linguistics and Language
What are the most cited papers in Linguistics and Language?
The most cited paper in Linguistics and Language is "Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English" (Kathleen M. Broussard, Douglas Biber, Stig Johansson et al., 2000), with 8,233 citations. Next come "Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms" (4,960) and "Identity and interaction: a sociocultural linguistic approach" (3,778).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,021 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English Kathleen M. Broussard, Douglas Biber, Stig Johansson et al. · TESOL Quarterly | 2000 | 8,233 |
| 2 | Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms Michael Paffard, Shirley Brice Heath · British Journal of Educational Studies | Jun 1984 | 4,960 |
| 3 | Identity and interaction: a sociocultural linguistic approach Mary Bucholtz, Kira Hall · Discourse Studies | Oct 2005 | 3,778 |
| 4 | Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy Django Paris · Educational Researcher | 29 Mar 2012 | 3,282 |
| 5 | Linguistic Interdependence and the Educational Development of Bilingual Children James Cummins · Review of Educational Research | Jun 1979 | 3,166 |
| 6 | The Social Stratification of English in New York City. Harry J. Crockett, William Labov · American Sociological Review | Oct 1968 | 3,097 |
| 7 | Narrative Analysis: Oral Versions of Personal Experience1 William Labov, Joshua Waletzky · Journal of Narrative and Life History | 1997 | 2,908 |
| 8 | Social Identity, Investment, and Language Learning Bonny Norton Peirce · TESOL Quarterly | 1995 | 2,880 |
| 9 | Language and woman's place Robin Tolmach Lakoff · Language in Society | Apr 1973 | 2,780 |
| 10 | Undoing Appropriateness: Raciolinguistic Ideologies and Language Diversity in Education Nelson Flores, Jonathan Rosa · Harvard Educational Review | Jun 2015 | 2,780 |
| 11 | Translanguaging as a Practical Theory of Language Li Wei · Applied Linguistics | 6 Oct 2017 | 2,752 |
| 12 | Critical period effects in second language learning: The influence of maturational state on the acquisition of English as a second language Jacqueline S. Johnson, Elissa L. Newport · Cognitive Psychology | 1989 | 2,743 |
| 13 | Linguistic Landscape and Ethnolinguistic Vitality Rodrigue Landry, Richard Y. Bourhis · Journal of Language and Social Psychology | Mar 1997 | 2,219 |
| 14 | Translanguaging in the Bilingual Classroom: A Pedagogy for Learning and Teaching? Angela Creese, Adrian Blackledge · Modern Language Journal | 3 Feb 2010 | 2,195 |
| 15 | Clarifying translanguaging and deconstructing named languages: A perspective from linguistics Ricardo Otheguy, Ofelia Garcı́a, Wallis Reid · Applied Linguistics Review | 19 Aug 2015 | 2,119 |
| 16 | CULTURAL THOUGHT PATTERNS IN INTER‐CULTURAL EDUCATION Robert B. Kaplan · Language Learning | 1966 | 2,076 |
| 17 | Conceptual approaches to acculturation. John W. Berry · American Psychological Association eBooks | 2003 | 2,033 |
| 18 | Variation and the indexical field 1 Penelope Eckert · Journal of Sociolinguistics | 24 Aug 2008 | 2,028 |
| 19 | Three Waves of Variation Study: The Emergence of Meaning in the Study of Sociolinguistic Variation Penelope Eckert · Annual Review of Anthropology | 2 Jul 2012 | 2,020 |
| 20 | Language and Agency Laura M. Ahearn · Annual Review of Anthropology | Oct 2001 | 2,001 |
| 21 | Articulatory Phonology: An Overview Catherine P. Browman, Louis Goldstein · Phonetica | May 1992 | 2,001 |
| 22 | Orientations in Language Planning Richard Ruíz · NABE Journal | 1984 | 1,978 |
| 23 | A useful methodological synergy? Combining critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistics to examine discourses of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK press Paul Morgan Baker, Costas Gabrielatos, Majid KhosraviNik et al. · Discourse & Society | May 2008 | 1,931 |
| 24 | Second language research : Methodology and Design Alison Mackey, Susan M. Gass | 2005 | 1,921 |
| 25 | Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure J. THOMAS · Applied Linguistics | Feb 1983 | 1,910 |
| 26 | Moment Analysis and translanguaging space: Discursive construction of identities by multilingual Chinese youth in Britain Li Wei · Journal of Pragmatics | 23 Sep 2010 | 1,848 |
| 27 | Reference to Kinds across Language Gennaro Chierchia · Natural Language Semantics | Dec 1998 | 1,832 |
| 28 | Identity and Language Learning: Gender, Ethnicity and Educational Change Yoon-kyung Yim, Bonny Norton · TESOL Quarterly | 2001 | 1,824 |
| 29 | Explaining Phonetic Variation: A Sketch of the H&H Theory Björn E. F. Lindblom | 1990 | 1,816 |
| 30 | Motivational variables in second-language acquisition. R. C. Gardner, Wallace E. Lambert · Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie | 1959 | 1,752 |
| 31 | L2 cognitive states and the Full Transfer/Full Access model Bonnie D. Schwartz, Rex A. Sprouse · Second language Research | 1996 | 1,746 |
| 32 | Bilingualism With and Without Diglossia; Diglossia With and Without Bilingualism Joshua A. Fishman · Journal of Social Issues | Apr 1967 | 1,729 |
| 33 | On Discourse, Communication, and (Some) Fundamental Concepts in SLA Research Alan Firth, Johannes Wagner · Modern Language Journal | Sep 1997 | 1,724 |
| 34 | The two faces of Janus? Anxiety and enjoyment in the foreign language classroom Jean‐Marc Dewaele, Peter D. MacIntyre · Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching | 2014 | 1,710 |
| 35 | Working with discourse: meaning beyond the clause Mauro Tadeu Baptista Sobhie · DELTA Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada | Jun 2004 | 1,701 |
| 36 | Problems of Reliability and Validity in Ethnographic Research Margaret Diane LeCompte, JUDITH PREISSLE GOETZ · Review of Educational Research | Mar 1982 | 1,682 |
| 37 | Developing a Sociocritical Literacy in the Third Space Kris D. Gutiérrez · Reading Research Quarterly | 2 Apr 2008 | 1,680 |
| 38 | Reflexes of grammar in patterns of language change Anthony S. Kroch · Language Variation and Change | Oct 1989 | 1,624 |
| 39 | Turn organization: one intersection of grammar and interaction Emanuel A. Schegloff · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 12 Dec 1996 | 1,612 |
| 40 | Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Zoltán Dörnyei, Dale T. Griffee · TESOL Journal | Mar 2010 | 1,606 |
| 41 | Unsettling race and language: Toward a raciolinguistic perspective Jonathan Rosa, Nelson Flores · Language in Society | 11 Sep 2017 | 1,601 |
| 42 | How Language Structures Space Léonard Talmy | 1983 | 1,601 |
| 43 | Interaction and Second Language Learning: Two Adolescent French Immersion Students Working Together Merrill Swain, Sharon Lapkin · Modern Language Journal | Sep 1998 | 1,584 |
| 44 | Going beyond the Native Speaker in Language Teaching Vivian Cook · TESOL Quarterly | 1999 | 1,582 |
| 45 | Foreign Accent, Comprehensibility, and Intelligibility in the Speech of Second Language Learners Murray J. Munro, Tracey M. Derwing · Language Learning | Mar 1995 | 1,548 |
| 46 | Universals and cultural variation in turn-taking in conversation Tanya Stivers, N. J. Enfield, Penelope Brown et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 24 Jun 2009 | 1,537 |
| 47 | Discourse: A Critical Introduction. Jan Blommaert · Linguistische Berichte (LB) | Apr 2008 | 1,535 |
| 48 | What no bedtime story means: Narrative skills at home and school Shirley Brice Heath · Language in Society | Apr 1982 | 1,531 |
| 49 | Sex, covert prestige and linguistic change in the urban British English of Norwich Peter W. TRUDGILL · Language in Society | Oct 1972 | 1,507 |
| 50 | Language, Identity, and the Ownership of English Bonny Norton · TESOL Quarterly | 1997 | 1,487 |
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