Most cited papers in Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies
What are the most cited papers in Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies?
The most cited paper in Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies is "Universals in language usage: Politeness phenomena" (Penelope Brown, Stephen C. Levinson, 1978), with 2,216 citations. Next come "The Communicative Approach to Language Teaching" (627) and "Gender stereotypes: Perception or rationalization?" (517).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 42 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universals in language usage: Politeness phenomena Penelope Brown, Stephen C. Levinson · Max Planck Digital Library | 1978 | 2,216 |
| 2 | The Communicative Approach to Language Teaching Graham Thurgood, C. J. Brumfit, Keith L. Johnson · TESOL Quarterly | Sep 1981 | 627 |
| 3 | Gender stereotypes: Perception or rationalization? Curt Hoffman, Nancy Hurst · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Feb 1990 | 517 |
| 4 | COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE Jôzef Lucjusz Podgôrecki, Janusz Ropski · Historical and social-educational ideas | 23 Oct 2015 | 329 |
| 5 | The psycholinguistic nature of the reading process Wayne State University Press · Journal of Communication Disorders | Nov 1970 | 304 |
| 6 | Metaphorical Uses of Language in the Expression of Emotions Lynn Fainsilber, Andrew Ortony · Metaphor and Symbolic Activity | Dec 1987 | 300 |
| 7 | The semantic foundations of cognitive theories of humor Salvatore Attardo · Humor - International Journal of Humor Research | 1997 | 281 |
| 8 | The goals of linguistic theory Robert D. Van Valin, Randy J. LaPolla · Syntax | 11 Dec 1997 | 278 |
| 9 | How culturally appropriate is the communicative approach? Greg Ellis · ELT Journal | Jul 1996 | 261 |
| 10 | Social functions of emotion Agneta H. Fischer, Antony S. R. Manstead · UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) | 2008 | 255 |
| 11 | Cross-cultural Universals of Affective Meaning Horacio Fàbrega · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease | Jun 1976 | 246 |
| 12 | Reorganizational processes in lexical and syntactic development Melissa F. Bowerman · MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) | 1982 | 232 |
| 13 | Psychological Aspects of Corporate Identity, Image and Reputation Dennis Basil Bromley · Corporate Reputation Review | Jul 2000 | 227 |
| 14 | Cognitive aspects of the humor process: the concept of incongruity Giovannantonio Forabosco · Humor - International Journal of Humor Research | 1992 | 215 |
| 15 | Syntax and prosody as methods for the construction and identification of turn-constructional units in conversation Margret Selting · Studies in discourse and grammar | 28 Sep 2005 | 176 |
| 16 | The nature of the audiovisual text and its parameters Patrick Zabalbeascoa · Benjamins translation library | 14 Aug 2008 | 173 |
| 17 | Semiotic foundations of iconicity in language and literature Winfried Nöth · Iconicity in language and literature | 8 Mar 2001 | 167 |
| 18 | The use of interrogative forms in the verbal interaction of three mothers and their children MATHILDA S. HOLZMAN · Journal of Psycholinguistic Research | 1972 | 163 |
| 19 | Speech as a marker of situation Penelope Brown, Colin Fraser · MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) | 1979 | 162 |
| 20 | Evaluative semantics and ideological positioning in journalistic discourse Peter R. R. White · Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture | 15 Mar 2006 | 157 |
| 21 | Content of stereotypes and the inference of similarity between members of stereotyped groups Henri Tajfel, Aasif Ahmad Sheikh, R. C. Gardner · Acta Psychologica | 1964 | 154 |
| 22 | Use of Contrastive Stress by Preschool Children Peter A. Hornby, Wilbur A. Hass · Journal of Speech and Hearing Research | Jun 1970 | 152 |
| 23 | Humor Judgments as a Function of Reference Groups and Identification Classes Lawrence La Fave · Elsevier eBooks | 1972 | 141 |
| 24 | Questions and question asking in verbal discourse: A cross-disciplinary review Greg P. Kearsley · Journal of Psycholinguistic Research | Oct 1976 | 141 |
| 25 | Foundations for the study of intercultural communication based on a third-culture building model Fred L. Casrnir · International Journal of Intercultural Relations | Feb 1999 | 141 |
| 26 | Non-literalness and non-bona-fîde in language Victor Raskin, Salvatore Attardo · Pragmatics & Cognition | 1994 | 138 |
| 27 | Foreign language anxiety levels in Second Life oral interaction Sabela Melchor-Couto · ReCALL | 27 Oct 2016 | 118 |
| 28 | Ideological Imagination: Intertextual and Correlational Metaphors in Political Discourse Jörg Zinken · Discourse & Society | Jul 2003 | 113 |
| 29 | Impersonality in the research article as revealed by analysis of the transitivity structure Iliana A. Martínez · English for Specific Purposes | 2001 | 112 |
| 30 | Attitude Changes toward Foreign Products Curtis C. Reierson · Journal of Marketing Research | Nov 1967 | 108 |
| 31 | Cognitive Egocentrism and the Problem of Audience Awareness in Written Discourse Barry M. Kroll · Research in the Teaching of English | Oct 1978 | 108 |
| 32 | The Social Function of Humor in Interpersonal Relationships Avner Ziv · Society | 19 Nov 2009 | 107 |
| 33 | Russian Talk: Culture and Conversation during Perestroika Katherine R. Metzo · American Anthropologist | Sep 1998 | 98 |
| 34 | Expanding the theoretical base for the dynamics of willingness to communicate Peter D. MacIntyre · Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching | 29 Mar 2020 | 96 |
| 35 | Culture-Specific Communicative Styles as a Framework for Interpreting Linguistic and Cultural Idiosyncrasies Tatiana Viktorovna Larina · International Review of Pragmatics | 2015 | 95 |
| 36 | The Development of a New Instrument of Intercultural Communication Competence Lily A. Arasaratnam · Journal of Intercultural Communication | 30 Jun 2009 | 93 |
| 37 | Principles of “Constructivism” in Foreign Language Teaching Muna Matter Aljohani · Journal of literature and art studies | 27 Dec 2016 | 93 |
| 38 | Associative Clustering as a Function of Verbal Association Strength James J. Jenkins, Walter D. Mink, Wallace A. Russell · Psychological Reports | Mar 1958 | 93 |
| 39 | The essential inadequacies of speech act models of dialogue Stephen C. Levinson · Studies in language companion series | 1981 | 87 |
| 40 | Internationalisation and the development of students’ intercultural competence Caprice Lantz-Deaton · Teaching in Higher Education | 16 Feb 2017 | 81 |
| 41 | ASPECTS OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN JAPAN Helmut Morsbach · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease | Oct 1973 | 79 |
| 42 | The Grammar of Conversation Paulo Quaglio, Douglas Biber | 14 Jan 2008 | 77 |
| 43 | Areal-typological aspects of word-formation Ferenc Kiefer · Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series 4, Current issues in linguistic theory | 22 Feb 2010 | 74 |
| 44 | FORMATION OF THE ACT OF ANALYZING PHONEMIC STRUCTURE OF WORDS AND ITS RELATION TO LEARNING JAPANESE SYLLABIC CHARACTERS (KANAMOJI) Kiyoshi Amano · The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology | 1970 | 72 |
| 45 | Convergence of English in Russian TV commercials Ірина Петрівна Устинова, Tej K. Bhatia · World Englishes | 22 Nov 2005 | 72 |
| 46 | Why there is no such thing as “critical discourse analysis” Peter E. Jones · Language & Communication | 6 Oct 2006 | 71 |
| 47 | Linguistic elements of conversational human voice in online brand communication: Manipulations and perceptions Christine Liebrecht, Christina Tsaousi, Charlotte van Hooijdonk · Journal of Business Research | 21 Apr 2021 | 70 |
| 48 | Spoken parenthetical clauses in English Gunther Kaltenböck · Linguistik aktuell | 26 Jul 2007 | 70 |
| 49 | PROBLEMS OF DESCRIPTION IN MULTILINGUAL COMMUNITIES R. B. Le Page · Transactions of the Philological Society | Nov 1968 | 70 |
| 50 | Developing listening fluency before speaking: An alternative paradigm James R. Nord · System | 1980 | 70 |
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