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Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis

Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis is a research topic within Language and Linguistics. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the subgrouping and linguistic diversity of Semitic languages, focusing on topics such as verb morphology, Neo-Aramaic dialects, language contact, diglossia, and language teaching. It delves into the ethnolinguistic landscape and cognitive grammar of Middle Eastern languages.

  • Semitic Languages
  • Linguistic Diversity
  • Language Contact
  • Verb Morphology
  • Neo-Aramaic Dialects
  • Diglossia
  • Language Teaching
  • Ethnolinguistics
  • Middle Eastern Languages
  • Cognitive Grammar
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+28%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
France
20% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis

Which countries lead Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis research?

By volume, France and Indonesia publish the most (336 and 313 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 France 336 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 313 works
  3. 3 United States 262 works
  4. 4 Spain 133 works
  5. 5 Saudi Arabia 125 works
  6. 6 Morocco 118 works
  7. 7 Iraq 117 works
  8. 8 India 112 works
  9. 9 Algeria 99 works
  10. 10 Jordan 80 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

France: 19.8%Indonesia: 18.5%United States: 15.4%Spain: 7.8%6 others listed: 38.4%20%largest
France336 · 19.8%Indonesia313 · 18.5%United States262 · 15.4%Spain133 · 7.8%6 others listed651 · 38.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis research, followed by University of Jordan and Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 136 works
  2. 2 University of JordanJordan 23 works
  3. 3 Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik IbrahimIndonesia 22 works
  4. 4 Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah UniversityMorocco 18 works
  5. 5 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 17 works
  6. 6 Qassim UniversitySaudi Arabia 17 works
  7. 7 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 16 works
  8. 8 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 16 works
  9. 9 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 15 works
  10. 10 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis include Pierre Bourdıeu, Noam Chomsky and Mostafa A. El‐Sayed.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  3. 3 Mostafa A. El‐Sayed United States 124k citations
  4. 4 P. R. Newman France 114k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis?

The most cited paper in Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis is "The Sounds of the World's Languages" (Paul Foulkes, 1997), with 1,967 citations. Next come "What's In A Name? Malay Seals As Onomastic Sources" (1,506) and "The emergence of grammar: Systematic structure in a new language" (617).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Sounds of the World's Languages Paul Foulkes · International Journal of Bilingualism Mar 1997 1,967
2 What's In A Name? Malay Seals As Onomastic Sources Annabel Teh Gallop · Malay Literature Open access Jun 2018 1,506
3 The emergence of grammar: Systematic structure in a new language Wendy Sandler, Irit Meir, Carol A. Padden et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 7 Feb 2005 617
4 The Macro-Sudan belt: towards identifying a linguistic area in northern sub-Saharan Africa Tom Güldemann · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 13 Dec 2007 457
5 The past of a future syntaxis across the Zagros Christopher J. Talbot, Mehdi Alavi · Geological Society London Special Publications 1996 398
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Where is Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Madrid (Spain), Amman (Jordan) and Malang (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Villejuif.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 121 works
  2. 2 MadridSpain 41 works
  3. 3 AmmanJordan 41 works
  4. 4 MalangIndonesia 31 works
  5. 5 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 31 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 30 works
  7. 7 CairoEgypt 29 works
  8. 8 MedanIndonesia 28 works
  9. 9 BaghdadIraq 27 works
  10. 10 VillejuifFrance 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VillejuifFR · 26.6 works72×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Jordan, Qassim University and Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 18.84%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Prince Sattam Bin Ab…University of JordanQassim UniversityUniversity of Cambri…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of JordanJordan 86.425.1%32.6×23 +101.8%
2Qassim UniversitySaudi Arabia 76.222.8%24.6×17 +235.2%
3Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 70.831.3%12.7×9 +170.2%
4University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 66.014.3%5.5×17 +91.3%
5Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 62.417.2%15.2×15 +20.6%
6King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 60.312.6%6.3×16 +97.5%
7Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik IbrahimIndonesia 60.112.4%23.3×22 -
8Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 58.515.6%20.2×12 +29.7%
9University of Hassan II CasablancaMorocco 57.918.5%20.1×14 +156.7%
10Université Ibn-TofailMorocco 57.218.6%29.6×15 +2.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis, country by country

Is Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis9.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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