Most cited papers in Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies
What are the most cited papers in Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies?
The most cited paper in Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies is "Une base de données lexicales du français contemporain sur internet : LEXIQUE™//A lexical database for contemporary french : LEXIQUE™" (Boris New, C. Pallier, Ludovic Ferrand et al., 2001), with 806 citations. Next come "language variation and cultural hegemony: toward an integration of sociolinguistic and social theory" (462) and "New speakers of minority languages: the challenging opportunity – Foreword" (399).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 77 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Une base de données lexicales du français contemporain sur internet : LEXIQUE™//A lexical database for contemporary french : LEXIQUE™ Boris New, C. Pallier, Ludovic Ferrand et al. · L’Année psychologique | 2001 | 806 |
| 2 | language variation and cultural hegemony: toward an integration of sociolinguistic and social theory Kathryn A. Woolard · American Ethnologist | Nov 1985 | 462 |
| 3 | New speakers of minority languages: the challenging opportunity – Foreword Bernadette O’Rourke, Joan Pujolar, Fernando F. Ramallo · International Journal of the Sociology of Language | 2015 | 399 |
| 4 | Language, Ideology, and Political Economy Paul Friedrich · American Anthropologist | Jun 1989 | 320 |
| 5 | The Effect of Functional-Analytic Teaching on Aspects of French Immersion Students' Sociolinguistic Competence Roy Lyster · Applied Linguistics | Sep 1994 | 291 |
| 6 | the “real” Haitian Creole: ideology, metalinguistics, and orthographic choice Bambi B. Schieffelin, Rachelle Charlier Doucet · American Ethnologist | Feb 1994 | 278 |
| 7 | Competing ideologies of linguistic authority amongst new speakers in contemporary Galicia Bernadette O’Rourke, Fernando F. Ramallo · Language in Society | 14 May 2013 | 244 |
| 8 | Itinéraires acquisitionnels et stades de développement en français L2 Inge Bartning, Suzanne Schlyter · Journal of French Language Studies | Nov 2004 | 224 |
| 9 | The syntax, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics of left- and right-dislocations in French William J. Ashby · Lingua | Jul 1988 | 222 |
| 10 | Word-Order Changes in Predicate Negation Strategies in Romance Languages Armin Schwegler · Diachronica | 1988 | 218 |
| 11 | Language Attitudes among Arabic–French Bilinguals in Morocco Abdelâli Bentahila, Paul Stevens · Journal of Language and Social Psychology | Mar 1985 | 213 |
| 12 | On the origins of urban Wolof: Evidence from Louis Descemet's 1864 phrase book Fiona Mc Laughlin · Language in Society | 16 Oct 2008 | 201 |
| 13 | Language attitudes in Morocco following recent changes in language policy Dawn Marley · Language Policy | 26 Feb 2004 | 195 |
| 14 | Polycentricity and interactional regimes in ‘global neighborhoods’ Jan Blommaert, James Collins, Stef Slembrouck · Ethnography | Jun 2005 | 189 |
| 15 | Legitimate language in a multilingual school Monica S. Heller · Linguistics and Education | 1996 | 189 |
| 16 | Language and the nation‐state: Challenges to sociolinguistic theory and practice 1 Monica S. Heller · Journal of Sociolinguistics | 24 Aug 2008 | 187 |
| 17 | The Language Situation in Luxembourg1 Kristine Horner, Jean Jacques Weber · Current Issues in Language Planning | 15 Feb 2008 | 184 |
| 18 | New speakers, new language: on being a legitimate speaker of a minority language in Provence James Costa · International Journal of the Sociology of Language | 2015 | 179 |
| 19 | Introduction – French voices on plurilingualism and pluriculturalism: theory, significance and perspectives Danièle Moore, Laurent Gajo · International Journal of Multilingualism | May 2009 | 176 |
| 20 | Morphological number, semantic number and bare nouns Viviane Déprez · Lingua | 29 Mar 2004 | 175 |
| 21 | Urban Languages in Africa Rose Marie Beck · Africa Spectrum | Dec 2010 | 172 |
| 22 | From ethnic to civic nationalism: English Canada and Quebec Raymond Breton · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 1988 | 167 |
| 23 | Language policy in French colonies and after independence Bernard Spolsky · Current Issues in Language Planning | 7 Mar 2018 | 164 |
| 24 | Un nouveau regard sur la chute du ne en français parlé tourangeau: s'agit-il d'un changement en cours? William J. Ashby · Journal of French Language Studies | Mar 2001 | 161 |
| 25 | Crosswords: Language, Education and Ethnicity in French Ontario Celia Roberts, Monica S. Heller · TESOL Quarterly | 1997 | 152 |
| 26 | Code-switching and the politics of language Monica S. Heller · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 17 Aug 1995 | 140 |
| 27 | Languages of Global Hip Hop Catherine Baker · IASPM Journal | 4 Jun 2013 | 140 |
| 28 | From semantic to syntactic processing: How can we promote it in the immersion classroom? Maria Kowal, Merrill Swain · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 13 Jul 1997 | 138 |
| 29 | L'aventurier, une figure de la migration africaine Sylvie Brédeloup · Cahiers internationaux de sociologie | 28 Nov 2008 | 136 |
| 30 | Niger-congo, with a Special Focus on Benue-congo Jeff Good · Oxford University Press eBooks | 7 May 2020 | 133 |
| 31 | Changing language policies and attitudes in autonomous Catalonia Kathryn A. Woolard, Tae-Joong Gahng · Language in Society | Sep 1990 | 133 |
| 32 | At the Borders of Citizenship: A Democracy in Translation? Étienne Balibar · European Journal of Social Theory | Aug 2010 | 132 |
| 33 | Recruiting a nonlocal language for performing local identity: Indexical appropriations of Lingala in the Congolese border town Goma Karen Büscher, Sigurd D’hondt, Michael Meeuwis · Language in Society | 11 Oct 2013 | 131 |
| 34 | An English ''like no other''?: Language Contact and Change in Quebec Shana Poplack, James A. Walker, Rebecca Malcolmson · The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique | 2006 | 129 |
| 35 | THE LEARNING OF SOCIOLINGUISTIC VARIATION BY ADVANCED FSL LEARNERS Katherine Rehner, Raymond Mougeon, Terry Nadasdi · Studies in Second Language Acquisition | 16 Jan 2003 | 125 |
| 36 | La part langagière du travail : bilan et évolution Josiane Boutet · Langage et société | Dec 2001 | 125 |
| 37 | Ethnolinguistic Marking of Past be in Lumbee Vernacular English Walt Wolfram, Jason R. Sellers · Journal of English Linguistics | Jun 1999 | 125 |
| 38 | Media, multilingualism and language policing: an introduction Jan Blommaert, Helen Kelly‐Holmes, Pia Lane et al. · Language Policy | 17 Jun 2009 | 124 |
| 39 | Treating language as an economic resource: Discourse, data and debate Monica S. Heller, Alexandre Duchêne · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 5 Jun 2016 | 122 |
| 40 | The Limits of Legitimacy: Language Ideology and Shift in Contemporary Senegal Leigh Swigart · Journal of Linguistic Anthropology | Jun 2000 | 120 |
| 41 | The L2 acquisition of a phonological variable: the case of /l/ deletion in French Martin Howard, Isabelle Lemée, Vera Regan · Journal of French Language Studies | Mar 2006 | 118 |
| 42 | The language situation in Timor-Leste Kerry Taylor-Leech · Current Issues in Language Planning | Feb 2009 | 116 |
| 43 | La variation de tous les français Françoise Gadet · Linx | 2007 | 116 |
| 44 | The “new” and “traditional” speaker dichotomy: bridging the gap Michael Hornsby · International Journal of the Sociology of Language | 2015 | 116 |
| 45 | Linguistic Revival: Politics and Culture in Catalonia David D. Laitin · Comparative Studies in Society and History | Apr 1989 | 115 |
| 46 | How pluricentric is the French language? An investigation of attitudes towards Quebec French compared to European French Ruth Kircher · Journal of French Language Studies | 7 Feb 2012 | 112 |
| 47 | Exploring the linguistic landscape: the case of the ‘Golden Triangle’ in the Algarve, Portugal Kate Torkington · Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) | 2009 | 108 |
| 48 | De la dénomination à la nomination Paul Siblot · Cahiers de praxématique | 2001 | 106 |
| 49 | Towards an understanding of African endogenous multilingualism: ethnography, language ideologies, and the supernatural Pierpaolo Di Carlo · International Journal of the Sociology of Language | 26 Sep 2018 | 105 |
| 50 | Bilinguisme et contact des langues Bernard Spolsky · System | Mar 1979 | 102 |
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