Topic · Linguistic research and analysis
Most cited papers in Linguistic research and analysis
What are the most cited papers in Linguistic research and analysis?
The most cited paper in Linguistic research and analysis is "Qualitative Content Analysis" (Philipp Mayring, 2008), with 4,840 citations. Next come "Buchbesprechungen" (3,771) and "Rethinking Linguistic Relativity" (2,758).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 155 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qualitative Content Analysis Philipp Mayring · Forum: Qualitative Social Research (Freie Universität Berlin) | 25 Aug 2008 | 4,840 |
| 2 | Buchbesprechungen Alexander Pundt · Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&O | Jul 2006 | 3,771 |
| 3 | Rethinking Linguistic Relativity Celia Roberts · International Journal of Bilingualism | Sep 1997 | 2,758 |
| 4 | Relations in Public. Microstudies of the Public Order Michael Dellwing · J.B. Metzler eBooks | 2022 | 2,140 |
| 5 | Legitimizing Immigration Control: A Discourse-Historical Analysis Theo van Leeuwen, Ruth Wodak · Discourse Studies | Feb 1999 | 1,128 |
| 6 | Multiple Temporalities of Language and Body in Interaction: Challenges for Transcribing Multimodality Lorenza Mondada · Research on Language and Social Interaction | 2 Jan 2018 | 1,045 |
| 7 | Categories of the Theory of Grammar M.A.K. Halliday · WORD | 1961 | 741 |
| 8 | Intonational Phonology Johanneke Caspers · Lingua | Apr 1998 | 727 |
| 9 | Language and the Making of Place: A Narrative-Descriptive Approach Yi‐Fu Tuan · Annals of the Association of American Geographers | Dec 1991 | 650 |
| 10 | The bilingual as a competent but specific speaker‐hearer François Grosjean · Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development | 1985 | 625 |
| 11 | Where does the sociolinguistic variable stop? Beatriz R. Lavandera · Language in Society | Aug 1978 | 620 |
| 12 | Linguistic determinism and the part of speech. Roger Brown · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology | Jul 1957 | 562 |
| 13 | Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 2001 Kanavillil Rajagopalan · WORD | 2 Jul 2016 | 554 |
| 14 | Handbook of Psycholinguistics M. Louise Kelly · Language and Speech | 1996 | 545 |
| 15 | Linguistic perspectives on the development of intercultural competence in telecollaboration Julie A. Belz · Language learning & technology | May 2003 | 543 |
| 16 | Contextual Valence Shifters Livia Polanyi, Annie Zaenen · The information retrieval series | 17 Jan 2006 | 526 |
| 17 | Baby Talk in Six Languages Charles A. Ferguson · American Anthropologist | Dec 1964 | 516 |
| 18 | Sylow-Gruppen und Subnormalteiler endlicher Gruppen Otto H. Kegel · Mathematische Zeitschrift | Dec 1962 | 483 |
| 19 | Epistemic Modality, Language, and Conceptualization: A cognitive-pragmatic perspective Jan Nuyts | 2001 | 482 |
| 20 | Superdiverse Repertoires and the Individual Jan Blommaert, Ad Backus · SensePublishers eBooks | 2013 | 453 |
| 21 | On systematically distorted communication Jürgen Habermas · Inquiry | 1970 | 451 |
| 22 | The fictions of language and the languages of fiction: The linguistic representation of speech and consciousness Roger D. Sell · Journal of Pragmatics | Nov 1995 | 438 |
| 23 | Layers and operators in Functional Grammar Kees Hengeveld · Journal of Linguistics | Mar 1989 | 421 |
| 24 | Sprachwandel. Von der unsichtbaren hand in der Sprache Peter Mühlhäusler · Lingua | May 1991 | 418 |
| 25 | The different readings of wieder 'again': a structural account Arnim von Stechow · Journal of Semantics | May 1996 | 411 |
| 26 | Identity constructions in multilingual advertising Ingrid Piller · Language in Society | Apr 2001 | 407 |
| 27 | Categories of the Theory of Grammar Mark Halliday | 31 Dec 1972 | 395 |
| 28 | Grammaticalization vs. Reanalysis: a Semantic- Pragmatic Account of Functional Change in Grammar Ulrich Detges, Richard Waltereit · Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft | 2002 | 383 |
| 29 | Über Verum-Fokus im Deutschen Tilman N. Höhle · VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften eBooks | 1992 | 366 |
| 30 | Building Large Monolingual Dictionaries at the Leipzig Corpora Collection: From 100 to 200 Languages Dirk Goldhahn, Thomas Eckart, Uwe Quasthoff | May 2012 | 358 |
| 31 | On mitigation Claudia Caffi · Journal of Pragmatics | Jul 1999 | 356 |
| 32 | The Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD) Reiner Keller · Human Studies | Mar 2011 | 350 |
| 33 | Narrative research Gabriela Spector‐Mersel · Narrative Inquiry | 11 Oct 2010 | 348 |
| 34 | Pragmaticalization (defined) as grammaticalization of discourse functions Gabriele Diewald · Linguistics | 2011 | 340 |
| 35 | The Empirical Base of Linguistics: Grammaticality Judgments and Linguistic Methodology Wayne Cowart · Language and Speech | 1997 | 322 |
| 36 | Pragmatics and Critical Discourse Analysis Ruth Wodak · Pragmatics & Cognition | 11 May 2007 | 321 |
| 37 | Das problemzentrierte Interview Andreas Witzel, Herwig Reiter | 30 Aug 2021 | 319 |
| 38 | The description of bilingualism William Francis Mackey · The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique | 1962 | 315 |
| 39 | From outer to inner space: linguistic categories and nonlinguistic thinking Stephen C. Levinson · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 15 May 1997 | 309 |
| 40 | Infants' Reliance on a Social Criterion for Establishing Word-Object Relations Dare A. Baldwin, Ellen M. Markman, Brigitte Bill et al. · Child Development | Dec 1996 | 302 |
| 41 | Children's discourse : person, space and time across languages Asta Čekaitė · KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) | 21 Nov 2002 | 301 |
| 42 | Prosody as an activity-type distinctive cue in conversation: the case of so-called ‘astonished’ questions in repair initiation Margret Selting · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 11 Jul 1996 | 301 |
| 43 | Term Rewriting Systems Enno Ohlebusch | 2002 | 287 |
| 44 | The goals of linguistic theory Robert D. Van Valin, Randy J. LaPolla · Syntax | 11 Dec 1997 | 278 |
| 45 | On the grammaticalization of evidentiality Gilbert Lazard · Journal of Pragmatics | Mar 2001 | 275 |
| 46 | Is there such a thing as “grammaticalization?” Brian Daniel Joseph · Language Sciences | Mar 2000 | 270 |
| 47 | Necessary loans – luxury loans? Exploring the pragmatic dimension of borrowing Alexander Onysko, Esme Winter-Froemel · Journal of Pragmatics | Feb 2011 | 264 |
| 48 | Expanding the Notion of the Linguistic Repertoire: On the Concept of Spracherleben —The Lived Experience of Language Brigitta Busch · Applied Linguistics | 23 Jul 2015 | 263 |
| 49 | Polyphony and the ‘layering of voices’ in reported dialogues: An analysis of the use of prosodic devices in everyday reported speech Susanne Günthner · Journal of Pragmatics | May 1999 | 254 |
| 50 | A postscript: code-switching and social identity Peter L. Auer · Journal of Pragmatics | 3 Dec 2004 | 249 |
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