Most cited papers in Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition
What are the most cited papers in Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition?
The most cited paper in Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition is "The CHILDES project: tools for analyzing talk" (Brian MacWhinney, 1992), with 3,432 citations. Next come "Child's Talk: Learning to Use Language" (2,113) and "On derived domains in sentence phonology" (1,584).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 176 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The CHILDES project: tools for analyzing talk Brian MacWhinney · Child Language Teaching and Therapy | Jun 1992 | 3,432 |
| 2 | Child's Talk: Learning to Use Language Jerome S. Bruner · Child Language Teaching and Therapy | 1985 | 2,113 |
| 3 | On derived domains in sentence phonology Elisabeth O. Selkirk · Phonology Yearbook | May 1986 | 1,584 |
| 4 | Native speaker/non-native speaker conversation and the negotiation of comprehensible input1 Michael H. Long · Applied Linguistics | Feb 1983 | 1,349 |
| 5 | Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course Susan M. Gass, Larry Selinker | Nov 1993 | 1,339 |
| 6 | A Cognitive Analysis of Problems of Comprehension in a Learning of Mathematics Raymond Duval · Educational Studies in Mathematics | Feb 2006 | 1,317 |
| 7 | Measuring spoken language: a unit for all reasons Pauline Foster · Applied Linguistics | Sep 2000 | 980 |
| 8 | Why is grammaticalization irreversible? Martín Haspelmath · Linguistics | 1999 | 915 |
| 9 | Segmental durations in the vicinity of prosodic phrase boundaries Colin W. Wightman, Stefanie Shattuck‐Hufnagel, Mari Ostendorf et al. · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America | Mar 1992 | 910 |
| 10 | MARKEDNESS AND THE CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS HYPOTHESIS Fred R. Eckman · Language Learning | Dec 1977 | 865 |
| 11 | A study in language and cognition. Roger Brown, Eric H. Lenneberg · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology | Jul 1954 | 781 |
| 12 | Hesitation Phenomena in Spontaneous English Speech Howard Maclay, Charles E. Osgood · WORD | 1959 | 774 |
| 13 | Constituent structure and government in phonology Jonathan Derek Kaye, Jean Lowenstamm, Jean‐Roger Vergnaud · Phonology | May 1990 | 771 |
| 14 | Saving languages an introduction to language revitalization Lenore A. Grenoble, Lindsay J. Whaley | 2006 | 753 |
| 15 | Chapter 4 The Reading Process is Different for Different Orthographies: The Orthographic Depth Hypothesis Leonard D. Katz, Ram Frost · Advances in psychology | 1992 | 746 |
| 16 | The internal structure of phonological elements: a theory of charm and government Jonathan Derek Kaye, Jean Lowenstamm, Jean‐Roger Vergnaud · Phonology Yearbook | May 1985 | 700 |
| 17 | Two preferences in the organization of reference to persons in conversation and their interaction Harvey Sacks, Emanuel A. Schegloff · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 26 Apr 2007 | 647 |
| 18 | On determining developmental stages in natural second language acquisition Jürgen M. Meisel, Harald Clahsen, Manfred Pienemann · Studies in Second Language Acquisition | 1981 | 576 |
| 19 | A prosodic theory of epenthesis Junko It� · Natural Language & Linguistic Theory | May 1989 | 562 |
| 20 | The organization of perception and action. A theory for language and other cognitive skills Donald G. MacKay · Neurological Sciences | Jun 1988 | 529 |
| 21 | Gradual development of L2 phrase structure Anne Vainikka, Martha Young-Scholten · Second language Research | 1996 | 528 |
| 22 | The Phonology of English as an International Language: New Models, New Norms, New Goals Jennifer A. Jenkins | 25 Sep 2000 | 524 |
| 23 | On some gestures' relation to talk Emanuel A. Schegloff · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 4 Apr 1985 | 490 |
| 24 | Two Types of Convention in Indirect Speech Acts Jerry L. Morgan | 20 Dec 1978 | 476 |
| 25 | Native Italian speakers’ perception and production of English vowels James Emil Flege, IAN R. A. MACKAY, Diane Meador · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America | Nov 1999 | 473 |
| 26 | Second-Language Acquisition, Social Interaction, and the Classroom Teresa Pica · Applied Linguistics | 1987 | 437 |
| 27 | The Discovery of Spoken Language Katherine Demuth · Language and Speech | 1998 | 434 |
| 28 | Speaking to many minds: on the relevance of different types of language information for the L2 learner Michael Sharwood Smith · Second language Research | Jun 1991 | 406 |
| 29 | A model for relevant types of contexts in grammaticalization Gabriele Diewald · Typological studies in language | 12 Apr 2002 | 405 |
| 30 | Projection and ?silences?: Notes on phonetic and conversational structure John Local, John S. Kelly · Human Studies | 1986 | 384 |
| 31 | The Indo-Aryan Languages Colin P. Masica | 26 Apr 1991 | 368 |
| 32 | A computational learning model for metrical phonology Bezalel Elan Dresher, Jonathan Derek Kaye · Cognition | Feb 1990 | 358 |
| 33 | Processing Instruction : Theory, Research, and Commentary Bill VanPatten | 20 May 2004 | 351 |
| 34 | Intonational phrasing: the case for recursive prosodic structure D. Robert Ladd · Phonology Yearbook | May 1986 | 334 |
| 35 | Extended Doubling and the VP Periphery Adriana Belletti · Probus | 2005 | 332 |
| 36 | Input and Evidence: The raw material of second language acquisition Susanne Elizabeth Carroll | 4 Oct 2001 | 328 |
| 37 | Incomplete vs. divergent representations of unaccusativity in non native grammars of Italian Antonella Sorace · Second language Research | Feb 1993 | 325 |
| 38 | The description of bilingualism William Francis Mackey · The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique | 1962 | 315 |
| 39 | The interaction of tone and stress in Optimality Theory Paul de Lacy · Phonology | May 2002 | 313 |
| 40 | “Substance Abuse” and “Dysfunctionalism”: Current Trends in Phonology Mark Hale, Charles Reiss · Linguistic Inquiry | 2000 | 304 |
| 41 | Speaking of prosody: Fluency's unattended bedfellow Sarah L. Dowhower · Theory Into Practice | Jun 1991 | 301 |
| 42 | Activation, Competition, and Frequency in Lexical Access William D. Marslen‐Wilson · The MIT Press eBooks | 10 Jan 1991 | 298 |
| 43 | Child phonology: a prosodic view Natalie Waterson · Journal of Linguistics | Sep 1971 | 296 |
| 44 | The (Il)Logical Problem of Heritage Speaker Bilingualism and Incomplete Acquisition Diego Pascual y Cabo, Jason S Rothman · Applied Linguistics | Sep 2012 | 291 |
| 45 | CONTEXT OF LEARNING IN THE ACQUISITION OF SPANISH SECOND LANGUAGE PHONOLOGY Manuel Díaz‐Campos · Studies in Second Language Acquisition | 23 Apr 2004 | 287 |
| 46 | Between Speaking and Listening: The Vocalisation of Understandings1 Rod Gardner · Applied Linguistics | Jun 1998 | 286 |
| 47 | Speech Rates in British English Steve Tauroza, Desmond Allison · Applied Linguistics | Mar 1990 | 278 |
| 48 | Hesitation and Grammatical Encoding Donald S. Boomer · Language and Speech | Jul 1965 | 278 |
| 49 | African Voices: An Introduction to the Languages and Linguistics of Africa Haig Der‐Houssikian, Vic Webb, Kembo-Sure · African Studies Review | Dec 2002 | 268 |
| 50 | Sublingual absorption of selected opioid analgesics David S. Weinberg, Charles E. Inturrisi, Bruce E. Reidenberg et al. · Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics | Sep 1988 | 261 |
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