Linguistic Variation and Morphology

Linguistic Variation and Morphology is a research topic within Linguistics and Language. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores sociolinguistic variation, language change, and the perception of dialects and accents. It delves into the social meanings and identities associated with different linguistic features, such as indexicality, ethnicity, and speech perception. The research also covers the influence of media, social networks, and historical factors on language variation and change.

Sociolinguistic Variation
Language Change
Dialects
Perception
Accent
Social Meaning
Ethnicity
Indexicality
Speech Perception
Linguistic Identity

Research works: 30k
In the world top 10%: 3.1k
Top-10% rate: 10.3%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -2%
Largest producer: United States

Linguistic Variation and Morphology

Which countries lead Linguistic Variation and Morphology research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1k and 387 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 1k works
2 United Kingdom 387 works
3 Germany 364 works
4 China 327 works
5 France 279 works
6 Spain 251 works
7 Indonesia 221 works
8 Canada 191 works
9 Netherlands 141 works
10 Australia 137 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.

United States1,013 · 30.6%United Kingdom387 · 11.7%Germany364 · 11.0%China327 · 9.9%6 others listed1,220 · 36.9%

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

Which institutions lead Linguistic Variation and Morphology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Linguistic Variation and Morphology research, followed by University of Cambridge and University of Zurich.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 118 works
2 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 64 works
3 University of ZurichSwitzerland 40 works
4 University of TorontoCanada 36 works
5 Indiana UniversityUnited States 29 works
6 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 28 works
7 University of HelsinkiFinland 28 works
8 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 27 works
9 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 27 works
10 KU LeuvenBelgium 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Linguistic Variation and Morphology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Linguistic Variation and Morphology include Noam Chomsky, Michael Tomasello and Erving Goffman.

1 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
2 Michael Tomasello Germany 135k citations
3 Erving Goffman United States 133k citations
4 Jin Li China 132k citations
5 Norman K. Denzin United States 130k 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 Linguistic Variation and Morphology?

The most cited paper in Linguistic Variation and Morphology is "Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English" (Kathleen M. Broussard, Douglas Biber, Stig Johansson et al., 2000), with 8,233 citations. Next come "Identity and interaction: a sociocultural linguistic approach" (3,778) and "The Social Stratification of English in New York City." (3,097).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English Kathleen M. Broussard, Douglas Biber, Stig Johansson et al. · TESOL Quarterly	2000	8,233
2	Identity and interaction: a sociocultural linguistic approach Mary Bucholtz, Kira Hall · Discourse Studies Open access	Oct 2005	3,778
3	The Social Stratification of English in New York City. Harry J. Crockett, William Labov · American Sociological Review	Oct 1968	3,097
4	Narrative Analysis: Oral Versions of Personal Experience1 William Labov, Joshua Waletzky · Journal of Narrative and Life History	1997	2,908
5	Language and woman's place Robin Tolmach Lakoff · Language in Society Open access	Apr 1973	2,780

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Where is Linguistic Variation and Morphology research done?

The largest centres of Linguistic Variation and Morphology research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Cambridge (United Kingdom), London (United Kingdom) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bloomington.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 ParisFrance 111 works
2 CambridgeUnited Kingdom 65 works
3 LondonUnited Kingdom 57 works
4 BeijingChina 55 works
5 Hong KongChina 53 works
6 MoscowRussia 45 works
7 TorontoCanada 44 works
8 ZurichSwitzerland 43 works
9 New YorkUnited States 41 works
10 MadridSpain 39 works

Where it is the local speciality

BloomingtonUS · 29.6 works13×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Linguistic Variation and Morphology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Linguistic Variation and Morphology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Cambridge, Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Zurich 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom	68.8	6.4%	11.7×	64	+121.9%
2	Chinese University of Hong KongChina	68.7	20.1%	7.0×	24	+128.7%
3	University of ZurichSwitzerland	64.3	14.9%	12.5×	40	-3.6%
4	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	60.8	16.9%	4.4×	28	+27.5%
5	Ghent UniversityBelgium	59.9	23.9%	6.9×	25	-16.0%
6	Queen Mary University of LondonUnited Kingdom	59.5	27.3%	5.6×	11	-12.1%
7	Tilburg UniversityNetherlands	58.9	24.5%	11.7×	9	+154.7%
8	Leiden UniversityNetherlands	56.8	18.1%	10.6×	27	-28.8%
9	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom	56.7	20.2%	6.6×	27	-22.6%
10	Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany	56.2	20.8%	8.0×	13	+65.4%
11	Macquarie UniversityAustralia	55.1	29.8%	7.4×	12	-10.6%
12	University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaUnited States	53.6	18.3%	12.6×	13	+35.2%
13	KU LeuvenBelgium	52.7	13.3%	6.0×	26	-11.7%
14	University of SalzburgAustria	52.3	22.3%	16.4×	9	+20.6%
15	Australian National UniversityAustralia	50.8	15.7%	9.1×	21	-19.4%
16	Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly	50.2	12.4%	12.8×	14	+24.2%
17	University of MacauChina	50.1	28.2%	5.5×	8	-10.7%
18	Lancaster UniversityUnited Kingdom	49.8	21.1%	8.9×	11	-41.5%
19	University of TorontoCanada	49.7	12.4%	3.9×	36	-21.4%
20	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States	49.7	16.4%	3.8×	15	+24.2%
21	University of HelsinkiFinland	49.5	13.1%	8.6×	28	-19.4%
22	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany	49.1	16.6%	5.0×	20	-11.1%
23	The University of MelbourneAustralia	48.8	23.9%	3.1×	16	-40.1%
24	University of ChicagoUnited States	48.5	8.1%	5.1×	20	+52.3%
25	University of PotsdamGermany	48.5	12.5%	8.7×	10	+19.6%
26	University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States	47.6	16.6%	8.4×	12	-40.9%
27	University of KonstanzGermany	46.8	17.0%	17.1×	10	-15.6%
28	University of AucklandNew Zealand	46.5	25.2%	3.7×	9	+23.5%
29	University of California, DavisUnited States	45.7	20.1%	3.2×	12	+69.9%
30	McGill UniversityCanada	45.6	13.7%	3.2×	15	-8.1%
31	University of British ColumbiaCanada	45.5	11.6%	4.3×	24	-20.9%
32	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	45.1	19.6%	2.4×	17	-27.1%
33	University of BernSwitzerland	44.9	19.8%	5.5×	14	-28.1%
34	The Ohio State UniversityUnited States	44.7	14.4%	4.1×	23	-11.5%
35	UiT The Arctic University of NorwayNorway	44.4	19.2%	12.4×	10	-30.1%
36	University of YorkUnited Kingdom	44.2	17.6%	7.2×	11	-13.9%
37	Indiana UniversityUnited States	44.1	9.0%	6.6×	29	-20.2%
38	University of GroningenNetherlands	44.1	6.1%	5.4×	17	+100.5%
39	Vrije Universiteit BrusselBelgium	44.1	12.1%	8.6×	11	+102.7%
40	University of CologneGermany	43.8	14.5%	7.6×	15	-40.4%
41	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	43.7	15.2%	4.0×	16	-17.3%
42	University of GrazAustria	43.7	10.5%	12.2×	10	+42.9%
43	Yale UniversityUnited States	43.4	12.8%	3.1×	15	-31.9%
44	Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands	43.2	11.5%	6.4×	18	-35.5%
45	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore	42.8	18.7%	2.8×	10	-12.0%
46	University of Hong KongChina	42.1	17.6%	3.4×	15	-25.0%
47	National University of SingaporeSingapore	37.1	6.2%	2.6×	14	+4.5%

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 Linguistic Variation and Morphology, country by country

Is Linguistic Variation and Morphology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Linguistic Variation and Morphology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

Fractional works of Linguistic Variation and Morphology 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.

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

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Which countries lead Linguistic Variation and Morphology research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Linguistic Variation and Morphology research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Linguistic Variation and Morphology?

What are the most cited papers in Linguistic Variation and Morphology?

Where is Linguistic Variation and Morphology research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Linguistic Variation and Morphology?

Is Linguistic Variation and Morphology research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion