John McWhorter

1.7k citations
41 papers · 612 · h-index 13

Impact in

    • Linguistic Variation and Morphology
    • Multilingual Education and Policy
    • Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies
    • Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
    • Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
    • Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies

Papers in

    • Linguistic Variation and Morphology 15
    • Multilingual Education and Policy 6
    • Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation 6
    • Historical Linguistics and Language Studies 4
    • Lexicography and Language Studies 3
    • Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies 3

John McWhorter

35 papers receiving 454 citations

Peers

John McWhorter
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  • Linguistics and Language 406
  • Language and Linguistics 419
  • Cultural Studies 93
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 100
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 43
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All Works

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7 199229
8 197828
9 201221
10 200219
11 200817
12 201114
13 200412
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Pas tout à fait du français : Une étude créole
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17 19928
18 19968
19 20008
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About John McWhorter

John McWhorter is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics, Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Artificial Intelligence, having authored 41 papers that have together received 612 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (15 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (6 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (4 papers), Lexicography and Language Studies (3 papers), Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (3 papers), African history and culture analysis (3 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (406 citations), Language and Linguistics (419 citations), Cultural Studies (93 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (100 citations) and Developmental and Educational Psychology (43 citations). John McWhorter has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Jeff Good, Mikael Parkvall, Larry R. Hearld and Jeff M. Szychowski. Their work appears in journals such as Diachronica, American Speech, Studies in Language, Language and Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages.

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