Michael C. Silverstein
Impact in
- Linguistics and Language top 0.05%
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Language and Linguistics top 0.1%
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
Papers in
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- Linguistic Variation and Morphology 23
- Multilingual Education and Policy 11
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- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies 15
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies 12
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation 5
- Co-authors
- Greg Urban (1 shared paper)Jonathan Boyarin (1 shared paper)Michael P. Lempert (2 shared papers)Bruce J. Rigsby (1 shared paper)Robert A. Hall (1 shared paper)William Dwight Whitney (2 shared papers)Ellen M. Peters (4 shared papers)E.F.K. Koerner (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- American Anthropologist (6 papers)Language (5 papers)Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (5 papers)Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) (3 papers)Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesSweden
In The Last Decade
Michael C. Silverstein
89 papers receiving 4.7k citations
Michael C. Silverstein's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 144
- Linguistics and Language 2.7k
- Language and Linguistics 3.1k
- Literature and Literary Theory 1.5k
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 883
- Anthropology 693
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 96 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Histories of Discourse. Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 1179 |
| 2 | Shifters, linguistic categories, and cultural description Hit paper breakdown → | 1976 | 746 |
| 3 | Metapragmatic discourse and metapragmatic function Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 712 |
| 4 | 1985 | 398 | |
| 5 | “Cultural” Concepts and the Language‐Culture Nexus Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 382 |
| 6 | 1998 | 302 | |
| 7 | 2005 | 284 | |
| 8 | 2008 | 191 | |
| 9 | 1992 | 154 | |
| 10 | 1981 | 145 | |
| 11 | 2003 | 129 | |
| 12 | 2015 | 113 | |
| 13 | 1998 | 99 | |
| 14 | 2006 | 98 | |
| 15 | Creatures of politics media, message, and the American presidency | 2012 | 97 |
| 16 | 2009 | 95 | |
| 17 | 2018 | 83 | |
| 18 | Talking Politics: The Substance of Style from Abe to "W" | 2003 | 76 |
| 19 | 1996 | 58 | |
| 20 | The Limits of Awareness. Sociolinguistic Working Paper Number 84. | 1981 | 53 |
About Michael C. Silverstein
Michael C. Silverstein is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy and Communication, having authored 96 papers that have together received 6.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (23 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (15 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (12 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (11 papers), Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (8 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (8 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (5 papers) and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (2.7k citations), Language and Linguistics (3.1k citations), Literature and Literary Theory (1.5k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (883 citations) and Anthropology (693 citations). Michael C. Silverstein has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Greg Urban, Jonathan Boyarin, Michael P. Lempert, Bruce J. Rigsby, Robert A. Hall, William Dwight Whitney, Ellen M. Peters, E.F.K. Koerner, Pär Bjälkebring and Brittany L. Shoots‐Reinhard. Their work appears in journals such as American Anthropologist, Language, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) and Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory.
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