Michael Toolan
Impact in
- Literature and Literary Theory top 0.5%
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Narrative Theory and Analysis
- Language and Linguistics top 1%
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Translation Studies and Practices
- Lexicography and Language Studies
Papers in
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- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies 8
- Lexicography and Language Studies 7
- Translation Studies and Practices 6
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies 5
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- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies 25
- Co-authors
- Geoffrey Leech (1 shared paper)Ruth Page (1 shared paper)Monika Fludernik (1 shared paper)Bronwen Thomas (1 shared paper)Brian Richardson (1 shared paper)Heta Pyrhönen (1 shared paper)Manfred Jahn (1 shared paper)H. Porter Abbott (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Language and Literature International Journal of Stylistics (6 papers)Journal of Literary Semantics (5 papers)Language & Communication (5 papers)Poetics Today (4 papers)Narrative (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesSwitzerland
In The Last Decade
Michael Toolan
71 papers receiving 1.0k citations
Michael Toolan's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 91
- Literature and Literary Theory 674
- Language and Linguistics 546
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 456
- Linguistics and Language 132
- Communication 138
Countries citing papers authored by Michael Toolan
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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Toolan
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Michael Toolan, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 82 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 460 |
| 2 | 2007 | 150 | |
| 3 | 1997 | 75 | |
| 4 | 1994 | 63 | |
| 5 | Language in literature : an introduction to stylistics | 1998 | 59 |
| 6 | Language, Text and Context: Essays in Stylistics | 1992 | 47 |
| 7 | Critical Discourse Analysis: Critical Concepts In Linguistics | 2004 | 40 |
| 8 | 2020 | 39 | |
| 9 | 1990 | 36 | |
| 10 | 1996 | 32 | |
| 11 | 2008 | 31 | |
| 12 | Narrative Progression in the Short Story: A corpus stylistic approach | 2009 | 31 |
| 13 | 2016 | 20 | |
| 14 | 2016 | 18 | |
| 15 | 1992 | 16 | |
| 16 | 1997 | 15 | |
| 17 | 2016 | 12 | |
| 18 | 2008 | 12 | |
| 19 | 2012 | 12 | |
| 20 | 1997 | 11 |
About Michael Toolan
Michael Toolan is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Linguistics and Language and Philosophy, having authored 82 papers that have together received 1.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (25 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (19 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (8 papers), Lexicography and Language Studies (7 papers), Translation Studies and Practices (6 papers), Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (6 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (5 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Literature and Literary Theory (674 citations), Language and Linguistics (546 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (456 citations), Linguistics and Language (132 citations) and Communication (138 citations). Michael Toolan has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Geoffrey Leech, Ruth Page, Monika Fludernik, Bronwen Thomas, Brian Richardson, Heta Pyrhönen, Manfred Jahn, H. Porter Abbott, Marie‐Laure Ryan and Teresa Bridgeman. Their work appears in journals such as Language and Literature International Journal of Stylistics, Journal of Literary Semantics, Language & Communication, Poetics Today and Narrative.
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