William Downes

614 citations
11 papers · 350 · h-index 7

Impact in

    • Multilingual Education and Policy
    • Linguistic Variation and Morphology
    • Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
    • Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
    • EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Papers in

Journals
Language and Literature International Journal of Stylistics (2 papers)Journal of Linguistics (1 paper)Cambridge University Press eBooks (5 papers)Medical Entomology and Zoology (1 paper)Oxford University Press eBooks (1 paper)
Partner nations
United KingdomCanada

In The Last Decade

William Downes

11 papers receiving 237 citations

Peers

William Downes
Comparison fields: 5 of 65
  • Linguistics and Language 104
  • Language and Linguistics 158
  • Literature and Literary Theory 62
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 66
  • Communication 29
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All Works

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#Work
1 1998220
2 200037
3 201026
4
Language and Society. 2nd Edition.
199821
5
Language and Religion: A Journey into the Human Mind
201014
6 197714
7 199310
8 20105
9 19981
10 19981
11 20181

About William Downes

William Downes is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy, Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Religious studies, having authored 11 papers that have together received 350 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (4 papers), Study and Philosophy of Religion (3 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 papers), Historical and Linguistic Studies (2 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (1 paper), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (1 paper), Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis (1 paper) and Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (104 citations), Language and Linguistics (158 citations), Literature and Literary Theory (62 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (66 citations) and Communication (29 citations). William Downes has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom and Canada. Their work appears in journals such as Language and Literature International Journal of Stylistics, Journal of Linguistics, Cambridge University Press eBooks, Medical Entomology and Zoology and Oxford University Press eBooks.

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