Alain Kihm

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 821 citations indexed

About

Alain Kihm is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Kihm has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 821 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Language and Linguistics, 22 papers in Linguistics and Language and 11 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Alain Kihm's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (16 papers), Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (12 papers) and Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies (12 papers). Alain Kihm is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (16 papers), Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (12 papers) and Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies (12 papers). Alain Kihm collaborates with scholars based in France, Morocco and United States. Alain Kihm's co-authors include Erving Goffman, William Labov, Roman Jakobson, Linda R. Waugh, Lucia M. Tovena and Noam Chomsky and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Language and The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique.

In The Last Decade

Alain Kihm

35 papers receiving 629 citations

Hit Papers

Stigmate : les usages sociaux des handicaps 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Stigmate : les usages sociaux des handicaps
    1975 235 citations Erving Goffman, Alain Kihm Éditions de Minuit eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Kihm France 11 362 208 184 140 114 45 821
Joanna Thornborrow United Kingdom 17 202 0.6× 424 2.0× 120 0.7× 87 0.6× 57 0.5× 42 994
Adams Bodomo Hong Kong 17 377 1.0× 193 0.9× 150 0.8× 21 0.1× 28 0.2× 77 875
Dennis Kurzon Israel 14 156 0.4× 688 3.3× 135 0.7× 96 0.7× 163 1.4× 55 1.1k
Mary Ellen Brown United States 12 147 0.4× 56 0.3× 58 0.3× 39 0.3× 43 0.4× 36 639
Joséphine Klein 4 437 1.2× 122 0.6× 101 0.5× 23 0.2× 34 0.3× 4 1.1k
Matthew Clarke United Kingdom 18 350 1.0× 259 1.2× 182 1.0× 44 0.3× 52 0.5× 60 1.2k
K. Yağmur Netherlands 22 339 0.9× 371 1.8× 610 3.3× 40 0.3× 27 0.2× 86 1.2k
Annabelle Mooney United Kingdom 10 114 0.3× 109 0.5× 50 0.3× 24 0.2× 44 0.4× 38 451
Gerald Stone United States 13 186 0.5× 66 0.3× 38 0.2× 25 0.2× 47 0.4× 57 592
Gary A. Olson United States 14 166 0.5× 61 0.3× 30 0.2× 78 0.6× 19 0.2× 73 578

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Kihm

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kihm, Alain. (2014). Theories of morphology and theories of creole emergence: the inner connection. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 24(1). 43–89.
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Kihm, Alain, et al.. (2013). Língua de Preto, the Basic Variety at the root of West African Portuguese Creoles. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. 28(2). 203–298. 9 indexed citations
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Kihm, Alain. (2012). OLD FRENCH AND ROMANIAN DECLENSIONS FROM A WORD AND PARADIGM PERSPECTIVE AND THE NOTION OF "DEFAULT SYNCRETISM". 57(1). 3–34. 1 indexed citations
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Kihm, Alain. (2011). Pidgin-creoles as a scattered sprachbund. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. 26(1). 43–88. 1 indexed citations
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Kihm, Alain. (2010). Fully bare nominals in two Creoles: A description and a tentative constructional account. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 9–9. 1 indexed citations
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Kihm, Alain. (2004). Les pluriels internes de l'arabe: essai d'anatomie. Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris. 13(99). 311–361. 1 indexed citations
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Kihm, Alain. (1995). Tayo, The Strange Bird from New Caledonia. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. 10(2). 225–252. 9 indexed citations
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Kihm, Alain, et al.. (1992). Actas do Colóquio sobre Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa. 4 indexed citations
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Kihm, Alain. (1990). Complementizer, Verb, or Both? Kriyol Kuma. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. 5(1). 53–70. 1 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving & Alain Kihm. (1987). Façons de parler. 43 indexed citations
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Kihm, Alain. (1986). La maturité des études créoles. Cahiers d études africaines. 26(104). 715–722.
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Kihm, Alain. (1986). Nasality in Kriol. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. 1(1). 81–107. 1 indexed citations
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Chomsky, Noam & Alain Kihm. (1985). Règles et représentations. Flammarion eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Jakobson, Roman, Linda R. Waugh, & Alain Kihm. (1980). La charpente phonique du langage. 18 indexed citations
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Labov, William & Alain Kihm. (1978). Le Parler ordinaire : la langue dans les ghettos noirs des Etats-Unis. 23 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving & Alain Kihm. (1975). Stigmate : les usages sociaux des handicaps. Éditions de Minuit eBooks. 235 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goffman, Erving & Alain Kihm. (1974). Les rites d'interaction. Éditions de Minuit eBooks. 334 indexed citations
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Goffman, Erving & Alain Kihm. (1973). Les relations en public. Éditions de Minuit eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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