Alan Firth

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Alan Firth is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Firth has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Language and Linguistics, 9 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 8 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Alan Firth's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (15 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (12 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (7 papers). Alan Firth is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (15 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (12 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (7 papers). Alan Firth collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and Australia. Alan Firth's co-authors include Johannes Wagner, Liz Trinder, Chris Jenks, Christopher J. Jenks, Michael Emmison, Carolyn D. Baker and C. Richard Baker and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, Applied Linguistics and Journal of Pragmatics.

In The Last Decade

Alan Firth

30 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

On Discourse, Communication, and (Some) Fundamental Conce... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1997 1996 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Firth Denmark 14 2.2k 1.4k 927 378 262 32 2.5k
Andy Kirkpatrick Australia 29 2.0k 0.9× 1.9k 1.3× 1.7k 1.9× 350 0.9× 281 1.1× 85 3.0k
Elite Olshtain Israel 20 1.9k 0.9× 975 0.7× 470 0.5× 403 1.1× 433 1.7× 47 2.4k
Joan Kelly Hall United States 21 1.3k 0.6× 904 0.6× 451 0.5× 257 0.7× 284 1.1× 59 1.8k
Barbara Johnstone United States 26 1.4k 0.6× 552 0.4× 1.4k 1.5× 395 1.0× 91 0.3× 96 2.2k
Wei Ren China 24 1.1k 0.5× 785 0.6× 326 0.4× 249 0.7× 207 0.8× 88 1.6k
Kingsley Bolton Hong Kong 20 941 0.4× 847 0.6× 965 1.0× 150 0.4× 166 0.6× 87 1.7k
Nessa Wolfson United States 16 1.4k 0.7× 704 0.5× 555 0.6× 390 1.0× 141 0.5× 22 1.7k
Kendall A. King United States 23 1.1k 0.5× 981 0.7× 1.9k 2.0× 149 0.4× 379 1.4× 84 2.5k
Ursula Lanvers United Kingdom 17 941 0.4× 653 0.5× 713 0.8× 89 0.2× 218 0.8× 35 1.4k
Ronald Wardhaugh United States 14 1.2k 0.6× 409 0.3× 714 0.8× 245 0.6× 254 1.0× 38 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Firth

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Firth, Alan. (2013). Spoken Discourse and Social Interaction: An Introduction.
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Firth, Alan. (2012). JALT2012 Plenary Speaker article: The social practice of practising English. 36(4). 9–9. 1 indexed citations
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Emmison, Michael & Alan Firth. (2012). Requesting and receiving advice on the telephone: An analysis of telephone helplines in Australia. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 221. 213–232. 5 indexed citations
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Trinder, Liz, Christopher J. Jenks, & Alan Firth. (2010). Talking Children into Being in Absentia? Children as a Strategic and Contingent Resource in Family Court Dispute Resolution. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
5.
Firth, Alan, et al.. (2010). Etnometodología. Discurso & sociedad. 4(3). 597–614. 1 indexed citations
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Firth, Alan. (2009). The lingua franca factor. Intercultural Pragmatics. 6(2). 83 indexed citations
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Trinder, Liz, Alan Firth, & Chris Jenks. (2009). 'So Presumably Things Have Moved on Since Then?' The Management of Risk Allegations in Child Contact Dispute Resolution. International Journal of Law Policy and the Family. 24(1). 29–53. 33 indexed citations
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Firth, Alan & Johannes Wagner. (2007). On Discourse, Communication, and (Some) Fundamental Concepts in SLA Research: Republication from The Modern Language Journal, 81, 1997, 285-300. Modern Language Journal. 91. 757–772. 14 indexed citations
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Firth, Alan & Johannes Wagner. (2007). S/FL Learning as a Social Accomplishment: Elaborations on a 'Reconceptualized' SLA. Modern Language Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Firth, Alan & Johannes Wagner. (2007). Second/Foreign Language Learning as a Social Accomplishment: Elaborations on a Reconceptualized SLA. Modern Language Journal. 91(s1). 800–819. 256 indexed citations
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Firth, Alan & Johannes Wagner. (2007). On Discourse, Communication, and (Some) Fundamental Concepts in SLA Research. Modern Language Journal. 91. 757–772. 3 indexed citations
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Firth, Alan & Johannes Wagner. (2007). On Discourse, Communication, and (Some) Fundamental Concepts in SLA Research. Modern Language Journal. 91(s1). 757–772. 30 indexed citations
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Firth, Alan & Johannes Wagner. (2007). Second/Foreign Language Learning as a Social Accomplishment: Elaborations on a Reconceptualized SLA. Modern Language Journal. 91. 800–819. 47 indexed citations
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Baker, C. Richard, Michael Emmison, & Alan Firth. (2005). Calibrating for Competence in Calls for Technical Assistance. 2 indexed citations
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Firth, Alan. (2003). Language Travels: A Festschrift for Torben Vestergaard. 2 indexed citations
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Firth, Alan & Johannes Wagner. (1998). SLA Property: No Trespassing!. Modern Language Journal. 82(1). 91–91. 8 indexed citations
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Firth, Alan. (1995). The discourse of negotiation : studies of language in the workplace. Elsevier eBooks. 107 indexed citations
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Firth, Alan. (1995). ‘Accounts’ in negotiation discourse: A single-case analysis. Journal of Pragmatics. 23(2). 199–226. 38 indexed citations
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Firth, Alan. (1990). Responsing to proposals - an analysis of "alignment-talk" in trading negotiations. 2 indexed citations
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Firth, Alan. (1990). ‘Lingua franca’ negotiations: towards an interactional approach. World Englishes. 9(3). 269–280. 71 indexed citations

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