Barbara A Lafford

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

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Barbara A Lafford is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara A Lafford has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Language and Linguistics, 26 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 9 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Barbara A Lafford's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (23 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (22 papers) and Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (11 papers). Barbara A Lafford is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (23 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (22 papers) and Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (11 papers). Barbara A Lafford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Spain. Barbara A Lafford's co-authors include Ulla Connor, Janice Yalden, John M. Ryan, Joseph Collentine, Sonia Colina, Bryan Smith, Nicole A. Lazar, Manuel Díaz‐Campos, Barbara F. Freed and Norman Segalowitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Modern Language Journal and Studies in Second Language Acquisition.

In The Last Decade

Barbara A Lafford

47 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Contrastive Rhetoric: Cross-Cultural Aspects of Second-Language Writing

1997 493 citations Barbara A Lafford et al. Modern Language Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara A Lafford United States	19	1.1k	855	363	335	247	53	1.5k
Rosamond Mitchell United Kingdom	21	1.2k 1.1×	806 0.9×	418 1.2×	671 2.0×	293 1.2×	67	1.6k
Cem Alptekin Türkiye	14	1.3k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	688 1.9×	465 1.4×	305 1.2×	26	1.8k
Numa Markee United States	17	1.3k 1.2×	794 0.9×	339 0.9×	215 0.6×	241 1.0×	31	1.6k
Michael Swan United Kingdom	15	1.1k 1.0×	622 0.7×	327 0.9×	568 1.7×	261 1.1×	64	1.7k
Eli Hinkel United States	23	1.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.5×	269 0.7×	899 2.7×	484 2.0×	71	2.2k
Christine M. Tardy United States	19	624 0.6×	987 1.2×	152 0.4×	307 0.9×	448 1.8×	42	1.4k
Robert I. Binnick Canada	7	879 0.8×	365 0.4×	278 0.8×	306 0.9×	408 1.7×	22	1.4k
Ursula Lanvers United Kingdom	17	941 0.9×	653 0.8×	713 2.0×	218 0.7×	206 0.8×	35	1.4k
Paul Kei Matsuda United States	25	1.4k 1.3×	1.6k 1.9×	435 1.2×	573 1.7×	910 3.7×	68	2.4k
Thomas A. Upton United States	15	626 0.6×	662 0.8×	91 0.3×	407 1.2×	308 1.2×	24	1.2k

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Lafford, Barbara A, et al.. (2024). Español para Fines Específicos (EFE) / The Routledge Handbook of Spanish for Specific Purposes (SSP). Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna).

Muñoz–Basols, Javier, et al.. (2024). Hizkuntzak ikasteko itzulpengintza aplikatuaren potentzialtasunak adimen artifizialaren aroan. 1 indexed citations

Muñoz–Basols, Javier, et al.. (2023). Potentialities of Applied Translation for Language Learning in the Era of Artificial Intelligence. Hispania. 106(2). 171–194. 30 indexed citations

Lafford, Barbara A, et al.. (2015). Spanish for the Professions: Cultivating Cultural Intelligence in LSP Programs. 28(1). 57–82. 2 indexed citations

Lafford, Barbara A, et al.. (2014). Spanish in the professions and in the community in the US. 1(2). 171–186. 12 indexed citations

Lafford, Barbara A, et al.. (2013). Spanish for the professions: Program design and assessment. 3 indexed citations

Lafford, Barbara A. (2013). The Next Frontier: A Research Agenda for Exploring Experiential Language Learning in International and Domestic Contexts. 80–102. 7 indexed citations

Lafford, Barbara A. (2012). Languages for Specific Purposes in the United States in a Global Context: Commentary on Grosse and Voght (1991) Revisited. Modern Language Journal. 96(s1). 1–27. 35 indexed citations

Smith, Bryan & Barbara A Lafford. (2009). The Evaluation of Scholarly Activity in Computer‐Assisted Language Learning. Modern Language Journal. 93(s1). 868–883. 35 indexed citations

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Lafford, Barbara A. (2008). Temas de turismo: Manual para la preparación del Certificado Superior de Español del Turismo de la Cámara de Comercio de Madrid by ROSA DE JUAN, CARMEN, MARISSA DE PRADA, ANA E. GRAY, PILAR MARCÉ, & ELOÍSA NIETO. Modern Language Journal. 92(3). 500–501.

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Lafford, Barbara A. (2008). Preface. Modern Language Journal. 92(s1). 1 indexed citations

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Lafford, Barbara A. (2007). Second Language Acquisition Reconceptualized? The Impact of Firth and Wagner (1997). Modern Language Journal. 91. 735–756. 7 indexed citations

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Lafford, Barbara A, et al.. (2007). Entre dicho y hecho …. CALICO Journal. 24(3). 427–529. 15 indexed citations

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Lafford, Barbara A. (2005). THE HANDBOOK OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 27(3). 491–492. 25 indexed citations

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Lafford, Barbara A. (2004). CONTROVERSIES IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 26(3). 483–485. 48 indexed citations

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Lafford, Barbara A. (2000). Spanish Applied Linguistics in the Twentieth Century: A Retrospective and Bibliography (1900-99). Hispania. 83(4). 711–711. 5 indexed citations

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Lafford, Barbara A. (1996). Latin American Spanish. By John M. Lipski. New York: Longman Group Limited, 1994. Pp. vii, 426.. Language. 72(4). 821–825. 2 indexed citations

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Lafford, Barbara A & Joseph Collentine. (1989). The telltale targets: an analysis of access errors in the speech of intermediate students of spanish. 143–161. 5 indexed citations

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Lafford, Barbara A & Joseph Collentine. (1987). Lexical and grammatical access errors in the speech of Intermediate/Advanced level students of Spanish. 8 indexed citations

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Lafford, Barbara A. (1984). Is functionalism a fact. 1 indexed citations

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