Deborah Schiffrin

11.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
51 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Deborah Schiffrin is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Schiffrin has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Language and Linguistics, 18 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 16 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Deborah Schiffrin's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (20 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (18 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (16 papers). Deborah Schiffrin is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (20 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (18 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (16 papers). Deborah Schiffrin collaborates with scholars based in United States. Deborah Schiffrin's co-authors include Anna De Fina, Michael Bamberg, Michael Bamberg, Diane Lillo‐Martin, Stephen Crain, Diane Blakemore, Joan Bresnan, Robert D. Borsley, Colin Yallop and Angelika Kratzer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Sociological Review and Language.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Schiffrin

48 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Discourse Markers

1987 1.2k citations Deborah Schiffrin profile →
Approaches to Discourse

1994 755 citations Deborah Schiffrin profile →
The pear stories : Cognitive, cultural, and linguistic aspects of narrative production. Edited by Wallace L. Chafe. (Advances in discourse processes, 3.) Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1980. Pp. xix, 327. $27.50.

1981 425 citations Deborah Schiffrin Language profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deborah Schiffrin United States	26	3.4k	1.8k	1.5k	1.1k	628	51	5.1k
Alessandro Duranti United States	27	2.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	946 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	869 1.4×	57	4.7k
J. Maxwell Atkinson United Kingdom	8	3.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	532 0.5×	718 1.1×	12	4.8k
Zdeněk Salzmann United States	28	2.0k 0.6×	899 0.5×	781 0.5×	855 0.7×	473 0.8×	85	3.7k
Ronald K. S. Macaulay United States	22	2.7k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	2.5k 2.2×	365 0.6×	67	4.5k
Robin Tolmach Lakoff United States	20	2.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	618 0.4×	755 0.7×	466 0.7×	45	3.8k
M.A.K. Halliday Australia	14	3.3k 1.0×	3.4k 1.9×	1.3k 0.9×	943 0.8×	735 1.2×	23	7.5k
Nikolas Coupland United Kingdom	37	2.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	958 0.6×	2.7k 2.4×	779 1.2×	96	5.5k
Ruqaiya Hasan Australia	19	2.2k 0.6×	2.2k 1.2×	818 0.5×	560 0.5×	423 0.7×	44	4.3k
Marjorie Harness Goodwin United States	29	2.3k 0.7×	916 0.5×	980 0.6×	663 0.6×	508 0.8×	51	3.3k
Edward Finegan United States	17	4.2k 1.3×	2.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.7×	268 0.4×	38	6.6k

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All Works

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Bamberg, Michael, et al.. (2007). Introduction to the volume. 1–8. 6 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (2007). Ancangan Kajian Wacana. 22 indexed citations

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Fina, Anna De, Deborah Schiffrin, & Michael Bamberg. (2006). Overview: theory, method and analysis. 25–26. 1 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (2001). Language and Public Memorial: `America's Concentration Camps'. Discourse & Society. 12(4). 505–534. 18 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (2001). LANGUAGE, experience and history: ‘What happened’ in World War II. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 5(3). 323–351. 10 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1992). El análisis de la conversación. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 299–328. 5 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1990). The principle of intersubjectivity in communication and conversation. Semiotica. 80. 19 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1990). Between text and context: Deixis, anaphora, and the meaning of then. Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse. 10(3). 16 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1986). Functions of and in discourse. Journal of Pragmatics. 10(1). 41–66. 46 indexed citations

10.

Schiffrin, Deborah. (1985). Conversational coherence: The role of well. Language. 61(3). 640–667. 80 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1985). Multiple constraints on discourse options: A quantitative analysis of causal sequences∗. Discourse Processes. 8(3). 281–303. 23 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1984). Meaning, form, and use in context : linguistic applications. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 369 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1983). Black and White styles in conflict . By Thomas Kochman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981. Pp. 177. $12.95.. Language. 59(2). 456–456. 354 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1983). Language, meaning and context . By John Lyons. London: Fontana Paperbacks, 1981. Pp. 256.. Language. 59(2). 441–441. 130 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1982). Discourse markers : semantic resource for the construction of conversation. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 17 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1982). Cohesion in Everyday Discourse: The Role of Paraphrase. Sociolinguistic Working Paper Number 97.. 2 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1981). Tense Variation in Narrative. Language. 57(1). 45–62. 54 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1981). The pear stories : Cognitive, cultural, and linguistic aspects of narrative production. Edited by Wallace L. Chafe. (Advances in discourse processes, 3.) Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1980. Pp. xix, 327. $27.50.. Language. 57(4). 959–963. 425 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1981). Tense variation in narrative. Language. 57(1). 45–62. 222 indexed citations

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Schiffrin, Deborah. (1974). Handwork as Ceremony: The Case of the Handshake. Semiotica. 12(3). 27 indexed citations

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