Derek Nurse

3.7k total citations
54 papers, 999 citations indexed

About

Derek Nurse is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Nurse has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 999 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Language and Linguistics, 24 papers in Linguistics and Language and 15 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Derek Nurse's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (16 papers), Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (14 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (13 papers). Derek Nurse is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (16 papers), Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (14 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (13 papers). Derek Nurse collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Tanzania and United Kingdom. Derek Nurse's co-authors include Gérard Philippson, Bernd Heine, John P. Hutchison, Thomas Spear, Mark van de Velde, Koen Bostoen, Thomas J. Hinnebusch, Marguerite Ylvisaker, Christopher Ehret and John Hewson and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, The American Historical Review and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.

In The Last Decade

Derek Nurse

50 papers receiving 706 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derek Nurse Canada	14	436	381	308	160	109	54	999
S. Α. Wurm Australia	15	338 0.8×	429 1.1×	123 0.4×	142 0.9×	40 0.4×	68	867
Donn Bayard New Zealand	14	166 0.4×	203 0.5×	130 0.4×	92 0.6×	23 0.2×	43	610
Harry Hoijer United States	18	323 0.7×	194 0.5×	98 0.3×	173 1.1×	80 0.7×	40	948
Isidore Dyen United States	15	237 0.5×	326 0.9×	141 0.5×	118 0.7×	93 0.9×	38	815
Patrick McConvell Australia	15	240 0.6×	336 0.9×	247 0.8×	128 0.8×	37 0.3×	51	799
John P. Hutchison	7	240 0.6×	275 0.7×	65 0.2×	56 0.3×	56 0.5×	13	600
E. G. Pulleyblank Canada	16	251 0.6×	139 0.4×	199 0.6×	113 0.7×	51 0.5×	90	938
Terrence Kaufman United States	15	1.1k 2.5×	885 2.3×	96 0.3×	315 2.0×	164 1.5×	35	1.7k
John U. Wolff United States	12	242 0.6×	300 0.8×	104 0.3×	155 1.0×	41 0.4×	37	610
Ives Goddard United States	14	259 0.6×	215 0.6×	53 0.2×	131 0.8×	60 0.6×	54	492

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Dalby, David, et al.. (2017). African Languages/Langues Africaines.

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Nurse, Derek. (2012). History and the Testimony of Language. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 45(1). 128. 18 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek. (2008). Tense and Aspect in Bantu. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 71 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek. (2007). An introduction to African languages . By G. Tucker Childs. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2003. Pp. xiv, 265. ISBN 11588114228. $59.95.. Language. 83(1). 199–202. 1 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek. (2006). Focus in Bantu: verbal morphology and function. ZAS Papers in Linguistics. 43. 189–207. 8 indexed citations

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Heine, Bernd & Derek Nurse. (2004). Les langues africaines. Karthala eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek, et al.. (2002). A glossary of terms for Bantu verbal categories : with special emphasis on tense and aspect. 10 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek & Bernd Heine. (2001). Historical language contact in Africa. 7 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek & John Middleton. (1994). The World of the Swahili: An African Mercantile Civilization.. The American Historical Review. 99(3). 949–949. 1 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek & Franz Rottland. (1993). The History of Sonjo and Engaruka: A Linguists' View. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 28(1). 1–5. 2 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek. (1991). Shungwaya and the diaspora. 12(12). 125–159. 1 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek, et al.. (1991). A Classified Vocabulary of the Pare Language. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 25(3). 507–507. 3 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek & Thomas Spear. (1985). The Swahili. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 79 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek. (1983). A Linguistic Reconsideration of Swahili Origins. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 18(1). 127–150. 11 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek. (1983). History From Linguistics: The Case of the Tana River. History in Africa. 10. 207–238. 7 indexed citations

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Hinnebusch, Thomas J., et al.. (1981). Studies in the classification of eastern Bantu languages. Americanae (AECID Library). 13 indexed citations

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Ehret, Christopher & Derek Nurse. (1981). The Taita Cushites. 3. 125–168. 6 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek. (1980). Bajun Historical Linguistics. 12(1). 34–43. 6 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek. (1980). Bajuni Historical Linguistics. 34–43. 9 indexed citations

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Nurse, Derek & Gérard Philippson. (1977). Tones in Old Moshi (Chaga). Studies in African Linguistics. 8(1). 2 indexed citations

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