James A. Matisoff

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

James A. Matisoff is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Language and Linguistics and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Matisoff has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 23 papers in Language and Linguistics and 21 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in James A. Matisoff's work include China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (24 papers), Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (14 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (14 papers). James A. Matisoff is often cited by papers focused on China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (24 papers), Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (14 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (14 papers). James A. Matisoff collaborates with scholars based in United States. James A. Matisoff's co-authors include W. South Coblin, Robbins Burling, Nicholas Allen, D.N.S. Bhat, Roy Andrew Miller, Graham Thurgood, Nathan W. Hill, Paul K. Benedict, F. K. Lehman and Stephen Baron and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Annual Review of Anthropology and The Journal of Asian Studies.

In The Last Decade

James A. Matisoff

61 papers receiving 807 citations

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Cross-cultural pragmatics: The semantics of human interaction. By Anna Wierzbicka. (Trends in linguistics studies and monographs 53.) Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Pp. xiii, 502.

1996 500 citations James A. Matisoff Language profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Matisoff, James A.. (2015). On the Demise of the Proto-Tibeto-Burman Mid Vowels. 39(3). 375–395. 3 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (2011). Areal and Universal Issues in Plant and Animal Nomenclature. 35(4). 655–679. 1 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (2009). Stable Roots in Sino-Tibetan/Tibeto-Burman. Senri ethnological studies. 75(75). 291–318. 1 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (2006). Much Adu About Something: Extrusional Labiovelors in a Northern Yi Patois. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 29(1). 95. 1 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (2001). The interest of Zhangzhung for comparative Tibeto-Burman. 19(19). 155–180. 5 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (2000). An Extrusional Approach to *p-/w- Variation in Sino-Tibetan. 1(2). 135–186. 4 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (1996). Cross-cultural pragmatics: The semantics of human interaction. By Anna Wierzbicka. (Trends in linguistics studies and monographs 53.) Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Pp. xiii, 502.. Language. 72(3). 624–630. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

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Matisoff, James A., et al.. (1995). New horizons in Tibeto-Burman morphosyntax. 21 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (1995). Sino-Tibetan Palatal Suffixes Revisited. Senri ethnological studies. 41(41). 35–91. 3 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (1993). Selected papers on comparative Tai studies . By William J. Gedney; edited by Robert J. Bickner, John Hartmann, Thomas J. Hudak, and Patcharin Peyasantiwong. (Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia, 29.) Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, 1989. Pp. vi, 544.. Language. 69(1). 178–182. 7 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (1990). On megalocomparison. Language. 66(1). 106–120. 2 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (1985). God and the Sino-Tibetan Copula with some good news concerning Selected Tibeto-Burman Rhymes. 1–81. 14 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (1980). Stars, Moon, and Spirits Bright Beings of the Night in Sino-Tibetan. 1980(77). 1–45. 4 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A., et al.. (1979). The structure of the Hsi-hsia (Tangut) characters. 1 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (1978). Mpi and Lolo-Burmese microlinguistics. Americanae (AECID Library). 10 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A., et al.. (1976). Genetic relationship, diffusion and typological similarities of East & Southeast Asian languages : papers for the 1st Japan-US Joint Seminar on East & Southeast Asian Linguistics. 1 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (1973). The Annual Sino-Tibetan Conferences: The First Five Years, 1968-1972.. Journal of Chinese linguistics. 2 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (1972). Tangkhul Naga and Comparative Tibeto-Burman. Tōnan Ajia Kenkyū/Tonan ajia kenkyu. 10(2). 271–283. 4 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A. & Robbins Burling. (1968). Proto Lolo-Burmese. Language. 44(4). 879–879. 25 indexed citations

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Matisoff, James A.. (1967). A grammar of the Lahu language. University Microfilms eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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