James McElvenny

1.0k total citations
21 papers, 106 citations indexed

About

James McElvenny is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, History and Philosophy of Science and Theoretical Computer Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James McElvenny has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 106 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Language and Linguistics, 7 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 2 papers in Theoretical Computer Science. Recurrent topics in James McElvenny's work include Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (15 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (7 papers) and Classical Studies and Philology (5 papers). James McElvenny is often cited by papers focused on Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (15 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (7 papers) and Classical Studies and Philology (5 papers). James McElvenny collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United Kingdom. James McElvenny's co-authors include Manfred Ringmacher, Georg von der Gabelentz and Andrea Ploder and has published in prestigious journals such as Language & Communication, Semiotica and Language Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James McElvenny

17 papers receiving 97 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James McElvenny Germany 5 80 23 18 14 14 21 106
Manfred Ringmacher Germany 3 55 0.7× 17 0.7× 17 0.9× 14 1.0× 9 0.6× 8 71
René Pellen France 4 78 1.0× 42 1.8× 20 1.1× 22 1.6× 20 1.4× 22 114
Ana R. Luís Portugal 4 77 1.0× 25 1.1× 31 1.7× 22 1.6× 7 0.5× 16 97
Rafael Cano Aguilar Spain 7 139 1.7× 41 1.8× 16 0.9× 22 1.6× 12 0.9× 49 158
Stef Grondelaers Belgium 4 68 0.8× 26 1.1× 33 1.8× 11 0.8× 9 0.6× 4 90
Patrick Caudal France 5 52 0.7× 34 1.5× 24 1.3× 12 0.9× 14 1.0× 23 70
Gerda Haßler Germany 6 87 1.1× 14 0.6× 22 1.2× 8 0.6× 33 2.4× 37 96
Ronny Boogaart Netherlands 7 84 1.1× 18 0.8× 33 1.8× 36 2.6× 15 1.1× 17 101
Olga Spevak France 4 55 0.7× 16 0.7× 10 0.6× 14 1.0× 15 1.1× 11 79
William Croft 2 58 0.7× 11 0.5× 22 1.2× 24 1.7× 9 0.6× 2 77

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James McElvenny

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McElvenny, James. (2025). The Aesthetic Dimension of Grammaticalization: Georg von der Gabelentz and Antoine Meillet in Context. Histoire Épistémologie Langage. 47-1. 157–168. 2 indexed citations
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McElvenny, James. (2024). A History of Modern Linguistics. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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McElvenny, James & Andrea Ploder. (2021). Holisms of communication: The early history of audio-visual sequence analysis. BiblioBoard Library Catalog (Open Research Library). 3 indexed citations
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McElvenny, James. (2021). Language Complexity in Historical Perspective: The Enduring Tropes of Natural Growth and Abnormal Contact. Frontiers in Communication. 6. 2 indexed citations
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McElvenny, James. (2019). Alternating sounds and the formal franchise in phonology. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 35–58. 1 indexed citations
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McElvenny, James. (2019). Form and formalism in linguistics. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 141–174.
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McElvenny, James. (2018). Language and Meaning in the Age of Modernism. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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McElvenny, James. (2018). Language and Meaning in the Age of Modernism. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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McElvenny, James. (2018). August Schleicher and Materialism in 19th-Century Linguistics. Historiographia Linguistica. 45(1-2). 133–152. 5 indexed citations
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McElvenny, James. (2017). Linguistic Aesthetics from the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century: The Case of Otto Jespersen’s “Progress in Language”. Humanities Commons CORE (Modern Language Association / Columbia University). 2(2). 417–442. 2 indexed citations
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Gabelentz, Georg von der, James McElvenny, & Manfred Ringmacher. (2016). Die Sprachwissenschaft: Ihre Aufgaben, Methoden und bisherigen Ergebnisse. OAPEN (The OAPEN Foundation). 62 indexed citations
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McElvenny, James. (2016). The fate of form in the Humboldtian tradition: The Formungstrieb of Georg von der Gabelentz. Language & Communication. 47. 30–42. 4 indexed citations
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McElvenny, James. (2016). The secret history of grammaticalization.
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McElvenny, James. (2015). The application of C.K. Ogden’s semiotics in Basic English. Language Problems & Language Planning. 39(2). 187–204.
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McElvenny, James. (2015). Evaluating Cartesian Linguistics: From historical antecedents to computational modeling. Historiographia Linguistica. 42(1). 169–172. 1 indexed citations
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McElvenny, James. (2013). Ogden and Richards’ The Meaning of Meaning and early analytic philosophy. Language Sciences. 41. 212–221. 9 indexed citations
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McElvenny, James. (2013). International Language and the Everyday: Contact and Collaboration Between C.K. Ogden, Rudolf Carnap and Otto Neurath. British Journal for the History of Philosophy. 21(6). 1194–1218. 4 indexed citations
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McElvenny, James. (2013). Meaning in the Age of Modernism: C. K. Ogden and his contemporaries. The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney). 1 indexed citations

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