James Milroy

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

James Milroy is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Milroy has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Linguistics and Language, 17 papers in Language and Linguistics and 8 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in James Milroy's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (22 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (8 papers) and Phonetics and Phonology Research (8 papers). James Milroy is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (22 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (8 papers) and Phonetics and Phonology Research (8 papers). James Milroy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. James Milroy's co-authors include Lesley Milroy, Joan M. Fayer, David Walshaw, Gerard Docherty, Paul Foulkes, John Harris, N. F. Blake, Olga Fischer, Roger Lass and Cecily Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Modern Language Journal and Language in Society.

In The Last Decade

James Milroy

29 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Language ideologies and the consequences of standardization 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400 500

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Milroy United Kingdom 14 1.7k 1.4k 456 396 197 32 2.2k
Miriam Meyerhoff New Zealand 20 1.0k 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 410 0.9× 263 0.7× 141 0.7× 76 1.8k
Salikoko S. Mufwene United States 24 2.3k 1.3× 2.1k 1.5× 454 1.0× 549 1.4× 69 0.4× 124 3.1k
Joan M. Fayer Puerto Rico 13 988 0.6× 899 0.6× 233 0.5× 487 1.2× 89 0.5× 27 1.7k
Braj Β. Kachru United States 25 2.1k 1.2× 2.2k 1.5× 311 0.7× 1.4k 3.5× 111 0.6× 72 3.1k
Timothy C. Frazer United States 16 807 0.5× 800 0.6× 248 0.5× 244 0.6× 118 0.6× 39 1.4k
Mark Sebba United Kingdom 18 768 0.4× 748 0.5× 162 0.4× 230 0.6× 53 0.3× 53 1.2k
Garland D. Bills 12 596 0.3× 776 0.5× 162 0.4× 297 0.8× 66 0.3× 24 1.2k
Ulrich Ammon Germany 18 821 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 128 0.3× 803 2.0× 90 0.5× 77 1.8k
Ronald Wardhaugh United States 14 714 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 245 0.5× 409 1.0× 101 0.5× 38 1.8k
Anna Wierzbicka Australia 19 456 0.3× 1.6k 1.1× 784 1.7× 516 1.3× 38 0.2× 47 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Milroy

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Milroy, James & Lesley Milroy. (2014). Real English. 1 indexed citations
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Milroy, James & Lesley Milroy. (2014). Real English: The Grammar Of English Dialects In The British Isles. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 35 indexed citations
3.
Milroy, James & Lesley Milroy. (2014). Non-standard English and dialect levelling. 71–114. 8 indexed citations
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Milroy, James & Lesley Milroy. (2012). Authority in Language. 107 indexed citations
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Milroy, James. (2005). VARIABILITY, LANGUAGE CHANGE, AND THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Milroy, James. (2001). Received Pronunciation: Who "Receives" It and How Long Will It Be "Received"?. Repozytorium Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań). 15. 9 indexed citations
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Milroy, James. (2001). Language ideologies and the consequences of standardization. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 5(4). 530–555. 518 indexed citations breakdown →
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Milroy, James. (2001). Response to Sally Johnson: Misunderstanding language?. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 5(4). 620–625. 8 indexed citations
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Milroy, Lesley, et al.. (1999). Phonological Variation and Change in Contemporary English: Evidence from Newcastle upon Tyne and Derby = Variación y cambio fonológico en inglés contemporáneo: Evidencias desde Newcastle upon Tyne y Derby. 8(1). 35–46. 3 indexed citations
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Milroy, Lesley, James Milroy, & Gerard Docherty. (1999). PHONOLOGYCAL VARIATION AND CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH: EVIDENCE FROM NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND DERBY. Hispana. 8. 6 indexed citations
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Docherty, Gerard, Paul Foulkes, James Milroy, Lesley Milroy, & David Walshaw. (1997). Descriptive adequacy in phonology: a variationist perspective. Journal of Linguistics. 33(2). 275–310. 70 indexed citations
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Milroy, James. (1997). Internal vs external motivations for linguistic change. Multilingua. 16(4). 311–324. 13 indexed citations
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Milroy, James, et al.. (1994). Glottal stops and Tyneside glottalization: Competing patterns of variation and change in British English. Language Variation and Change. 6(3). 327–357. 77 indexed citations
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Blake, N. F., Roger Lass, James Milroy, et al.. (1992). The Cambridge History of the English Language. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 25 indexed citations
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Milroy, Lesley & James Milroy. (1992). Social network and social class: Toward an integrated sociolinguistic model. Language in Society. 21(1). 1–26. 244 indexed citations
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Milroy, James & Lesley Milroy. (1985). Authority in language: Investigating language prescription and standardisation. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 208 indexed citations
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Milroy, James & John Harris. (1980). When is a merger not a merger?. English World-Wide A Journal of Varieties of English. 1(2). 199–210. 18 indexed citations
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Milroy, James. (1979). R. K. S. Macaulay, Language, social class and education: A Glasgow study. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, Pp. 179.. Language in Society. 8(1). 88–96. 3 indexed citations

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