Jean Aitchison

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Jean Aitchison is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean Aitchison has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Language and Linguistics, 10 papers in Linguistics and Language and 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jean Aitchison's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (9 papers), Lexicography and Language Studies (5 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (5 papers). Jean Aitchison is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (9 papers), Lexicography and Language Studies (5 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (5 papers). Jean Aitchison collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mexico. Jean Aitchison's co-authors include William F. Hanks, Alan Gilchrist, Bambi B. Schieffelin, Elinor Ochs, David Bawden, Geoffrey K. Pullum, Miron L. Straf, Shula Chiat, S. Α. Wurm and Cyril W. Cleverdon and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Language and Modern Language Journal.

In The Last Decade

Jean Aitchison

59 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The architecture of the language faculty . By Ray Jackend... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jean Aitchison United Kingdom 16 1.2k 603 595 436 353 65 2.3k
Andrew Radford United Kingdom 20 1.5k 1.3× 445 0.7× 607 1.0× 651 1.5× 564 1.6× 76 2.2k
D. Terence Langendoen United States 18 1.4k 1.2× 733 1.2× 819 1.4× 526 1.2× 389 1.1× 64 2.7k
John Lyons United Kingdom 14 1.4k 1.2× 705 1.2× 489 0.8× 371 0.9× 330 0.9× 30 2.3k
Nina Hyams United States 15 1.1k 0.9× 399 0.7× 388 0.7× 962 2.2× 363 1.0× 38 1.8k
George Yule United States 24 1.5k 1.3× 674 1.1× 314 0.5× 546 1.3× 430 1.2× 73 2.4k
Gerald Gazdar United Kingdom 18 1.7k 1.4× 657 1.1× 1.5k 2.5× 232 0.5× 274 0.8× 40 2.8k
Marcel Danesi Canada 25 619 0.5× 537 0.9× 223 0.4× 268 0.6× 147 0.4× 223 2.1k
Wolfgang U. Dressler Austria 24 2.1k 1.8× 965 1.6× 689 1.2× 830 1.9× 734 2.1× 155 3.6k
Roy C. Major United States 21 1.5k 1.3× 1.4k 2.4× 671 1.1× 670 1.5× 1.2k 3.5× 40 2.8k
Robert de Beaugrande United States 16 1.2k 1.1× 574 1.0× 417 0.7× 394 0.9× 248 0.7× 87 2.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aitchison, Jean. (2012). Language Change. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
2.
Aitchison, Jean. (2011). The Articulate Mammal. 3 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Jean. (2010). Disasters, devastation and polysemy. The Mental Lexicon. 5(2). 163–179. 2 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Jean. (2005). Review: Semantic Relations and the Lexicon: Antonymy, Synonymy and Other Paradigms. International Journal of Lexicography. 18(1). 106–109. 1 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Jean, Diana M. Lewis, & Bronwyn Naylor. (2000). Car Murder Hubby Caged – and other murderous headlines. English Today. 16(1). 23–30. 2 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Jean. (1999). Linguistics : an introduction. 4 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Jean. (1998). The architecture of the language faculty . By Ray Jackendoff. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997. Pp. xvi, 262. Paper $20.00.. Language. 74(4). 850–853. 856 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aitchison, Jean & Diana M. Lewis. (1995). How to Handle Wimps: Incorporating New Lexical Items as an Adult. Folia Linguistica. 29(1-2). 3 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Jean. (1994). Language Joyriding: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford on 16 November 1993. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Aitchison, Jean. (1993). El cambio en las lenguas: ¿progreso o decadencia?. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa).
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Aitchison, Jean. (1987). Teach Yourself Linguistics. 31 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Jean, et al.. (1987). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. British Journal of Sociology. 38(3). 436–436. 120 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Jean. (1985). Cognitive clouds and semantic shadows. Language & Communication. 5(2). 69–93.
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Aitchison, Jean. (1983). The Chinese Maritime Customs Service in the transition from the Ch'ing to the nationalist era : an examination of the relationship between a Western-style fiscal institution and Chinese government in the period before the Manchurian incident. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 3 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Jean & S. Α. Wurm. (1980). New Guinea and Neighboring Areas: A Sociolinguistic Laboratory. Man. 15(4). 750–750. 11 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Jean. (1977). Unesco thesaurus : a structured list of descriptors for indexing and retrieving literature in the fields of education, science, social science, culture, and communication. UNESCO eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Jean, et al.. (1969). Thesaurofacet: A thesaurus & faceted classification for engineering & related subjects;. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
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Aitchison, Jean & Cyril W. Cleverdon. (1963). Aslib Cranfield research project - A report on a test of the index of metallurgical literature of Western Reserve University. CERES (Cranfield University). 11 indexed citations

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