John DeFrancis

1.7k total citations
31 papers, 771 citations indexed

About

John DeFrancis is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Theoretical Computer Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John DeFrancis has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 771 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Language and Linguistics, 3 papers in Linguistics and Language and 2 papers in Theoretical Computer Science. Recurrent topics in John DeFrancis's work include Translation Studies and Practices (3 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (2 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (2 papers). John DeFrancis is often cited by papers focused on Translation Studies and Practices (3 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (2 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (2 papers). John DeFrancis collaborates with scholars based in United States. John DeFrancis's co-authors include Stephen Wadley, Arthur Walton, William G. Boltz, J. Marshall Unger, Nancy Hildebrandt, Michel Paradis, Hiroko Hagiwara, Chauncey S. Goodrich and Scott McGinnis and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, Pacific Affairs and Language in Society.

In The Last Decade

John DeFrancis

24 papers receiving 613 citations

Peers

John DeFrancis
Joseph F. Kess Canada
Michel Fayol France
Henry Rogers United Kingdom
Detlef Stark
Jerome L. Packard United States
Ho‐min Sohn United States
Jean-Blaise Grize Switzerland
Yetta M. Goodman United States
Pamela A. Downing United States
Katsuo Tamaoka Japan
Joseph F. Kess Canada
John DeFrancis
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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DeFrancis, John, et al.. (2010). ABC English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary. University of Hawaii Press eBooks.
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DeFrancis, John. (2009). Character Text for Intermediate Chinese. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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DeFrancis, John. (1999). ABC Chinese-English Dictionary. University of Hawaii Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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DeFrancis, John & J. Marshall Unger. (1997). Peter T. Daniels & William Bright (eds.), The world's writing systems. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xlvi, 920.. Language in Society. 26(3). 436–439. 1 indexed citations
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DeFrancis, John. (1996). How Efficient Is the Chinese Writing System. Visible Language. 30(1). 6–44. 3 indexed citations
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DeFrancis, John & J. Marshall Unger. (1994). Rejoinder to Geoffrey Sampson, “Chinese script and the diversity of writing systems”. Linguistics. 32(3). 549–554. 18 indexed citations
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DeFrancis, John. (1991). CHINESE PREHISTORIC SYMBOLS AND AMERICAN PROOFREADERS' MARKS. Journal of Chinese linguistics. 19(1). 116–121. 1 indexed citations
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DeFrancis, John, et al.. (1991). Visible Speech: The Diverse Oneness of Writing Systems. Chinese Literature Essays Articles Reviews (CLEAR). 13. 119–119.
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DeFrancis, John. (1990). The Why of Pinyin Grapheme Selection.. 25(3). 1–14. 2 indexed citations
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Wadley, Stephen & John DeFrancis. (1986). The Chinese Language. Fact and Fantasy.. Pacific Affairs. 59(1). 114–114. 223 indexed citations
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DeFrancis, John, et al.. (1986). Cracking the Chinese Puzzles. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 106(3). 613–613.
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Walton, Arthur & John DeFrancis. (1986). The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy. Modern Language Journal. 70(2). 180–180. 30 indexed citations
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Boltz, William G. & John DeFrancis. (1986). The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 106(2). 405–405. 22 indexed citations
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DeFrancis, John. (1984). The Chinese Language. University of Hawaii Press eBooks. 177 indexed citations
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DeFrancis, John, et al.. (1977). Annotated Quotations from Chairman Mao. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 97(3). 392–392. 1 indexed citations
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DeFrancis, John. (1975). Sociolinguistic Aspects of Chinese Language-Teaching Materials.. Journal of Chinese linguistics. 3 indexed citations
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DeFrancis, John. (1975). Language Planning in China.. 1(2). 2 indexed citations
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DeFrancis, John. (1973). Things Japanese in Hawai'i. University of Hawaii Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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DeFrancis, John, et al.. (1965). Chinese-English Glossary of the Mathematical Sciences. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 85(2). 212–212. 1 indexed citations
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DeFrancis, John. (1951). Report on the second annual round table meeting on linguistics and language teaching. Georgetown University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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