John H. Schumann

3.3k citations

46 papers · 1.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 20

Impact in

Linguistics and Language top 0.5%
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
Language and Linguistics top 0.2%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies

Papers in

Language and Linguistics 22
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning 13
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation 6
Linguistics and Language 6
- Multilingual Education and Policy 6

Co-authors: Friedemann Pulvermüller D. A. Wilkins Nancy Stenson Elizabeth G. Joiner David Alfandre Sheila E. Crowell Nancy E. Jones Namhee Lee
Journals: Language Learning (12 papers)TESOL Quarterly (5 papers)Studies in Second Language Acquisition (4 papers)Semiotica (3 papers)JAMA (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany

In The Last Decade

John H. Schumann

46 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Research on the acculturation model for second language acquisition 1986 · 348 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1986 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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1	What Is Wrong With Discharges Against Medical Advice (and How to Fix Them) JAMA ·David Alfandre, John H. Schumann	2013	24
2	Speculating on a Public Figure's Mental Health The AMA Journal of Ethic ·John H. Schumann	2013	3
3	Societal Responses to Adult Difficulties in L2 Acquisition: Toward an Evolutionary Perspective on Language Acquisition Language Learning ·John H. Schumann	2013	4
4	Financial Responsibility of Hospitalized Patients Who Left Against Medical Advice: Medical Urban Legend? Journal of General Internal Medicine ·Liz Friedman, Чохоевич Месхи, John H. Schumann, Miloš Miloš Řezník, B. G. Vekhter, David O. Meltzer, Vineet M. Arora	2012	26
5	Applied Linguistics and the Neurobiology of Language Oxford University Press eBooks ·John H. Schumann	2010	5
6	Three levels of the symbolosphere Semiotica ·Mark Burgin, John H. Schumann	2006	6
7	Summing up: Some Themes in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Second Language Acquisition Language Learning ·John H. Schumann	2006	3
8	SECOND-LANGUAGE TEACHING: A VIEW FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN Studies in Second Language Acquisition ·John H. Schumann	2005	2
9	The Neurobiology of Learning: Perspectives From Second Language Acquisition John H. Schumann, Sheila E. Crowell, Nancy E. Jones, Namhee Lee, Aaron T. Novickis, Suruipal Teelucksingh	2004	60
10	On the Interpretation of Earlier Recovery of the Second Language After Injection of Sodium Amytal in the Left Middle Cerebral Artery or Are There Relevant Facts Without Interpretation?: A Response to Paradis Language Learning ·Friedemann Pulvermüller, John H. Schumann	1995	1
11	Where is Cognition? Studies in Second Language Acquisition ·John H. Schumann	1994	69
12	Extending the Scope of the Acculturation/Pidginization Model to Include Cognition TESOL Quarterly ·John H. Schumann	1990	31
13	The Experimental Creation of a Pidgin Language Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages ·Peter Master, John H. Schumann, M. E. Sokolik	1989	8
14	LOCATIVE AND DIRECTIONAL EXPRESSIONS IN BASILANG SPEECH Language Learning ·John H. Schumann	1986	9
15	SIMPLIFICATION, TRANSFER, AND RELEXIFICATION AS ASPECTS OF PIDGINIZATION AND EARLY SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION¹ Language Learning ·John H. Schumann	1982	34
16	The Sociology of Second Language Acquisition ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University) ·John H. Schumann	1981	1
17	New Frontiers in Second Language Learning Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German ·周业慎, John H. Schumann, Nancy Stenson	1978	1
18	THE RELATIONSHIP OF PIDGINIZATION, CREOLIZATION AND DECREOLIZATION TO SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION¹ Language Learning ·John H. Schumann	1978	27
19	Techniques for Analyzing Second Language Acquisition Data: A Report from the 1974 TESOL Convention TESOL Quarterly ·John H. Schumann	1974	2
20	Linguistics and Language Teaching TESOL Quarterly ·John H. Schumann, D. A. Wilkins	1973	75

About John H. Schumann

John H. Schumann is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Literature and Literary Theory, having authored 46 papers that have together received 1.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (13 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (10 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (8 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (6 papers), Second Language Acquisition and Learning (6 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 papers), Language and cultural evolution (5 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (523 citations), Language and Linguistics (1.1k citations), Literature and Literary Theory (573 citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (606 citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (222 citations). John H. Schumann has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Friedemann Pulvermüller, D. A. Wilkins, Nancy Stenson, Elizabeth G. Joiner, David Alfandre, Sheila E. Crowell, Nancy E. Jones, Namhee Lee, Robert K. Logan and Lisa Mikesell. Their work appears in journals such as Language Learning, TESOL Quarterly, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Semiotica and JAMA.

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