John R. Rickford

8.8k citations
56 papers · 2.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 23
Topics
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (40 papers)Multilingual Education and Policy (32 papers)Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (12 papers)

In The Last Decade

John R. Rickford

51 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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John R. Rickford
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  • Linguistics and Language 1.9k
  • Language and Linguistics 1.3k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 493
  • Literature and Literary Theory 490
  • Artificial Intelligence 333
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All Works

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Language and Linguistics on Trial: Hearing Rachel Jeantel (and Other Vernacular Speakers) in the Courtroom and Beyondbreakdown →
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Style shifting in a creole-speaking community
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7 19
8 48
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Style and Sociolinguistic Variationbreakdown →
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Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English
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12 18
13 5
14 1
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Dimensions of a Creole continuum : history, texts, linguistic analysis of Guyanese Creole
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16 47
17 3
18 1
19 0
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How Does "Doz" Disappear? (Or: Where Are the Creolists When the Creoles Most Need Them?).
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About John R. Rickford

John R. Rickford is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Religious studies, having authored 56 papers that have together received 2.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (40 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (32 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (1.9k citations), Language and Linguistics (1.3k citations) and Literature and Literary Theory (490 citations). John R. Rickford has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Guyana. Frequent co-authors include Russell Rickford, Geneva Smitherman, Sharese King, William Labov, Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Lesley Milroy, John Baugh, Richard Bauman, Malcah Yaeger‐Dror and Edward Finegan. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Language and Language in Society.

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