Lesley Milroy

10.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Lesley Milroy is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lesley Milroy has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Linguistics and Language, 30 papers in Language and Linguistics and 9 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lesley Milroy's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (27 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (24 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (14 papers). Lesley Milroy is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (27 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (24 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (14 papers). Lesley Milroy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Lesley Milroy's co-authors include James Milroy, Matthew Gordon, Pieter Muysken, Li Wei, Lisa Perkins, Ruth Lesser, Dennis R. Preston, John Baugh, Richard Bauman and Malcah Yaeger‐Dror and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Modern Language Journal and Journal of Pragmatics.

In The Last Decade

Lesley Milroy

45 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Style and Sociolinguistic Variation 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lesley Milroy United Kingdom 25 2.7k 2.4k 785 628 266 49 3.8k
Ronald K. S. Macaulay United States 22 2.5k 0.9× 2.7k 1.1× 1.3k 1.7× 1.0k 1.6× 303 1.1× 67 4.5k
Carol Myers‐Scotton United States 26 2.5k 1.0× 2.5k 1.1× 393 0.5× 740 1.2× 309 1.2× 53 3.9k
Pieter Muysken Netherlands 25 2.0k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 513 0.7× 405 0.6× 505 1.9× 126 3.6k
John R. Rickford United States 23 1.9k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 493 0.6× 490 0.8× 333 1.3× 56 2.8k
Elizabeth Closs Traugott United States 29 2.4k 0.9× 5.0k 2.1× 2.0k 2.5× 650 1.0× 911 3.4× 92 5.9k
Salikoko S. Mufwene United States 24 2.3k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 454 0.6× 549 0.9× 178 0.7× 124 3.1k
Michael Clyne Australia 33 2.5k 0.9× 2.3k 0.9× 313 0.4× 1.5k 2.3× 149 0.6× 153 3.9k
G. Richard Tucker United States 31 1.5k 0.6× 1.8k 0.8× 317 0.4× 1.2k 1.9× 178 0.7× 133 3.4k
Nancy C. Dorian United States 20 2.0k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 256 0.3× 1.1k 1.7× 119 0.4× 60 3.5k
Dirk Geeraerts Belgium 26 791 0.3× 2.3k 0.9× 1.6k 2.0× 294 0.5× 723 2.7× 166 3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lesley 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
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Lesser, Ruth & Lesley Milroy. (2014). Linguistics and Aphasia. 7 indexed citations
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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, Lesley & Matthew Gordon. (2003). Sociolinguistics. 184 indexed citations
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Eckert, Penelope, John R. Rickford, Judith T. Irvine, et al.. (2002). Style and Sociolinguistic Variation. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 671 indexed citations breakdown →
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Milroy, Lesley. (2002). Introduction: Mobility, contact and language change ‐ Working with contemporary speech communities. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 6(1). 3–15. 62 indexed citations
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Milroy, Lesley. (2000). Social Network Analysis and Language Change: Introduction. European Journal of English Studies. 4(3). 217–223. 9 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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Wei, Li & Lesley Milroy. (1995). Conversational code-switching in a Chinese community in Britain: A sequential analysis. Journal of Pragmatics. 23(3). 281–299. 66 indexed citations
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Lesser, Ruth & Lesley Milroy. (1993). Linguistics and Aphasia: Psycholinguistic and Pragmatic Aspects of Intervention. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 89 indexed citations
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Milroy, Lesley & Lisa Perkins. (1992). Repair strategies in aphasic discourse; towards a collaborative model. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. 6(1-2). 27–40. 103 indexed citations
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Milroy, Lesley & Li Wei. (1992). A social network perspective on code-switching and language choice : the example of the Tyneside Chinese community. Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche). 3(1). 88–108. 5 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, Lesley. (1991). Observing and Analysing Natural Language: A Critical Account of Sociolinguistic Method. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 80 indexed citations
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Milroy, Lesley. (1988). Gender as a Speaker Variable: The Interesting Case of the Glottalised Stops in Tyneside.. 2 indexed citations
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Milroy, Lesley. (1982). Language and group identity. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 3(3). 207–216. 12 indexed citations

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