Muriel Saville‐Troike

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Muriel Saville‐Troike is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Muriel Saville‐Troike has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Language and Linguistics, 8 papers in Linguistics and Language and 8 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Muriel Saville‐Troike's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (9 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (8 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (7 papers). Muriel Saville‐Troike is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (9 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (8 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (7 papers). Muriel Saville‐Troike collaborates with scholars based in United States. Muriel Saville‐Troike's co-authors include Kirsten Haastrup, Claus Færch, Robert Phillipson, Jo Anne Kleifgen, Rudolph C. Troike, Christina Bratt Paulston, Donna M. Johnson and Fraida Dubin and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, TESOL Quarterly and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Muriel Saville‐Troike

31 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Ethnography of Communication: An Introduction 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Ethnography of Communication: An Introduction
    1991 495 citations Muriel Saville‐Troike et al. Modern Language Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Muriel Saville‐Troike United States 14 1.0k 586 541 509 335 31 1.7k
Christopher Brumfit United Kingdom 21 1.1k 1.1× 928 1.6× 603 1.1× 350 0.7× 630 1.9× 75 1.9k
Gillian Brown United Kingdom 12 1.2k 1.1× 761 1.3× 498 0.9× 241 0.5× 270 0.8× 25 2.0k
Elite Olshtain Israel 20 1.9k 1.8× 975 1.7× 433 0.8× 470 0.9× 245 0.7× 47 2.4k
Ronald Wardhaugh United States 14 1.2k 1.2× 409 0.7× 254 0.5× 714 1.4× 138 0.4× 38 1.8k
Joan Kelly Hall United States 21 1.3k 1.3× 904 1.5× 284 0.5× 451 0.9× 320 1.0× 59 1.8k
Marion Williams United Kingdom 11 1.4k 1.4× 940 1.6× 735 1.4× 264 0.5× 882 2.6× 17 2.2k
William Littlewood Hong Kong 17 1.9k 1.8× 1.5k 2.6× 882 1.6× 574 1.1× 932 2.8× 46 2.8k
Caroline Coffin United Kingdom 22 560 0.6× 879 1.5× 436 0.8× 166 0.3× 635 1.9× 52 1.6k
Diane Belcher United States 20 986 1.0× 1.3k 2.3× 389 0.7× 211 0.4× 615 1.8× 45 1.9k
Sandra J. Savignon United States 24 2.5k 2.5× 1.9k 3.2× 881 1.6× 880 1.7× 774 2.3× 49 3.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel. (2005). Introducing Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 259 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel. (2003). The Ethnography of Communication. 209 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel, et al.. (2002). Learning to construct verbs in Navajo and Quechua. Journal of Child Language. 29(3). 623–654. 21 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel, et al.. (2000). Child Acquisition of Navajo and Quechua Verb Complexes: Issues of Paradigm Learning. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 1 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel. (1998). AUTONOMY AND INDEPENDENCE IN LANGUAGE LEARNING.Phil Benson & Peter Voller (Eds.). London: Longman, 1997. Pp. viii + 263.$30.40paper.. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 20(3). 431–433. 2 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel, et al.. (1995). Differential Effects of L2 on Children's L1 Development/Attrition.. 14. 4 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel & Donna M. Johnson. (1994). Comparative Rhetoric: An Integration of Perspectives.. 4 indexed citations
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Johnson, Donna M. & Muriel Saville‐Troike. (1992). Validity and Reliability in Qualitative Research on Second Language Acquisition and Teaching. Two Researchers Comment. TESOL Quarterly. 26(3). 602–602. 9 indexed citations
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Kleifgen, Jo Anne & Muriel Saville‐Troike. (1992). Achieving coherence in multilingual interaction. Discourse Processes. 15(2). 183–206. 10 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel, et al.. (1991). The Ethnography of Communication: An Introduction. Modern Language Journal. 75(3). 390–390. 495 indexed citations breakdown →
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel. (1988). A Note on Men's and Women's Speech in Koasati. International Journal of American Linguistics. 54(2). 241–242. 4 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel, Claus Færch, Kirsten Haastrup, & Robert Phillipson. (1985). Learner Language and Language Learning. Modern Language Journal. 69(1). 78–78. 107 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel. (1985). On Variable Data and Phonetic Law: A Case from Sapir's Athapaskan Correspondences. International Journal of American Linguistics. 51(4). 572–574. 1 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel. (1984). Navajo Art and Education. Journal of Aesthetic Education. 18(2). 41–41. 2 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel, et al.. (1984). Early Childhood Bilingual Education: A Hispanic Perspective. Modern Language Journal. 68(4). 389–389. 23 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel. (1982). Communicative Tactics in Children's Second Language Acquisition.. 12 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel. (1981). The Development of Bilingual and Bicultural Competence in Young Children.. 11 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel. (1979). Classroom practices in ESL and bilingual education. 3 indexed citations
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Saville‐Troike, Muriel. (1974). TESOL Today: The Need for New Directions.. 3 indexed citations

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