Nessa Wolfson

3.6k total citations
22 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Nessa Wolfson is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Nessa Wolfson has authored 22 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, 10 papers in Linguistics and Language and 2 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Nessa Wolfson's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (9 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (9 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (8 papers). Nessa Wolfson is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (9 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (9 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (8 papers). Nessa Wolfson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Nessa Wolfson's co-authors include Elliot L. Judd, Joan Manes, Trisha Dvorak, Charlene Rivera, Barry P. Taylor, Amie Freeman, S. Adams Becker, M. Cummins, Ann Davis and V. S. Ananthanarayanan and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Modern Language Journal and TESOL Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Nessa Wolfson

21 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nessa Wolfson United States 16 1.4k 704 555 390 195 22 1.7k
Elite Olshtain Israel 20 1.9k 1.3× 975 1.4× 470 0.8× 403 1.0× 140 0.7× 47 2.4k
Ronald Wardhaugh United States 14 1.2k 0.8× 409 0.6× 714 1.3× 245 0.6× 251 1.3× 38 1.8k
Alice F. Freed United States 9 881 0.6× 450 0.6× 269 0.5× 252 0.6× 122 0.6× 12 1.2k
Bruce Fraser United States 17 2.2k 1.6× 1.1k 1.6× 499 0.9× 949 2.4× 331 1.7× 33 2.8k
Alan Firth Denmark 14 2.2k 1.5× 1.4k 2.0× 927 1.7× 378 1.0× 101 0.5× 32 2.5k
Anna Trosborg Denmark 11 929 0.7× 475 0.7× 178 0.3× 237 0.6× 118 0.6× 24 1.1k
Marina Sbisà Italy 13 1.1k 0.8× 512 0.7× 213 0.4× 416 1.1× 139 0.7× 37 1.5k
Karin Aijmer Sweden 20 1.5k 1.1× 785 1.1× 389 0.7× 569 1.5× 134 0.7× 66 1.8k
Joan M. Fayer Puerto Rico 13 899 0.6× 487 0.7× 988 1.8× 233 0.6× 88 0.5× 27 1.7k
Dennis R. Preston United States 20 1.5k 1.0× 378 0.5× 1.8k 3.2× 605 1.6× 99 0.5× 70 2.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Becker, S. Adams, M. Cummins, Ann Davis, et al.. (2017). NMC Horizon Report: 2017 Library Edition. 1–54. 20 indexed citations
2.
Wolfson, Nessa. (2014). Rules of speaking. 73–100. 2 indexed citations
3.
Williams, Jessica, Dennis R. Preston, & Nessa Wolfson. (1990). Recent Publications in Sociolinguistics. TESOL Quarterly. 24(3). 497–497. 1 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Nessa. (1989). The conversational historical present. Linx. 20(1). 135–151. 4 indexed citations
5.
Wolfson, Nessa. (1986). Research Methodology and the Question of Validity. TESOL Quarterly. 20(4). 689–689. 57 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Nessa & Joan Manes. (1985). Language of Inequality. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 48 indexed citations
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Dvorak, Trisha, Nessa Wolfson, Elliot L. Judd, & Charlene Rivera. (1984). Sociolinguistics and Language Acquisition. Modern Language Journal. 68(4). 410–410. 298 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Nessa. (1984). Pretty Is As Pretty Does: A Speech Act View of Sex Roles. Applied Linguistics. 5(3). 236–244. 63 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Nessa & Elliot L. Judd. (1983). Sociolinguistics and Language Acquisition. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 159 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Nessa. (1982). CHP. 50 indexed citations
11.
Wolfson, Nessa. (1982). ON TENSE ALTERNATION AND THE NEED FOR ANALYSIS OF NATIVE SPEAKER USAGE IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. Language Learning. 32(1). 53–68. 15 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Nessa. (1981). Invitations, compliments and the competence of the native speaker.. 62 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Nessa. (1981). Compliments in Cross-Cultural Perspective. TESOL Quarterly. 15(2). 117–117. 163 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Nessa & Joan Manes. (1980). Bruce L. Pearson, Introduction to linguistic concepts. New York: Knopf, 1977.. Language in Society. 9(2). 292–293. 2 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Nessa & Joan Manes. (1980). The compliment as a social strategy. Paper in Linguistics. 13(3). 391–410. 123 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Nessa. (1979). The conversational historical present alternation. Language. 55(1). 168–182. 94 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Nessa & Joan Manes. (1979). Don't Dear Me. Working Papers in Sociolinguistics, No. 53.. 1 indexed citations
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Taylor, Barry P. & Nessa Wolfson. (1978). Breaking down the Free Conversation Myth. TESOL Quarterly. 12(1). 31–31. 10 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Nessa. (1978). A feature of performed narrative: the conversational historical present. Language in Society. 7(2). 215–237. 74 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Nessa. (1976). Speech events and natural speech: some implications for sociolinguistic methodology. Language in Society. 5(2). 189–209. 125 indexed citations

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