Nicholas Ostler

839 total citations
22 papers, 248 citations indexed

About

Nicholas Ostler is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Ostler has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 248 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Language and Linguistics, 7 papers in Linguistics and Language and 3 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Ostler's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (6 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (3 papers). Nicholas Ostler is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (6 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (3 papers). Nicholas Ostler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Colombia and United Kingdom. Nicholas Ostler's co-authors include Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon, Christopher Moseley and Cassie Smith‐Christmas and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology and The Modern Language Review.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Ostler

18 papers receiving 179 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas Ostler United States 6 144 86 41 30 28 22 248
Edgar C. Polomé United States 9 145 1.0× 126 1.5× 52 1.3× 34 1.1× 38 1.4× 29 308
Anatoly Liberman United States 8 125 0.9× 55 0.6× 46 1.1× 23 0.8× 40 1.4× 97 300
Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino Peru 9 144 1.0× 81 0.9× 17 0.4× 9 0.3× 29 1.0× 69 251
Andy Gibson New Zealand 9 102 0.7× 154 1.8× 49 1.2× 25 0.8× 64 2.3× 23 248
Kurt Braunmüller Germany 8 215 1.5× 145 1.7× 29 0.7× 38 1.3× 53 1.9× 33 289
J. D. A. Widdowson United Kingdom 6 83 0.6× 100 1.2× 27 0.7× 11 0.4× 39 1.4× 32 210
Philip Baldi United States 8 211 1.5× 136 1.6× 17 0.4× 38 1.3× 61 2.2× 32 312
Mercedes Niño‐Murcia United States 8 86 0.6× 90 1.0× 53 1.3× 6 0.2× 11 0.4× 11 187
E. G. Stanley United States 13 205 1.4× 98 1.1× 69 1.7× 5 0.2× 34 1.2× 77 448
Loreto Todd United Kingdom 8 166 1.2× 170 2.0× 55 1.3× 21 0.7× 29 1.0× 34 275

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicholas Ostler

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Ostler

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All Works

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Ostler, Nicholas. (2011). The last lingua franca : the rise and fall of world languages. Penguin eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Ostler, Nicholas. (2010). The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 68 indexed citations
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Ostler, Nicholas. (2009). The Jungle is Neutral - Newcomer Languages Face New Media.
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Ostler, Nicholas. (2009). Linguistics in a Colonial World: A Story of Language, Meaning and Power. The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History. 37(2). 333–335. 4 indexed citations
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Ostler, Nicholas, et al.. (2008). Endangered languages and language learning. UCL Discovery (University College London). 5 indexed citations
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Smith‐Christmas, Cassie, et al.. (2008). Gaelic language erosion and revitalization on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 115–122.
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Ostler, Nicholas. (2008). Andrew Simpson (ed): Language and National Identity in Asia. Language Policy. 8(2). 193–195. 2 indexed citations
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Ostler, Nicholas. (2007). Říše slova - jazykové dějiny světa.
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Ostler, Nicholas. (2007). Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 11 indexed citations
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Ostler, Nicholas, et al.. (2005). Muisca settlement organization and chiefly authority at Suta, Valle de Leyva, Colombia: A critical appraisal of native concepts of house for studies of complex societies. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 24(2). 148–178. 37 indexed citations
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Ostler, Nicholas, R. M. W. Dixon, & Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald. (2002). Changing Valency: Case Studies in Transitivity. The Modern Language Review. 97(1). 256–256. 84 indexed citations
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Moseley, Christopher, et al.. (2001). Endangered Languages and the Media. Proceedings of the Fifth FEL Conference (Agadir, Morocco, September 20-23, 2001).. 3 indexed citations
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Ostler, Nicholas, et al.. (2000). Endangered languages and literacy : proceedings of the Fourth FEL Conference, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 21-24 September 2000. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Ostler, Nicholas, et al.. (2000). Endangered Languages and Literacy. Proceedings of the Fourth FEL Conference (Charlotte, North Carolina, September 21-24, 2000).. 1 indexed citations
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Ostler, Nicholas. (1998). The linguistic shaping of accounting ByAhmed Riahi-Belkaoui (review). Language. 74(2). 428–429. 1 indexed citations
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Ostler, Nicholas. (1998). Endangered Languages: What Role for the Specialist? Proceedings of the Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) Conference (2nd, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 25-27, 1998).. 5 indexed citations
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Ostler, Nicholas. (1993). Cases, directionals and conjunctions in Chibcha. Americanae (AECID Library). 12. 4 indexed citations
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Ostler, Nicholas. (1980). A theory of case linking and agreement. Americanae (AECID Library). 5 indexed citations

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