Nikolas Coupland

14.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
96 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Nikolas Coupland is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolas Coupland has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Linguistics and Language, 43 papers in Language and Linguistics and 13 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Nikolas Coupland's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (41 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (29 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (27 papers). Nikolas Coupland is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (41 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (29 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (27 papers). Nikolas Coupland collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Singapore. Nikolas Coupland's co-authors include Justine Coupland, Howard Giles, Hywel Bishop, Karen Henwood, Peter Garrett, Jeffrey D. Robinson, Jon F. Nussbaum, Tore Kristiansen, Adam Jaworski and Karen Tracy and has published in prestigious journals such as Human Communication Research, Journal of Pragmatics and Ageing and Society.

In The Last Decade

Nikolas Coupland

93 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Style and Sociolinguistic Variation 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2007 2010 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
Nikolas Coupland United Kingdom 37 2.9k 2.7k 1.2k 958 779 96 5.5k
Michael Silverstein United States 22 2.5k 0.8× 2.5k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 644 0.7× 923 1.2× 77 5.1k
Bambi B. Schieffelin United States 22 2.4k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 486 0.5× 711 0.9× 50 4.8k
Deborah Schiffrin United States 26 3.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.4× 1.8k 1.6× 1.5k 1.6× 628 0.8× 51 5.1k
Alexandra Georgakopoulou United Kingdom 25 1.4k 0.5× 718 0.3× 1.2k 1.0× 372 0.4× 1.0k 1.3× 71 3.5k
Richard Clément Canada 34 4.8k 1.7× 1.5k 0.5× 2.9k 2.5× 546 0.6× 736 0.9× 101 7.1k
J. Maxwell Atkinson United Kingdom 8 3.4k 1.2× 532 0.2× 1.7k 1.5× 1.4k 1.5× 718 0.9× 12 4.8k
Donald L. Rubin United States 28 988 0.3× 739 0.3× 709 0.6× 587 0.6× 435 0.6× 119 3.3k
Kimberly A. Noels Canada 39 4.3k 1.5× 1.1k 0.4× 2.5k 2.2× 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 101 7.8k
George Psathas United States 20 1.9k 0.7× 299 0.1× 848 0.7× 957 1.0× 571 0.7× 64 3.2k
Per Linell Sweden 25 1.6k 0.5× 312 0.1× 809 0.7× 767 0.8× 495 0.6× 86 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Nikolas Coupland

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nikolas Coupland

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nikolas Coupland

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Thøgersen, Jacob, Nikolas Coupland, & Janus Mortensen. (2017). Introduction:Style, Media and Language Ideologies. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 3 indexed citations
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Mortensen, Janus, Nikolas Coupland, & Jacob Thøgersen. (2017). Introduction:Conceptualizing Style, Mediation, and Change. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 1 indexed citations
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Coupland, Nikolas, Sari Pietikäinen, Helen Kelly‐Holmes, & Alexandra Jaffe. (2016). Sociolinguistics from the Periphery:Small Languages in New Circumstances. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 2 indexed citations
4.
Kristiansen, Tore & Nikolas Coupland. (2011). Standard languages and language standards in a changing Europe. 149 indexed citations
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Coupland, Nikolas. (2010). Handbook of language and globalization. Wiley-Blackwell eBooks. 68 indexed citations
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Coupland, Nikolas & Adam Jaworski. (2009). Subjective and ideological processes in sociolinguistics. Routledge eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Coupland, Nikolas & Michelle Aldridge. (2009). Introduction: a critical approach to the revitalisation of Welsh. International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2009(195). 5 indexed citations
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Coupland, Nikolas, Peter Garrett, & Angie Williams. (2005). Narrative demands, cultural performance and evaluation: Teenage boys’ stories for their age-peers. 67–88. 8 indexed citations
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Coupland, Nikolas, Hywel Bishop, & Peter Garrett. (2003). Home Truths: Globalisation and the Iconising of Welsh in a Welsh-American Newspaper. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 24(3). 153–177. 36 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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Bell, Allan & Nikolas Coupland. (2001). Dialogue. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 5(4). 575–575. 1 indexed citations
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Garrett, Peter, Nikolas Coupland, & Angie Williams. (1999). Evaluating dialect in discourse: Teachers' and teenagers' responses to young English speakers in Wales. Language in Society. 28(3). 321–354. 36 indexed citations
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Coupland, Nikolas & Justine Coupland. (1995). Discourse, identity, and aging.. 20 indexed citations
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Coupland, Nikolas & Jon F. Nussbaum. (1993). Discourse and lifespan identity. SAGE Publications eBooks. 138 indexed citations
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Coupland, Nikolas. (1993). “Miscommunication” and Problematic Talk. Canadian Journal of Communication. 18(1). 315 indexed citations
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Coupland, Nikolas & Justine Coupland. (1993). Discourses of ageism and anti-ageism. Journal of Aging Studies. 7(3). 279–301. 42 indexed citations
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Coupland, Nikolas & Alan R. Thomas. (1990). English in Wales : diversity, conflict, and change. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Tracy, Karen & Nikolas Coupland. (1990). Multiple goals in discourse. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 51 indexed citations
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Coupland, Nikolas, Justine Coupland, Howard Giles, Karen Henwood, & John M. Wiemann. (1988). Elderly self-disclosure: Interactional and intergroup issues. Language & Communication. 8(2). 109–133. 66 indexed citations
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Coupland, Nikolas. (1981). The social differentiation of functional language use : a sociolinguistic investigation of travel agency talk. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 7 indexed citations

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