Robert F. Ilson

1.4k total citations
26 papers, 613 citations indexed

About

Robert F. Ilson is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert F. Ilson has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 613 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Language and Linguistics, 6 papers in Linguistics and Language and 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Robert F. Ilson's work include Lexicography and Language Studies (19 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (6 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (3 papers). Robert F. Ilson is often cited by papers focused on Lexicography and Language Studies (19 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (6 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (3 papers). Robert F. Ilson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Robert F. Ilson's co-authors include Evelyn Benson, Morton Benson, Igor Mel’čuk, Richard A. Young and Claus Gnutzmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Language Learning, Applied Linguistics and ELT Journal.

In The Last Decade

Robert F. Ilson

21 papers receiving 459 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert F. Ilson United Kingdom 10 472 267 243 60 52 26 613
Anthony Paul Cowie United Kingdom 8 401 0.8× 213 0.8× 164 0.7× 39 0.7× 81 1.6× 25 524
Graeme Kennedy New Zealand 9 303 0.6× 170 0.6× 280 1.2× 141 2.4× 54 1.0× 16 482
Henri Béjoint France 7 344 0.7× 181 0.7× 272 1.1× 64 1.1× 32 0.6× 30 453
Beryl T. Atkins United Kingdom 9 528 1.1× 339 1.3× 74 0.3× 20 0.3× 45 0.9× 22 628
Peter Howarth United Kingdom 8 309 0.7× 197 0.7× 287 1.2× 151 2.5× 91 1.8× 29 515
Tim Johns United Kingdom 7 298 0.6× 236 0.9× 332 1.4× 193 3.2× 19 0.4× 8 525
Peter Master United States 11 396 0.8× 133 0.5× 331 1.4× 218 3.6× 44 0.8× 26 537
Lynn Grant New Zealand 11 260 0.6× 77 0.3× 151 0.6× 111 1.9× 83 1.6× 23 364
Anne Lobeck United States 10 389 0.8× 185 0.7× 56 0.2× 39 0.7× 87 1.7× 28 470
Leiv Egil Breivik Norway 8 411 0.9× 95 0.4× 205 0.8× 137 2.3× 102 2.0× 20 593

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ilson, Robert F.. (2013). The Explanatory Technique of Translation. International Journal of Lexicography. 26(3). 386–393. 1 indexed citations
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Ilson, Robert F.. (2012). IJL: The First Ten Years--and Beyond. International Journal of Lexicography. 25(4). 381–385. 3 indexed citations
3.
Ilson, Robert F.. (2010). On the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary. International Journal of Lexicography. 24(2). 241–260. 25 indexed citations
4.
Benson, Morton, Evelyn Benson, & Robert F. Ilson. (1999). Student's dictionary of collocations. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Ilson, Robert F.. (1997). Reviews. International Journal of Lexicography. 10(4). 348–357. 1 indexed citations
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Benson, Morton, Evelyn Benson, Robert F. Ilson, & Richard A. Young. (1991). The BBI Dictionary of English Word Combinations. John Benjamins Publishing Company eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Ilson, Robert F., et al.. (1989). Reader's digest reverse dictionary. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Ilson, Robert F. & Igor Mel’čuk. (1989). English BAKE Revisited (BAKE-ing an ECD). International Journal of Lexicography. 2(4). 325–345. 7 indexed citations
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Benson, Morton, et al.. (1989). Revolutionizing Dictionaries. American Speech. 64(4). 354–354.
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Ilson, Robert F.. (1988). Introduction. International Journal of Lexicography. 1(1). 1–s.
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Ilson, Robert F.. (1987). A Spectrum of lexicography : papers from AILA, Brussels, 1984. 2 indexed citations
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Benson, Morton, Evelyn Benson, & Robert F. Ilson. (1986). The BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English: A guide to word combinations. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 138 indexed citations
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Benson, Morton, Evelyn Benson, & Robert F. Ilson. (1986). Syntax and Grammar. 20. 1 indexed citations
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Benson, Morton, Evelyn Benson, & Robert F. Ilson. (1986). The BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English. John Benjamins Publishing Company eBooks. 100 indexed citations
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Benson, Morton, Evelyn Benson, & Robert F. Ilson. (1986). Lexicographic Description of English. Studies in language companion series. 82 indexed citations
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Ilson, Robert F.. (1985). The Linguistic Significance of Some Lexicographic Conventions. Applied Linguistics. 6(2). 162–172. 1 indexed citations
17.
Ilson, Robert F.. (1985). DIVERSITY IN UNITY American & British English. English Today. 1(4). 7–11. 10 indexed citations
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Ilson, Robert F.. (1983). Etymological information: can it help our students?. ELT Journal. 37(1). 76–82. 7 indexed citations
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Gnutzmann, Claus, et al.. (1973). Comparative constructions in contemporary English∗. English Studies. 54(5). 417–438. 2 indexed citations
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Ilson, Robert F.. (1962). THE DICTO‐COMP: A SPECIALIZED TECHNIQUE FOR CONTROLLING SPEECH AND WRITING IN LANGUAGE LEARNING. Language Learning. 12(4). 299–301. 6 indexed citations

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