Ronald R. Butters

2.3k total citations
39 papers, 792 citations indexed

About

Ronald R. Butters is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald R. Butters has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 792 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Language and Linguistics, 15 papers in Linguistics and Language and 6 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Ronald R. Butters's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (15 papers), Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism (6 papers) and Lexicography and Language Studies (6 papers). Ronald R. Butters is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (15 papers), Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism (6 papers) and Lexicography and Language Studies (6 papers). Ronald R. Butters collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Ronald R. Butters's co-authors include John M. Clum, Jeremy Sugarman, Cleanth Brooks, John Algeo, Laurel J. Brinton, Richard L. Venezky, Roger W. Shuy, William J. Kirwin, Judith N. Levi and Richard W. Bailey and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Applied Linguistics and Language in Society.

In The Last Decade

Ronald R. Butters

34 papers receiving 576 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ronald R. Butters United States 9 546 466 175 112 98 39 792
Nikolas John Robert Coupland United Kingdom 5 509 0.9× 469 1.0× 188 1.1× 88 0.8× 56 0.6× 8 723
Norma Mendoza‐Denton United States 9 464 0.8× 317 0.7× 135 0.8× 125 1.1× 176 1.8× 18 747
Arthur K. Spears United States 9 358 0.7× 220 0.5× 125 0.7× 66 0.6× 91 0.9× 30 517
Vivian de Klerk South Africa 18 519 1.0× 629 1.3× 272 1.6× 78 0.7× 122 1.2× 69 913
Bernadette O’Rourke United Kingdom 16 698 1.3× 474 1.0× 248 1.4× 49 0.4× 77 0.8× 54 897
John C. Maher Japan 10 270 0.5× 341 0.7× 247 1.4× 40 0.4× 82 0.8× 31 610
Joseph Errington United States 13 368 0.7× 342 0.7× 121 0.7× 36 0.3× 128 1.3× 23 622
Peter Lowenberg United States 9 662 1.2× 715 1.5× 496 2.8× 84 0.8× 47 0.5× 15 974
Ayọ̀ Bámgbósé Nigeria 13 714 1.3× 539 1.2× 457 2.6× 71 0.6× 35 0.4× 29 953
William W. Gage United States 5 162 0.3× 246 0.5× 252 1.4× 86 0.8× 81 0.8× 14 523

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Butters, Ronald R.. (2010). The Forensic Linguist’s Professional Credentials. International Journal of Speech Language and the Law. 16(2). 237–252. 5 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R.. (2008). A Linguistic Look at Trademark Dilution. Santa Clara computer and high-technology law journal. 24(3). 507. 8 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R.. (2004). How Not to Strike it Rich: Semantics, Pragmatics, and Semiotics of a Massachusetts Lottery Game Card. Applied Linguistics. 25(4). 466–490. 1 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R.. (2001). DATA CONCERNING PUTATIVE SINGULARY'ALL. American Speech. 76(3). 335–336. 2 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R.. (2000). THE “REAL” MEANING OF MILLENNIUM. American Speech. 75(1). 111–112. 3 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R., et al.. (2000). SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC VARIABILITY IN MEDICAL RESEARCH TERMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR OBTAINING MEANINGFUL INFORMED CONSENT. American Speech. 75(2). 149–168. 11 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R.. (2000). THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF AMERICAN ENGLISH: TWO CHALLENGES. American Speech. 75(3). 283–285. 2 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R., Judith N. Levi, Anne Graffam Walker, & Roger W. Shuy. (1993). Forensic Linguistics Comes of Age. American Speech. 68(1). 109–109. 2 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R.. (1989). Foreword. South Atlantic Quarterly. 88(1). 1–5. 3 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R., et al.. (1987). American Instances of Propredicate Do. Journal of English Linguistics. 20(2). 212–216. 3 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R.. (1983). Syntactic Change in British English Propredicates. Journal of English Linguistics. 16(1). 1–6. 7 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R.. (1982). Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff, Mark Johnson. South Atlantic Quarterly. 81(1). 128–129. 1 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R.. (1976). More on Indirect Questions. American Speech. 51(1/2). 57–57. 2 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R.. (1972). Competence, Performance, and Variable Rules.. Language Sciences. 2 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R.. (1970). On the interpretation of ‘deviant utterances’. Journal of Linguistics. 6(1). 105–110. 6 indexed citations
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Butters, Ronald R.. (1969). Lexical selection and linguistic deviance. Paper in Linguistics. 1(1). 170–181. 2 indexed citations

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