Ronald Wardhaugh

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ronald Wardhaugh is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald Wardhaugh has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Language and Linguistics, 9 papers in Linguistics and Language and 3 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Ronald Wardhaugh's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (6 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 papers) and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (4 papers). Ronald Wardhaugh is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (6 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 papers) and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (4 papers). Ronald Wardhaugh collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Ronald Wardhaugh's co-authors include Robert M. Vago, Arthur W. Frank, Joan M. Fayer, Robert D. King, Janet Ross, H. Douglas Brown, Francisco Gomes de Matos, Roderick A. Jacobs, Tony Brown and Pieter A. M. Seuren and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Modern Language Journal and TESOL Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Ronald Wardhaugh

32 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

1986 1.1k citations Ronald Wardhaugh University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronald Wardhaugh United States	14	1.2k	714	409	254	251	38	1.8k
Ralph W. Fasold United States	16	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.9×	356 0.9×	208 0.8×	126 0.5×	34	2.1k
Muriel Saville‐Troike United States	14	1.0k 0.9×	509 0.7×	586 1.4×	541 2.1×	113 0.5×	31	1.7k
Garland D. Bills	12	776 0.7×	596 0.8×	297 0.7×	123 0.5×	94 0.4×	24	1.2k
Elite Olshtain Israel	20	1.9k 1.6×	470 0.7×	975 2.4×	433 1.7×	140 0.6×	47	2.4k
Nessa Wolfson United States	16	1.4k 1.2×	555 0.8×	704 1.7×	141 0.6×	195 0.8×	22	1.7k
Timothy C. Frazer United States	16	800 0.7×	807 1.1×	244 0.6×	204 0.8×	98 0.4×	39	1.4k
Gillian Brown United Kingdom	12	1.2k 1.0×	241 0.3×	761 1.9×	498 2.0×	102 0.4×	25	2.0k
Norbert Dittmar Germany	10	670 0.6×	376 0.5×	342 0.8×	109 0.4×	129 0.5×	36	1.3k
Braj Β. Kachru United States	25	2.2k 1.8×	2.1k 2.9×	1.4k 3.3×	196 0.8×	136 0.5×	72	3.1k
Bruce Fraser United States	17	2.2k 1.9×	499 0.7×	1.1k 2.7×	196 0.8×	331 1.3×	33	2.8k

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Wardhaugh, Ronald. (1999). Proper English: Myths and Misunderstandings about Language. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 16 indexed citations

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Wardhaugh, Ronald. (1993). Investigating Language: Central Problems in Linguistics. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 12 indexed citations

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Fayer, Joan M. & Ronald Wardhaugh. (1988). Languages in Competition. Modern Language Journal. 72(3). 340–340. 44 indexed citations

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Wardhaugh, Ronald. (1986). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 1111 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wardhaugh, Ronald. (1985). How conversation works. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 83 indexed citations

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Wardhaugh, Ronald. (1984). Language and Nationhood: The Canadian Experience. Labour / Le Travail. 14. 320–320. 9 indexed citations

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Wardhaugh, Ronald. (1982). Education of the New Canadian: 1918 and 1981. The Persistence of Certain Themes.. 13(3).

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Wardhaugh, Ronald, et al.. (1980). A Survey of Applied Linguistics. The Yearbook of English Studies. 10. 233–233. 1 indexed citations

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Matos, Francisco Gomes de, Ronald Wardhaugh, & H. Douglas Brown. (1977). A Survey of Applied Linguistics. TESOL Quarterly. 11(3). 324–324. 26 indexed citations

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Wardhaugh, Ronald & H. Douglas Brown. (1976). Language Learning and the University of Michigan Press announce the publication of A SURVEY OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS. Language Learning. 26(1). 211–213. 3 indexed citations

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Brown, Tony & Ronald Wardhaugh. (1974). Topics in Applied Linguistics. Modern Language Journal. 58(7). 375–375. 10 indexed citations

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Ross, Janet & Ronald Wardhaugh. (1971). Reading: A Linguistic Perspective. TESOL Quarterly. 5(2). 163–163. 26 indexed citations

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Wardhaugh, Ronald. (1971). Theories of Language Acquisition in Relation to Beginning Reading Instruction. Reading Research Quarterly. 7(1). 168–168. 19 indexed citations

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Wardhaugh, Ronald. (1971). THEORIES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN RELATION TO BEGINNING READING INSTRUCTION¹. Language Learning. 21(1). 1–26. 4 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Roderick A. & Ronald Wardhaugh. (1970). Reading: A Linguistic Perspective. The English Journal. 59(6). 859–859. 14 indexed citations

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Wardhaugh, Ronald. (1969). Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: The State of the Art.. 3 indexed citations

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Wardhaugh, Ronald. (1969). TESOL: Current Problems and Classroom Practices. TESOL Quarterly. 3(2). 105–105. 4 indexed citations

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Wardhaugh, Ronald. (1968). Linguistics-Reading Dialogue.. The Reading Teacher. 21(5). 1 indexed citations

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Wardhaugh, Ronald. (1968). Is the Linguistic Approach an Improvement in Reading Instruction. 1 indexed citations

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Wardhaugh, Ronald. (1967). A Comment on Noam Chomsky's "The Current Scene in Linguistics: Present Directions". College English. 28(6). 467–467.

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