Roy C. Major

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Roy C. Major is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Linguistics and Language and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy C. Major has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 23 papers in Linguistics and Language and 13 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Roy C. Major's work include Phonetics and Phonology Research (29 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (22 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (7 papers). Roy C. Major is often cited by papers focused on Phonetics and Phonology Research (29 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (22 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (7 papers). Roy C. Major collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Roy C. Major's co-authors include David Crystal, Ferenc Bunta, Chandrika Balasubramanian, Michael C. Faudree, Eun Yi Kim, Susan Fitzmaurice and John Goldsmith and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Modern Language Journal and TESOL Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Roy C. Major

38 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics

1992 1.4k citations Roy C. Major, David Crystal Modern Language Journal profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Roy C. Major	1.5k	1.4k	1.2k	671	670	40	2.8k
Laurie Bauer	1.8k 1.2×	838 0.6×	858 0.7×	748 1.1×	468 0.7×	115	2.6k
Frederick J. Newmeyer	2.1k 1.3×	996 0.7×	781 0.6×	948 1.4×	757 1.1×	100	3.3k
Paul J. Hopper	3.6k 2.4×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	969 1.4×	608 0.9×	37	4.6k
Eve Sweetser	1.9k 1.3×	2.1k 1.4×	270 0.2×	415 0.6×	405 0.6×	32	3.2k
Shana Poplack	2.8k 1.8×	736 0.5×	3.3k 2.6×	338 0.5×	540 0.8×	80	4.1k
Jennifer Hay	1.7k 1.1×	2.0k 1.4×	1.7k 1.4×	765 1.1×	376 0.6×	76	3.5k
T. Givón	1.9k 1.2×	937 0.6×	536 0.4×	536 0.8×	550 0.8×	55	2.7k
Pavel Trofimovich	2.0k 1.3×	2.2k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	837 1.2×	1.4k 2.1×	128	3.6k
Stephen Wadley	1.2k 0.8×	587 0.4×	507 0.4×	486 0.7×	446 0.7×	8	1.9k
Uriel Wèinreich	1.9k 1.2×	597 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	501 0.7×	316 0.5×	36	2.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Major, Roy C.. (2008). 3. Transfer in second language phonology: A review. 63–94. 52 indexed citations

Major, Roy C.. (2004). Gender and stylistic variation in second language phonology. Language Variation and Change. 16(3). 56 indexed citations

Major, Roy C.. (2001). Foreign Accent. 211 indexed citations

Major, Roy C.. (1999). Chronological and Stylistic Aspects of Second Language Acquisition of Consonant Clusters. Language Learning. 49(s1). 123–150. 6 indexed citations

Major, Roy C. & Eun Yi Kim. (1999). The Similarity Differential Rate Hypothesis. Language Learning. 49(s1). 151–183. 30 indexed citations

Major, Roy C.. (1998). INTERLANGUAGE PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 20(2). 131–137. 28 indexed citations

Major, Roy C.. (1996). Chunking and Phonological Memory: A Response to Ellis. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 18(3). 351–354. 2 indexed citations

Major, Roy C.. (1995). NATIVE AND NONNATIVE PHONOLOGICAL REPRESENTATIONS. IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. 33(2). 8 indexed citations

Major, Roy C.. (1993). Crosscurrents in second language acquisition and linguistic theories . (Language acquisition and language disorders, 2.) Ed. by Thom Huebner and Charles A. Ferguson Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1991. Pp. vii, 435. $130.00.. Language. 69(2). 422–423. 84 indexed citations

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Major, Roy C.. (1992). Losing English as a First Language. Modern Language Journal. 76(2). 190–190. 16 indexed citations

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Major, Roy C. & David Crystal. (1992). A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Modern Language Journal. 76(3). 426–426. 1379 indexed citations breakdown →

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Major, Roy C. & John Goldsmith. (1992). Autosegmental and Metrical Phonology: An Introduction. Modern Language Journal. 76(2). 259–259. 2 indexed citations

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Major, Roy C.. (1988). BALANCING FORM AND FUNCTION. IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. 26(2). 8 indexed citations

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Major, Roy C.. (1987). Language acquisition of a bilingual child: A sociolinguistic perspective. By Alvino E. Fantini. Clevedon, Avon, England: Multilingual Matters, 1985. Pp. xi, 265. $25.00.. Language. 63(2). 417–421.

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Major, Roy C.. (1987). English voiceless stop production by speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. Journal of Phonetics. 15(2). 197–202. 46 indexed citations

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Major, Roy C.. (1986). THE ONTOGENY MODEL: EVIDENCE FROM L2 ACQUISITION OF SPANISH r. Language Learning. 36(4). 453–504. 52 indexed citations

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Major, Roy C.. (1985). Stress and rhythm in Brazilian Portuguese. Language. 61(2). 259–282. 35 indexed citations

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Major, Roy C.. (1981). Stress-timing in Brazilian Portuguese. Journal of Phonetics. 9(3). 343–351. 33 indexed citations

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Major, Roy C.. (1979). Prosody in Brazilian Portuguese phonology. University Microfilms International eBooks. 12. 745827–745827. 3 indexed citations

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Major, Roy C.. (1976). Phonological Differentiation of a Bilingual Child. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 17 indexed citations

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