Stephen C. Levinson

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Stephen C. Levinson is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen C. Levinson has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Language and Linguistics, 3 papers in Social Psychology and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Stephen C. Levinson's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (2 papers) and Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (2 papers). Stephen C. Levinson is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (2 papers) and Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (2 papers). Stephen C. Levinson collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Stephen C. Levinson's co-authors include Penelope Brown, John J. Gumperz, Donna M. Johnson, Asifa Majid, Nicholas Evans, Pierre Jaisson, Alice Gaby, N. J. Enfield, Ivan Toni and Harald Hammarström and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Frontiers in Psychology and TESOL Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Stephen C. Levinson

26 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

Universals in language usage: Politeness phenomena

1978 1.4k citations Penelope Brown, Stephen C. Levinson Max Planck Digital Library profile →

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Jennifer Coates United Kingdom

Anna Wierzbicka Australia

Cliff Goddard Australia

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Jef Verschueren Belgium

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George Yule United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen C. Levinson

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All Works

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Seifart, Frank, Nicholas Evans, Harald Hammarström, & Stephen C. Levinson. (2018). Language Documentation Twenty-Five Years On. Language. 94(4). e324–e345. 29 indexed citations

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Levinson, Stephen C. & Penelope Brown. (2016). Comparative feedback: Cultural shaping of response systems in interaction. Max Planck Digital Library. 2 indexed citations

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Roberts, Seán G., Dan Dediu, & Stephen C. Levinson. (2014). DETECTING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LANGUAGES OF NEANDERTALS AND MODERN HUMANS. The Evolution of Language. 501–502. 1 indexed citations

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Levinson, Stephen C. & Asifa Majid. (2013). The Island of Time: Yélî Dnye, the Language of Rossel Island. Frontiers in Psychology. 4. 61–61. 24 indexed citations

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Noordzij, Matthijs L., et al.. (2010). Neural Correlates of Intentional Communication. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 4. 188–188. 39 indexed citations

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Sicoli, Mark A., Asifa Majid, & Stephen C. Levinson. (2009). The language of sound: II. Max Planck Digital Library. 14–19. 1 indexed citations

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Levinson, Stephen C. & Asifa Majid. (2007). The language of sound. Max Planck Digital Library. 29–31. 2 indexed citations

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Majid, Asifa, Gunter Senft, & Stephen C. Levinson. (2007). The language of olfaction. Max Planck Digital Library. 36–41. 1 indexed citations

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Senft, Gunter, Asifa Majid, & Stephen C. Levinson. (2007). The language of taste. Max Planck Digital Library. 42–45. 1 indexed citations

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Levinson, Stephen C.. (2006). Matrilineal clans and kin terms on Rossel Island. Anthropological linguistics. 48(1). 1–43. 16 indexed citations

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Levinson, Stephen C. & Pierre Jaisson. (2006). Evolution and culture: A Fyssen Foundation Symposium. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 24 indexed citations

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Wittenburg, Peter, et al.. (2006). Towards a Linguist's Workbench Supporting eScience Methods. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 131–131. 1 indexed citations

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Levinson, Stephen C., et al.. (2004). Reciprocal constructions and situation type. Max Planck Digital Library. 25–30. 12 indexed citations

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Levinson, Stephen C.. (2002). Comments. Current Anthropology. 43(S4). S113–S137. 3 indexed citations

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Levinson, Stephen C., Penelope Brown, Lourdes de León, et al.. (1992). Man and Tree & Space Games. Max Planck Digital Library. 7–14. 7 indexed citations

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Brown, Penelope & Stephen C. Levinson. (1992). ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ in Tenejapa: Investigating a Linguistic and Conceptual Gap. Language Typology and Universals. 45(1-4). 23 indexed citations

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Gumperz, John J. & Stephen C. Levinson. (1991). Rethinking Linguistic Relativity. Current Anthropology. 32(5). 613–623. 221 indexed citations

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Levinson, Stephen C.. (1989). A review of Relevance. Journal of Linguistics. 25(2). 455–472. 44 indexed citations

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Johnson, Donna M., et al.. (1988). Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics 4). TESOL Quarterly. 22(4). 660–660. 100 indexed citations

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Brown, Penelope & Stephen C. Levinson. (1978). Universals in language usage: Politeness phenomena. Max Planck Digital Library. 56–311. 1449 indexed citations breakdown →

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