William Frawley

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

William Frawley is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Frawley has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Language and Linguistics, 14 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in William Frawley's work include Lexicography and Language Studies (7 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 papers). William Frawley is often cited by papers focused on Lexicography and Language Studies (7 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 papers). William Frawley collaborates with scholars based in United States and Ireland. William Frawley's co-authors include Ann M. Peters, James P. Lantolf, Christopher J. Matheus, Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, Margaret Martlew, Barry M. Kroll, Glenn R. Rechtine, Antonio E. Castellvi, Ann Marie Chrin and Igor Mel’čuk and has published in prestigious journals such as Spine, Developmental Psychology and Language.

In The Last Decade

William Frawley

58 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Knowledge Discovery in Databases

1991 1.0k citations William Frawley et al. MIT Press eBooks profile →
The Units of Language Acquisition

1985 490 citations William Frawley, Ann M. Peters Language profile →

Peers

William Frawley

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Ewan Klein United Kingdom

Jon Oberlander United Kingdom

Johanna D. Moore United Kingdom

Barbara J. Grosz United States

Jerry R. Hobbs United States

Geoffrey Sampson United Kingdom

Emiel Krahmer Netherlands

Aravind K. Joshi United States

Christiane Fellbaum United States

James Pustejovsky United States

Ewan Klein United Kingdom

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Countries citing papers authored by William Frawley

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Frawley

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Frawley

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Frawley, William. (2000). Talking heads : Language, metalanguage, and the semiotics of subjectivity. By Benjamin Lee. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1997. Pp. ix, 376.. Language. 76(1). 186–188. 11 indexed citations

Frawley, William, et al.. (1999). Affective Computing: Medical Applications. International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. 124(4). 843–847. 4 indexed citations

Frawley, William. (1997). Vygotsky and Cognitive Science. Harvard University Press eBooks. 110 indexed citations

Frawley, William. (1997). New trends in semantics and lexicography . Ed. by Henryk Kardela and Gunnar Persson. (Umeå studies in the humanities, 127.) Uppsala & Umeå: Swedish Science Press and Umeå University, 1995. Pp. iii, 231.. Language. 73(2). 456–457. 9 indexed citations

Frawley, William. (1997). A dictionary of euphemisms . By R. W. Holder. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Pp. xix, 470.. Language. 73(2). 454–455. 4 indexed citations

Frawley, William. (1997). Coming to our senses : A naturalistic program for semantic localism. By Michael Devitt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. x, 338.. Language. 73(3). 656–657. 15 indexed citations

Frawley, William. (1997). Readings in language and mind . Ed. by Heimir Geirsson and Michael Losonsky. Oxford & Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 1996. Pp. xi, 585.. Language. 73(3). 659–660. 12 indexed citations

Frawley, William, et al.. (1991). Knowledge Discovery in Databases. MIT Press eBooks. 1030 indexed citations breakdown →

Frawley, William. (1989). Relational models and metascience. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 335–372. 2 indexed citations

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Frawley, William. (1987). Handbook of discourse analysis, I: Disciplines of discourse. Edited by Teun A. van Dijk. Orlando: Academic Press, 1985. Pp. xvii, 302. $59.50. - Handbook of discourse analysis, II: Dimensions of discourse. Edited by Teun A. van Dijk. Orlando: Academic Press, 1985. Pp. xvii, 279. $53.50. - Handbook of discourse analysis, III: Discourse and dialogue. Edited by Teun A. van Dijk. Orlando: Academic Press, 1985. Pp. xix, 251. $49.50. - Handbook of discourse analysis, IV: Discourse analysis in society. Edited by Teun A. van Dijk. Orlando: Academic Press, 1985. Pp. xvii, 228. $45.50.. Language. 63(2). 361–397. 6 indexed citations

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Frawley, William. (1986). The development of oral and written language in social contexts. Ed. by Anthony Pellegrini and Thomas Yawkey. (Advances in discourse processes, 13.) Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1984. Pp. xiv, 273. Cloth $34.50, paper $19.95.. Language. 62(1). 227–228. 186 indexed citations

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Frawley, William. (1985). The acquisition of symbolic skills. Ed. by Don R. Rogers and John A. Sloboda (NATO Conference series, III: Human factors, 22.) New York: Plenum, 1983. Pp. xii, 623. $79.95.. Language. 61(3). 726–726. 126 indexed citations

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Lantolf, James P. & William Frawley. (1985). On Communicative Strategies: A Functional Perspective.. 17(2). 143–158. 2 indexed citations

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Frawley, William & Ann M. Peters. (1985). The Units of Language Acquisition. Language. 61(1). 235–235. 490 indexed citations breakdown →

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Frawley, William, et al.. (1985). Explorations in the Development of Writing: Theory, Research, and Practice. Language. 61(1). 236–236. 16 indexed citations

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Frawley, William & Ian Stevenson. (1985). Unlearned Language: New Studies in Xenoglossy. Language. 61(3). 739–739. 2 indexed citations

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Frawley, William & Margaret Martlew. (1985). The Psychology of Written Language: Developmental and Educational Perspectives. Language. 61(1). 237–237. 74 indexed citations

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Frawley, William. (1984). Dialogue games: An approach to discourse analysis. By Lauri Carlson. (Synthese language library 17.) Dordrecht: Reidel, 1983. Pp. xxiii, 317. f 115.00.. Language. 60(4). 966–969. 156 indexed citations

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Frawley, William. (1984). A grammar of English on mathematical principles . By Zellig Harris. New York: Wiley, 1982. Pp. 429.. Language. 60(1). 150–152. 71 indexed citations

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Frawley, William. (1978). Topological linguistics. Paper in Linguistics. 11(1-2). 185–237. 2 indexed citations

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