William J. Samarin

2.7k total citations
78 papers, 693 citations indexed

About

William J. Samarin is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Samarin has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 693 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Language and Linguistics, 19 papers in Linguistics and Language and 16 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in William J. Samarin's work include African history and culture studies (14 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (10 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (9 papers). William J. Samarin is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (14 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (10 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (9 papers). William J. Samarin collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. William J. Samarin's co-authors include Peter Ladefoged, Paul Newman, Ian Stevenson, John Lonsdale, Phyllis M. Martin, Bruce Fetter, David Northrup, James A. Walker, Martha C. Ward and Joshua A. Fishman and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Language and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William J. Samarin

67 papers receiving 516 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William J. Samarin Canada 15 317 298 181 83 73 78 693
Albert Valdman United States 15 617 1.9× 633 2.1× 206 1.1× 86 1.0× 115 1.6× 99 1.1k
Doris L. Payne United States 13 371 1.2× 193 0.6× 262 1.4× 60 0.7× 110 1.5× 43 698
Robert K. Herbert United States 14 581 1.8× 294 1.0× 207 1.1× 77 0.9× 61 0.8× 32 848
Nigel Fabb United Kingdom 14 428 1.4× 192 0.6× 342 1.9× 68 0.8× 168 2.3× 52 805
Andrée Tabouret‐Keller France 7 440 1.4× 556 1.9× 83 0.5× 93 1.1× 31 0.4× 56 757
Peter Mackridge United Kingdom 11 266 0.8× 126 0.4× 102 0.6× 85 1.0× 54 0.7× 48 504
John H. McDowell United States 9 183 0.6× 119 0.4× 79 0.4× 78 0.9× 25 0.3× 41 458
Kemp Malone United States 8 197 0.6× 127 0.4× 119 0.7× 47 0.6× 50 0.7× 42 604
William O. Hendricks United States 8 339 1.1× 66 0.2× 254 1.4× 70 0.8× 76 1.0× 16 713
Earl W. Stevick Israel 15 673 2.1× 229 0.8× 132 0.7× 57 0.7× 56 0.8× 58 983

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William J. Samarin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Samarin, William J.. (1998). Ilmu Bahasa Lapangan. Andalas University Repository (Andalas University). 15 indexed citations
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Martin, Phyllis M. & William J. Samarin. (1990). The Black Man's Burden: African Colonial Labor on the Congo and Ubangi Rivers, 1880-1900. African Economic History. 194–194. 4 indexed citations
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Northrup, David & William J. Samarin. (1990). The Black Man's Burden: African Colonial Labor on the Congo and Ubangi Rivers, 1880-1900. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 23(4). 714–714. 2 indexed citations
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Samarin, William J.. (1987). Demythologizing Plains Indian Sign Language History. International Journal of American Linguistics. 53(1). 65–73. 6 indexed citations
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Samarin, William J.. (1976). Language in religious practice. 31 indexed citations
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Samarin, William J. & Ian Stevenson. (1976). Xenoglossy: A Review and Report of a Case. Language. 52(1). 270–270. 8 indexed citations
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Grimshaw, Allen D., Robbins Burling, Courtney B. Cazden, et al.. (1974). On Language in Society: Part II. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 3(1). 3–3. 4 indexed citations
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Samarin, William J.. (1971). Evolution in glossolalic private language. TSpace (University of Toronto). 5 indexed citations
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Samarin, William J.. (1970). Sango : langue de l'Afrique centrale. TSpace (University of Toronto). 4 indexed citations
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Newman, Paul & William J. Samarin. (1969). A Grammar of Sango. Language. 45(3). 659–659. 19 indexed citations
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Samarin, William J., et al.. (1968). The Gbeya Language: Grammar, Texts, and Vocabularies. Language. 44(2). 420–420. 40 indexed citations
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Samarin, William J.. (1968). The linguisticality of glossolalia. TSpace (University of Toronto). 8 indexed citations
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Samarin, William J.. (1967). Review of Children of their fathers: growing up among the Ngoni of Nyasaland, by Margaret Read. TSpace (University of Toronto).
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Samarin, William J. & Peter Ladefoged. (1964). A Phonetic Study of West African Languages: An Auditory-Instrumental Survey. Language. 40(4). 628–628. 61 indexed citations
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Samarin, William J.. (1959). Prospecting Gbaya dialects. African Studies. 18(2). 68–73. 1 indexed citations
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Samarin, William J.. (1958). The Phonology of Pidgin Sango. WORD. 14(1). 62–70. 1 indexed citations
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Samarin, William J.. (1958). The Gbaya Languages. Africa. 28(2). 148–155. 2 indexed citations

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