Language in Society

50.6k citations
1.8k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Topics
Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesMultilingual Education and PolicyLinguistic Variation and Morphology

In The Last Decade

Language in Society

1.4k papers receiving 40.4k citations

Peers

Language in Society
Comparison fields: 5 of 185
  • Language and Linguistics 30.3k
  • Linguistics and Language 21.1k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 13.8k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 10.9k
  • Sociology and Political Science 6.5k
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About Language in Society

The 1.8k papers published in Language in Society in the last decades have received a total of 50.6k indexed citations . Papers published in Language in Society usually cover Linguistics and Language (894 papers), Language and Linguistics (1.0k papers) and Literature and Literary Theory (401 papers) specifically the topics of Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (665 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (644 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (600 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Language in Society are Robin Tolmach Lakoff, John R. Searle, Allan Bell, Peter Trudgill, Shirley Brice Heath, William Labov, A. McHoul, Gene H. Lerner, John Heritage and Nikolas Coupland.

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