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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 41 Citations 21,495 69 World Ranking 2571 National Ranking 1306

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1998 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Linguistics
  • Social science
  • Anthropology

Her primary scientific interests are in Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Language acquisition, Socialization and Grammar. Elinor Ochs interconnects Social identity approach, Environmental ethics and Social psychology in the investigation of issues within Sociolinguistics. Her research in Language acquisition intersects with topics in Samoan and Language development.

Her Language development research incorporates elements of Interpersonal communication, Register, Acquiring language and Literacy. Her Socialization research includes elements of Social psychology, Social identity theory, Social group, Social influence and Epistemology. Her studies in Grammar integrate themes in fields like Conversation, Linguistic anthropology, Transcription, Syntax and Representation.

Her most cited work include:

  • Language Socialization across Cultures (830 citations)
  • Living Narrative: Creating Lives in Everyday Storytelling (774 citations)
  • Interaction and grammar (737 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her main research concerns Linguistics, Social psychology, Language acquisition, Socialization and Samoan. Her Linguistics and Grammar, Language development, Conversation, Generative grammar and Emergent grammar investigations all form part of her Linguistics research activities. The Grammar study combines topics in areas such as Sociolinguistics, Psychotherapist and Representation.

Her studies deal with areas such as Developmental psychology and Nuclear family as well as Social psychology. Her research on Language acquisition also deals with topics like

  • Variation which is related to area like Register,
  • Communication, which have a strong connection to Cognitive science. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Gender studies, Word order and Literacy.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Linguistics (29.23%)
  • Social psychology (21.54%)
  • Language acquisition (16.92%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2012-2017)?

  • Social psychology (21.54%)
  • Linguistics (29.23%)
  • Language acquisition (16.92%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Elinor Ochs focuses on Social psychology, Linguistics, Language acquisition, Developmental psychology and Cognitive science. Her Social psychology research incorporates themes from Nuclear family and Modernity. Her research related to Variation, Acquiring language, Grammar, Samoan and Language development might be considered part of Linguistics.

Her study in Language acquisition is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Interpersonal communication, Socialization and Sociolinguistics. Her Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Video ethnography, Reflexivity, Interpersonal relationship and Social rejection.

Between 2012 and 2017, her most popular works were:

  • Language Socialization Across Cultures (312 citations)
  • Invited Forum: Bridging the “Language Gap” (85 citations)
  • Fast-forward family : home, work, and relationships in middle-class America (35 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social science
  • Linguistics
  • Anthropology

Her primary areas of study are Performance art, Middle class, Gerontology, Art history and Family home.

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Best Publications

Living Narrative: Creating Lives in Everyday Storytelling

Elinor Ochs;Lisa Capps.
(2001)

2889 Citations

Culture and Language Development: Language Acquisition and Language Socialization in a Samoan Village

Elinor Ochs.
(1988)

2014 Citations

Language Socialization across Cultures

William A. Corsaro;Bambi B. Schieffelin;Elinor Ochs.
Language (1988)

1282 Citations

Planned and Unplanned Discourse

Elinor Ochs;Bambi B. Schieffelin.
(1979)

1272 Citations

Constructing Social Identity: A Language Socialization Perspective

Elinor Ochs.
Research on Language and Social Interaction (1993)

1267 Citations

Linguistic resources for socializing humanity.

Elinor Ochs.
(1996)

1264 Citations

Interaction and grammar

Elinor Ochs;Emanuel A. Schegloff;Sandra A. Thompson.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (1996)

1153 Citations

Language acquisition and socialization: Three developmental stories and their implications

Bambi Schieffelin;E. Ochs.
Culture Theory : Essays on Mind, Self, and Emotion (1984)

993 Citations

Language has a heart

Elinor Ochs;Bambi Schieffelin.
Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse (1989)

797 Citations

Co-Construction: An Introduction

Sally Jacoby;Elinor Ochs.
Research on Language and Social Interaction (1995)

756 Citations

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