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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
Psychology D-index 87 Citations 31,516 390 World Ranking 747 National Ranking 481

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Linguistics

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social psychology, Communication accommodation theory, Linguistics, Interpersonal communication and Sociolinguistics. His Social psychology study incorporates themes from Developmental psychology, Nonverbal communication, Conversation and Ethnic group. Howard Giles has researched Developmental psychology in several fields, including Social psychology and Social perception.

His Ethnic group research includes elements of Reciprocal, Ingroups and outgroups, Vitality and Neuroscience of multilingualism. His studies in Interpersonal communication integrate themes in fields like Context, Social identity theory, Age discrimination, Negotiation and Employment discrimination. His Sociolinguistics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Media studies, Affective behavior, Affect and Sociology of language.

His most cited work include:

  • Accommodation theory: Communication, context, and consequence. (816 citations)
  • Speech style and social evaluation (751 citations)
  • Towards a theory of language in ethnic group relations (717 citations)

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

Social psychology, Communication accommodation theory, Developmental psychology, Linguistics and Ethnic group are his primary areas of study. His work carried out in the field of Social psychology brings together such families of science as Context, Vitality and Perception. Howard Giles integrates many fields, such as Communication accommodation theory and engineering, in his works.

Howard Giles regularly ties together related areas like Deference in his Developmental psychology studies. His Linguistics study is mostly concerned with Sociolinguistics, Language assessment and Comprehension approach. His Ethnic group study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Gender studies.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (50.00%)
  • Communication accommodation theory (16.59%)
  • Developmental psychology (13.82%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Social psychology (50.00%)
  • Communication accommodation theory (16.59%)
  • Intergroup communication (5.76%)

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

Howard Giles mostly deals with Social psychology, Communication accommodation theory, Intergroup communication, Developmental psychology and Cognitive psychology. His Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Extension and Action. His study explores the link between Intergroup communication and topics such as Epistemology that cross with problems in Scholarship.

Howard Giles has included themes like Social category, Older people and Perception in his Developmental psychology study. His research in Cognitive psychology intersects with topics in Processing fluency, Cognition and Stress. His study in Interpersonal communication is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Situational ethics, Mainstream, Diversity and Deception.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Communication accommodation theory: negotiating personal relationships and social identities across contexts (104 citations)
  • I Don't Like You Because You're Hard to Understand: The Role of Processing Fluency in the Language Attitudes Process (42 citations)
  • I Don't Like You Because You're Hard to Understand: The Role of Processing Fluency in the Language Attitudes Process (42 citations)

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

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Linguistics

His primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Communication accommodation theory, Cognitive psychology, Intergroup communication and Developmental psychology. His Social psychology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Content analysis, Media consumption and Action. His research investigates the connection with Action and areas like Context which intersect with concerns in Interpersonal communication.

Howard Giles combines subjects such as Processing fluency, Stress and Affect with his study of Cognitive psychology. His Intergroup communication research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Group life, Group norms and Clothing. His research integrates issues of Older people and Social category in his study of Developmental psychology.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Towards a theory of language in ethnic group relations

H. Giles.
Language, Ethnicity and Intergroup Relations (1977)

2829 Citations

Accommodation theory: Communication, context, and consequence.

Howard Giles;Nikolas Coupland;Justine Coupland.
(1991)

1340 Citations

Speech style and social evaluation

Howard Giles;Peter F. Powesland.
(1975)

1204 Citations

Towards a Theory of Interpersonal Accommodation through Language: Some Canadian Data.

Howard Giles;Donald M. Taylor;Richard Bourhis.
Language in Society (1973)

835 Citations

Language and social psychology

Howard Giles;Robert N. St. Clair.
Language (1981)

695 Citations

Contexts of Accommodation: Developments in Applied Sociolinguistics

Howard Giles;Justine Coupland;Nikolas Coupland.
(2010)

654 Citations

Language, ethnicity, and intergroup relations

David E. Lopez;Howard Giles.
Contemporary Sociology (1980)

649 Citations

Psycholinguistic and social psychological components of communication by and with the elderly

Ellen B. Ryan;Howard Giles;Giampiero Bartolucci;Karen Henwood.
Language & Communication (1986)

648 Citations

Handbook of language and social psychology

Howard Giles;W. P. Robinson.
Language (1992)

605 Citations

Ethnolinguistic identity theory: a social psychological approach to language maintenance

Howard Giles;Patricia Johnson.
International Journal of the Sociology of Language (1987)

604 Citations

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