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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
76
Citations
46495
World Ranking
481
National Ranking
20

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Linguistics
  • Law
  • Social science

His main research concerns Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Ideology, Superdiversity and Globalization. His research integrates issues of Epistemology, Applied linguistics, Repertoire and Humanities in his study of Sociolinguistics. His research investigates the connection between Epistemology and topics such as Contextualization that intersect with problems in Gender studies.

His studies in Ideology integrate themes in fields like Identity, Political system, Political economy and Theme. His study in Superdiversity is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Social science, Linguistic anthropology, Linguistic landscape and Ethnography. Jan Blommaert usually deals with Globalization and limits it to topics linked to Late modernity and African studies, Reading, Asylum seeker, Contemporary society and Variation.

His most cited work include:

  • The Sociolinguistics of Globalization (1067 citations)
  • Discourse: A Critical Introduction (960 citations)
  • Language and superdiversity (506 citations)

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

Jan Blommaert mainly investigates Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Epistemology, Superdiversity and Globalization. His Linguistics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Ideology and Ethnography. His research investigates the link between Ideology and topics such as Social science that cross with problems in Political economy.

His research investigates the connection between Sociolinguistics and topics such as Discourse analysis that intersect with issues in Conversation analysis and Critical discourse analysis. Jan Blommaert regularly ties together related areas like Identity in his Epistemology studies. As part of the same scientific family, he usually focuses on Globalization, concentrating on Media studies and intersecting with Literacy.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Linguistics (36.99%)
  • Sociolinguistics (25.00%)
  • Epistemology (14.38%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Sociolinguistics (25.00%)
  • Epistemology (14.38%)
  • Superdiversity (15.41%)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Sociolinguistics, Epistemology, Superdiversity, Linguistics and Anthropology. His Sociolinguistics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both New media, Globalization, Linguistic anthropology, On Language and Social theory. His Globalization research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Focus and Media studies.

His work deals with themes such as Context and Sociology of language, which intersect with Epistemology. As a member of one scientific family, Jan Blommaert mostly works in the field of Superdiversity, focusing on Identity and, on occasion, Ethnic group and Gender studies. His Anthropology research includes themes of Linguistic landscape and Symbolic interactionism.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Chronotopes, Scales, and Complexity in the Study of Language in Society (188 citations)
  • Language and Superdiversity (131 citations)
  • Conviviality and collectives on social media: Virality, memes and new social structures (53 citations)

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

  • Linguistics
  • Law
  • Social science

Jan Blommaert spends much of his time researching Epistemology, Sociolinguistics, Identity, Superdiversity and Linguistics. His Epistemology research integrates issues from Context, Social organization and Social media. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including New media, Indexicality, Body of knowledge, Sociology of language and Social environment.

His work in Identity addresses subjects such as Gender studies, which are connected to disciplines such as Social group. He has researched Superdiversity in several fields, including Diversity, Linguistic anthropology, State and Humanities. Jan Blommaert does research in Linguistics, focusing on Stress specifically.

Best Publications

  • Discourse: A Critical Introduction

    J.M.E. Blommaert

  • The Sociolinguistics of Globalization

    J.M.E. Blommaert

  • Enough is enough : The heuristics of authenticity in superdiversity

    Jan Blommaert;Piia Varis

  • CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

    Jan Blommaert;Chris Bulcaen

  • Ethnography, Superdiversity and Linguistic Landscapes

    Jan Blommaert

  • Ethnography, Superdiversity and Linguistic Landscapes: Chronicles of Complexity

    J.M.E. Blommaert

  • Spaces of multilingualism

    Jan Blommaert;James Collins;Stef Slembrouck

  • Language ideological debates

    J.M.E. Blommaert

  • Debating Diversity: Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance

    J.M.E. Blommaert;Jef Verschueren

  • Language and Superdiversity

    Jan Blommaert;Ben Rampton;Ben Rampton

  • Ethnographic Fieldwork: A Beginner's Guide

    Jan Blommaert;Dong Jie

  • A sociolinguistics of globalization

    J.M.E. Blommaert

  • The Role of Language in European Nationalist Ideologies

    Jan Blommaert;Jef Verschueren

  • Superdiverse Repertoires and the Individual

    Jan Blommaert;Albert Backus

  • Ron Scollon and Suzie Wong Scollon: Nexus Analysis: Discourse and the Emerging Internet. Routledge, 2004

    Jan Blommaert

  • Grassroots Literacy: Writing, Identity and Voice in Central Africa

    Jan Blommaert

  • Chronotopes, Scales, and Complexity in the Study of Language in Society

    J.M.E. Blommaert

  • Commentary: A sociolinguistics of globalization

    Jan Blommaert

  • Language, Asylum, and the National Order

    J.M.E. Blommaert

  • Repertoires revisited : 'Knowing language' in superdiversity

    J.M.E. Blommaert;A. Backus

  • The debate is open.

    Jan Blommaert

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben Rampton
Ben Rampton King's College London
Fons J. R. van de Vijver
Fons J. R. van de Vijver Tilburg University
Monica Heller
Monica Heller University of Toronto
Anna De Fina
Anna De Fina Georgetown University
Douglas W. Maynard
Douglas W. Maynard University of Wisconsin–Madison
Paul Drew
Paul Drew University of York
Walt Wolfram
Walt Wolfram North Carolina State University
Alessandro Duranti
Alessandro Duranti University of California, Los Angeles
Kendall A. King
Kendall A. King University of Minnesota
Carol Myers-Scotton
Carol Myers-Scotton Michigan State University

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