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New Zealand
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
75
Citations
28142
World Ranking
532
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Janet Holmes is affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and has a research profile spanning the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Their main areas of study include language and linguistics, literature and literary theory, linguistics and language, sociology and political science, and artificial intelligence. The scientist's work covers several key topics: language, discourse, and communication strategies; discourse analysis in language studies; multilingual education and policy; emotional labor in professions; cognitive science and mapping; soil and land suitability analysis; and multi-criteria decision making.

Their recent publications demonstrate a diverse engagement with both linguistic and interdisciplinary themes. Notable papers include:

  • "Contesting the Culture Order: Contrastive Pragmatics in Action" (2020) published in Contrastive Pragmatics
  • "Integrating data, expert opinion and fuzzy logic in the development of an index of wetland condition" (2022) in Marine and Freshwater Research
  • "Doing leadership in style: Pragmatic markers in New Zealand workplace interaction" (2023) in Intercultural Pragmatics
  • ""Climbing the Same Mountain"" (2022) appearing in Contrastive Pragmatics
  • "Jeff MacSwan (ed.), Multilingual perspectives on translanguaging. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2022. Pp. 368. Hb. £39.95." (2023) published in Language in Society

Janet Holmes frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Bernadette Vine, Meredith Marra, P. Papas, David S. L. Ramsey, and Doug Frood. These partnerships contribute to research outputs across multiple venues, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches and pragmatic aspects of language and communication.

The scientist's frequent publication venues highlight their engagement with specialized audiences. These venues include:

  • Contrastive Pragmatics
  • Marine and Freshwater Research
  • Intercultural Pragmatics
  • Language in Society

Best Publications

  • Women, Men and Politeness

    Janet Holmes

  • An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

    Janet Holmes

  • Power and Politeness in the Workplace: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Talk at Work

    Janet Holmes;Maria Stubbe

  • Paying compliments: A sex-preferential politeness strategy

    Janet Holmes

  • The Community of Practice: Theories and methodologies in language and gender research

    Janet Holmes;Miriam Meyerhoff

  • Politeness, Power and Provocation: How Humour Functions in the Workplace:

    Janet Holmes

  • MODIFYING ILLOCUTIONARY FORCE

    Janet Holmes

  • The handbook of language and gender

    Janet Holmes;Miriam Meyerhoff

  • Apologies in New Zealand English.

    Janet Holmes

  • Having a laugh at work: how humour contributes to workplace culture

    Janet Holmes;Meredith Marra

  • Gendered talk at work : constructing gender identity through workplace discourse

    Janet Holmes

  • Doubt and Certainty in ESL Textbooks

    Janet Holmes

  • Hedges and boosters in women's and men's speech

    Janet Holmes

  • Functions of you know in women's and men's speech

    Janet Holmes

  • Sharing a laugh: Pragmatic aspects of humor and gender in the workplace

    Janet Holmes

  • Sex Differences and Apologies: One Aspect of Communicative Competence1

    Janet Holmes

  • Over the edge? Subversive humor between colleagues and friends

    Janet Holmes;Meredith Marra

  • Teachers and Students Learning About Compliments.

    Janet Holmes;Dorothy F. Brown

  • An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

    Karsten Legère;Janet Holmes

  • Doing collegiality and keeping control at work: small talk in government departments 1

    Janet Holmes

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Kerswill
Paul Kerswill University of York
Jennifer Hay
Jennifer Hay University of Canterbury
Nikolas Coupland
Nikolas Coupland Cardiff University

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