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Overview

John M. Lipski is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple facets of language and linguistics, integrating fields such as arts and humanities and social sciences. Lipski's work encompasses several subfields, including language and linguistics, linguistics and language, sociology and political science, developmental and educational psychology, and religious studies.

Their research covers a variety of topics, with particular emphasis on Spanish linguistics and language studies, linguistic variation and morphology, multilingual education and policy, Hispanic-African historical relations, second language learning and teaching, public relations and crisis communication, and disaster management and resilience.

Lipski has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
  • Languages

Their recent papers reflect diverse linguistic interests, including:

  • "Hazardous Weather Communication En Español: Challenges, Current Resources, and Future Practices" (2020), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "¿Aviso o Alerta? Developing Effective, Inclusive, and Consistent Watch and Warning Translations for U.S. Spanish Speakers" (2022), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION AS L2 SHADOW BOXING" (2020), Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • "Schwegler, Armin Kirschen, Bryan, and Maglia, Graciela (eds.). Orality, identity, and resistance in Palenque (Colombia): An interdisciplinary approach" (2020), Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
  • "Pronouns, Interrogatives, and (Quichua-Media Lengua) Code-Switching: The Eyes Have It" (2020), Languages

Lipski has also contributed to book publications through notable academic publishers including Cambridge University Press and John Benjamins Publishing Company. Their works include:

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics (2021), published by Cambridge University Press
  • Palenquero and Spanish in contact (2020), published by John Benjamins Publishing Company

Collaboration has played a role in Lipski's research, with several frequent co-authors emerging across their publications. These include:

  • Silvina Montrul
  • Joseph E. Trujillo-Falcón
  • Li-Fang Lai
  • Janet G. van Hell
  • Bernhard Brehmer

Best Publications

  • El español de América

    John M. Lipski

  • Latin American Spanish

    John M. Lipski

  • A language of our own : the genesis of Michif, the mixed Cree-French language of the Canadian Métis

    John M. Lipski;Peter Bakker

  • Varieties of Spanish in the United States

    John M. Lipski

  • Pidgin and Creole Linguistics

    John M. Lipski;Peter Muhlhausler

  • A History of Afro-Hispanic Language: Five Centuries, Five Continents

    John M. Lipski

  • Creoloid phenomena in the Spanish of transitional bilinguals

    John M. Lipski

  • Spanish-English Language Switching in Speech and Literature: Theories and Models.

    John M. Lipski

  • Grammaticalization in Creoles: The Development of Determiners and Relative Clauses in Sranan

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  • The Chota Valley: Afro-Hispanic language in highland Ecuador

    J. M. Lipski

  • Contemporary Research in Romance Linguistics

    John M. Lipski;Jon Amastae;Grant Goodall;Mario Montalbetti

  • Socio‐Phonological Variation in Latin American Spanish

    John M. Lipski

  • On the Non-Creole Basis for Afro-Caribbean Spanish

    John M. Lipski

  • Geographical and Social Varieties of Spanish: An Overview

    John M. Lipski

  • The Spanish Language of Equatorial Guinea

    John M. Lipski

  • "Fluent dysfluency" as congruent lexicalization: A special case of radical code-mixing

    John M. Lipski

  • Code-switching or Borrowing? No sé so no puedo decir, you know

    John M. Lipski

  • The Structure and Status of Pidgins and Creoles

    John M. Lipski;Arthur K. Spears;Donald Winford

  • Spanish-English code-switching among low-fluency bilinguals: Towards an expanded typology

    John M. Lipski

  • Afro-Bolivian Spanish

    John M. Lipski

  • A History of Afro-Hispanic Language: Frontmatter

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  • /S/-Voicing in Ecuadoran Spanish:: Patterns and principles of consonantal modification

    John Lipski

  • A New Perspective on Afro-Dominican Spanish: the Haitian Contribution

    John M. Lipski

  • The new Palenquero: revitalization and re-creolization

    John M. Lipski

  • Palenquero vs. Spanish negation: Separate but equal?

    John M. Lipski

  • In Other Words: The Science and Psychology of Second-Language Acquisition

    John M. Lipski;Ellen Bialystok;Kenji Hakuta

  • Latin American Spanish

    Barbara A. Lafford;John M. Lipski

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen Bialystok
Ellen Bialystok York University
Michael Clyne
Michael Clyne University of Melbourne

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