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Sandra A. Thompson | Researchclopedia

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Sandra A. Thompson

University of California, Santa Barbara ORCID

196

Works

29,914

Citations

70

h-index

115

i10-index

Research Topics

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

Affiliations

Center for Applied Linguistics1977–2011

University of California, Santa Barbara1976–2025

University of California, Los Angeles1971–1986

Wishaw General Hospital2012–2012

Freeman Hospital2012–2012

Top Works

Rhetorical Structure Theory: Toward a functional theory of text organization

William C. Mann,Sandra A. Thompson

19883,865 citations

Discourse Analysis in Language Studies

Linguistic Variation and Morphology

Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse

Paul J. Hopper,Sandra A. Thompson

19803,252 citations

Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar

Stephen Wadley,Charles N. Li,et al.

19872,918 citations

Interaction and Grammar

Elinor Ochs,Elinor Ochs,et al.

19961,433 citations

Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse

Paul J. Hopper,Sandra A. Thompson

19801,126 citations

Interactional units in conversation: syntactic, intonational, and pragmatic resources for the management of turns

Cecilia E. Ford,Sandra A. Thompson

1996930 citations

The discourse basis for lexical categories in universal grammar

Paul J. Hopper,Sandra A. Thompson

1984807 citations

“Object complements” and conversation towards a realistic account

Sandra A. Thompson

2002615 citations

Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse

John Haiman,Sandra A. Thompson

1988577 citations