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Penelope Brown

Limkokwing University of Creative Technology

162

Works

32,013

Citations

40

h-index

71

i10-index

Research Topics

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Language Development and Disorders

Affiliations

Australian National University1980–1991

Max Planck Society1992–2020

Baylor College of Medicine2009–2009

Limkokwing University of Creative Technology2025–2025

University of Cambridge1954–1995

Top Works

Politeness : Some Universals in Language Usage

198711,840 citations

Categorization, perception, and language

Linguistic Variation and Morphology

Penelope Brown,Stephen C. Levinson,et al.

19879,680 citations

Universals in language usage: Politeness phenomena

Penelope Brown,Stephen C. Levinson

19782,219 citations

Universals and cultural variation in turn-taking in conversation

Tanya Stivers,N. J. Enfield,et al.

20091,447 citations

Politeness: Some universals in language use

Penelope Brown,Stephen C. Levinson

19991,115 citations

Language, Culture, and Society

Christine Jourdan,Christine Jourdan,et al.

2006371 citations

The Origins of Syntax in Discourse: A Case Study of Tok Pisin Relatives

Gillian Sankoff,Penelope Brown

1976361 citations

Differential coding of perception in the world’s languages

Asifa Majid,Seán G. Roberts,et al.

2018337 citations

Early Language Experience in a Tseltal Mayan Village

Marisa Casillas,Penelope Brown,et al.

2019270 citations