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J. Clancy Clements

Arts and Humanities · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1988
Spanish Linguistics and Language StudiesSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLinguistic Variation and MorphologyPhonetics and Phonology ResearchLinguistic Studies and Language Acquisition

Publications

120

Citations

1,126

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

37

Publishing since 1988

Research summary
AI-generated

J. Clancy Clements studies the Spanish and Portuguese languages, especially how they change and develop outside Europe in places shaped by colonization. Much of the work examines contact languages such as creoles and mixed languages, as well as how immigrants and second-language learners form new varieties of speech. The research combines usage-based and formal approaches to describe variation in grammar, sound systems, and social use of language.

Spanish and Portuguese linguisticsCreole and contact languagesLanguage variation and changeSecond-language acquisitionPhonetics and phonology

Publication activity has been fairly steady over the past decade, averaging roughly one to three works per year with some year-to-year fluctuation.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 305 established Arts and Humanities PIs within our index
Citations: 1,126cohort median 598
h-index: 17cohort median 11
Publications / year (recent): 1.4cohort median 1.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~1 · 95% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 7 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 5 publications5182019: 3 publications19202021: 4 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 3 publications232024: 3 publications242526
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 1 collaborator at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages×7
  • Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics×3
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×2
  • Medical Physics×2
  • Contact language library×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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