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Michael Adams

Arts and Humanities · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Lexicography and Language StudiesLinguistic Variation and MorphologyHistorical Linguistics and Language StudiesSwearing, Euphemism, MultilingualismLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity

Publications

273

Citations

2,347

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

59

Publishing since 1967

Research summary
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Michael Adams works in the arts and humanities, with a focus on the study of language including dictionaries (lexicography), regional and social variation in English, slang, and the way vocabulary reflects identity. The publication record spans several distinct areas, but the language-focused work centers on how words are documented, how they change, and their legal and ethical dimensions. Note that the listed publications appear to mix contributions across multiple subject areas, so the language-studies work reflects one clear thread within a broader record.

Lexicography (dictionary-making)Language variation and regional identitySlang and the changing lexiconLegal and ethical issues in language documentationLanguage, identity, and dialect studies

Publication activity was higher in the late 2010s (10-16 per year) and has slowed to roughly 3 per year over the last five years, with a modest uptick in 2024.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.2/year recently
2017: 16 publications16172018: 10 publications182019: 7 publications192020: 10 publications202021: 10 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 8 publications242025: 3 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Dictionaries×5
  • American Speech×5
  • Research Online (University of Wollongong)×4
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×4
  • Names×3

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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