--- title: "Christopher M. Danforth — author profile and papers · English" description: "Christopher M. Danforth, University of Vermont: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2015–2018), h-index 33 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-m-danforth/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-m-danforth/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Christopher M. Danforth # Christopher M. Danforth Christopher M. Danforth has 2 papers in our library, in 2015–2018, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/), [Historical linguistics & language change](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/); often with [Peter Sheridan Dodds](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-sheridan-dodds/). 2 papers in our library · 2015–2018 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5002034958) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9857-2845) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89437200) · [**h-index 33**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5002034958) · [237 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5002034958) · [6,689 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5002034958&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-m-danforth/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 3 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-m-danforth/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5459](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/55/#star-5459) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Christopher+M.+Danforth) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Christopher+M.+Danforth) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Christopher+M.+Danforth) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Christopher+M.+Danforth) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Vermont** Burlington · United States 2008–2026 · 152 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-vermont/) · [🔬**Gund Institute for Environment** Burlington · United States 2019–2026 · 8 papers*current*](https://ror.org/0092mpa94) · [🎓**Harvard University** Cambridge · United States 2023 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/harvard-university/) · [🎓**University of Maryland, College Park** College Park · United States 2006–2007 · 2 papersEducation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-maryland-college-park/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Computer Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Human-Computer Interaction · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/human-computer-interaction/) · [Cultural Studies · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/cultural-studies/) · [Literature and Literary Theory · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/literature-and-literary-theory/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Historical linguistics & language change · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2018** 1 paper English verb regularization in books and tweets](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gray-2018-english-verb-regularization-books-tweets/) · [**2015** 1 paper Is language evolution grinding to a halt? The scaling of lexical turbulence in English fiction suggests it is not](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pechenick-2015-language-evolution-grinding-halt-scaling/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Is language evolution grinding to a halt? The scaling of lexical turbulence in English fiction suggests it is not](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pechenick-2015-language-evolution-grinding-halt-scaling/)** *(2015 · 22 citations)* The paper asks whether the English lexicon is still renewing itself. Earlier work by Petersen et al. reported that word births fell sharply and word deaths rose in the late 20th century. The authors re-examine that claim on the Google Books 2012 English Fiction corpus for 1800–2000. They chose this subset because… 2. **[English verb regularization in books and tweets](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gray-2018-english-verb-regularization-books-tweets/)** *(2018 · 19 citations)* The paper measures how far English speakers have moved from irregular past-tense forms (e.g., 'burnt') toward the regular -ed forms ('burned'). ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. [**Is language evolution grinding to a halt? The scaling of lexical turbulence in English fiction suggests it is not**Eitan Adam Pechenick, Christopher M. Danforth, Peter Sheridan Dodds*arXiv:1503.03512 · 22 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pechenick-2015-language-evolution-grinding-halt-scaling/) 2. **[English verb regularization in books and tweets](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gray-2018-english-verb-regularization-books-tweets/)**Tyler J. Gray; Andrew J. Reagan; Peter Sheridan Dodds;, Christopher M. Danforth*[PLoS ONE](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/plos-one/) · 19 citations* 3. **[Gender Disparities in LLM-Based Intimate Partner Violence Detection](https://aclanthology.org/2026.nlpcss-1.13/) · original ↗ · no summary yet · Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop on Natural Language Processing and…**Tabia Tanzin Prama et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Peter Sheridan Dodds](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-sheridan-dodds/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [PLoS ONE](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/plos-one/): [PLoS ONE 2018](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/plos-one/2018/) - Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop on Natural Language… ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 3 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-m-danforth/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026