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Linguistics and language evolution

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ResearcherInstitutionCitationsh-indexWorks
William Labov
Linguistic Variation and Morphology; Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies; Phonetics and P
 – 39,24560300
Joan Bybee
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Linguistics and language evolution; Language Deve
 – 33,55160185
Martín Haspelmath
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Categorization, perception, and language; Linguis
 Max Planck Society DE 30,46181476
Bernd Heine
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Historical Linguistics and Language Studies; Ling
 University of Cologne DE 25,68166416
Elizabeth Closs Traugott
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Historical Linguistics and Language Studies; Ling
 Stanford University US 24,70365290
Russell David Gray
Language and cultural evolution; Primate Behavior and Ecology; Linguistics and language ev
 University of Auckland NZ 22,36479298
Roman Jakobson
Linguistics and Language Studies; Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Linguistics and
 – 20,87556668
Bernard Comrie
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Linguistics and Language Studies; Categorization,
 University of California, Santa Barbara US 20,27969580
T. Givón
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Historical Linguistics and Language Studies; Cate
 – 19,52162231
Morris Halle
Phonetics and Phonology Research; Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Linguistics and
 – 19,26851239
John J. McCarthy
Phonetics and Phonology Research; Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Linguistics and
 University of Massachusetts Amherst US 17,92056147
J. A. H. Murray
Linguistics and language evolution; Lexicography and Language Studies; Plant Molecular Bio
 Cardiff University GB 17,70174525
Joseph H. Greenberg
Linguistics and Language Studies; Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Linguistics and
 – 16,61451257
Peter W. TRUDGILL
Linguistic Variation and Morphology; Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies; Linguistics and
 University of Fribourg CH 16,46955370
Kenneth Noble Stevens
Phonetics and Phonology Research; Voice and Speech Disorders; Speech and Audio Processing;
 – 16,21756345
Alan Prince
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Phonetics and Phonology Research; Linguistics and
 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey US 15,5563068
Larry M. Hyman
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Phonetics and Phonology Research; Linguistics and
 – 15,26876297
Paul J. Hopper
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Historical Linguistics and Language Studies; Ling
 Binghamton University US 14,92234109
Peter James Smith
Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques; Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization; Millimeter
 Victoria University of Wellington NZ 14,58847746
Paul Kiparsky
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Linguistics and language evolution; Phonetics and
 Stanford University US 14,51646138
George Kingsley Zipf
Phonetics and Phonology Research; Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism; Historical Li
 – 14,2822061
Randolph Quirk
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Historical Linguistics and Language Studies; Ling
 – 14,15535156
W. Nelson Francis
Linguistics and Language Studies; Linguistics and language evolution; Linguistic Variation
 – 13,93527120
Wallace Chafe
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation; Linguistics and Language Studies; Categorization,
 – 13,80643223
Peter Ladefoged
Phonetics and Phonology Research; Linguistics and language evolution; Voice and Speech Dis
 – 13,05556258