Barbara Abbott

2.6k total citations
34 papers, 996 citations indexed

About

Barbara Abbott is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Abbott has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 996 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Language and Linguistics, 10 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Barbara Abbott's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (9 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (5 papers) and Natural Language Processing Techniques (5 papers). Barbara Abbott is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (9 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (5 papers) and Natural Language Processing Techniques (5 papers). Barbara Abbott collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Barbara Abbott's co-authors include James B. Stiehl, Karl E. Zimmer, Laurence R. Horn, Sergei A. Vinogradov, David F. Wilson, William L. Rumsey, Philip L. Peterson, Francis Jeffry Pelletier, Brendan Kitts and Annette Herskovits and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Advances in experimental medicine and biology and The Journal of Arthroplasty.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Abbott

33 papers receiving 854 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Barbara Abbott United States 16 379 358 227 211 208 34 996
Amy Weinberg United States 17 403 1.1× 224 0.6× 644 2.8× 581 2.8× 387 1.9× 36 1.4k
Kristien Dieussaert Belgium 9 96 0.3× 280 0.8× 274 1.2× 315 1.5× 242 1.2× 35 846
Manfred Bierwisch Germany 12 469 1.2× 269 0.8× 194 0.9× 143 0.7× 143 0.7× 37 812
Ruth Kempson United Kingdom 15 681 1.8× 403 1.1× 385 1.7× 93 0.4× 118 0.6× 69 1000
Gregory N. Carlson United States 3 769 2.0× 422 1.2× 483 2.1× 202 1.0× 261 1.3× 3 1.2k
Pamela A. Downing United States 9 517 1.4× 304 0.8× 306 1.3× 208 1.0× 107 0.5× 13 924
Jim Miller United Kingdom 10 565 1.5× 550 1.5× 514 2.3× 361 1.7× 134 0.6× 26 1.4k
Pier Marco Bertinetto Italy 16 476 1.3× 455 1.3× 316 1.4× 160 0.8× 210 1.0× 75 972
Mandy Simons United States 14 719 1.9× 331 0.9× 518 2.3× 97 0.5× 127 0.6× 37 1.2k
Judith Degen United States 17 321 0.8× 238 0.7× 330 1.5× 184 0.9× 264 1.3× 45 743

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barbara Abbott

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Abbott

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abbott, Barbara. (2011). SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONCEPTS. 23–44. 3 indexed citations
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Abbott, Barbara. (2008). Presuppositions and common ground. Linguistics and Philosophy. 31(5). 523–538. 30 indexed citations
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Abbott, Barbara. (2006). THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF MEANING: IDEAS FOR A PHILOSOPHICAL GRAMMAR. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 28(4). 659–659. 2 indexed citations
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Abbott, Barbara. (2006). MEANING IN LANGUAGE: AN INTRODUCTION TO SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS (2nd ed.). Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 28(4). 657–658. 10 indexed citations
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Abbott, Barbara. (2002). Donkey Demonstratives. Natural Language Semantics. 10(4). 285–298. 4 indexed citations
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Abbott, Barbara. (2000). Fodor and Lepore on Meaning Similarity and Compositionality. The Journal of Philosophy. 97(8). 454–454. 2 indexed citations
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Abbott, Barbara. (2000). Presuppositions as nonassertions. Journal of Pragmatics. 32(10). 1419–1437. 86 indexed citations
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Abbott, Barbara. (1999). Support for a Unique Theory of Definiteness. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory. 9. 1–1. 14 indexed citations
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Abbott, Barbara. (1997). Definiteness and Existentials. Language. 73(1). 103–108. 26 indexed citations
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Rumsey, William L., et al.. (1997). Imaging of Oxygen Distribution in the Surface and Deep Areas of the Kidney. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 411. 591–595. 7 indexed citations
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Abbott, Barbara, Annette Herskovits, Philip L. Peterson, et al.. (1996). Book reviews. Minds and Machines. 6(2). 239–285. 1 indexed citations
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Abbott, Barbara. (1995). Some remarks on specificity. Linguistic Inquiry. 26(2). 341–346. 16 indexed citations
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Stiehl, James B. & Barbara Abbott. (1995). Morphology of the transepicondylar axis and its application in primary and revision total knee arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 10(6). 785–789. 104 indexed citations
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Abbott, Barbara. (1989). Nondescriptionality and natural kind terms. Linguistics and Philosophy. 12(3). 269–291. 12 indexed citations
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Zimmer, Karl E. & Barbara Abbott. (1978). Thek/? alternation in Turkish: Some experimental evidence for its productivity. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 7(1). 35–46. 15 indexed citations
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Abbott, Barbara. (1976). A study of referential opacity. University Microfilms International eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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