Barbara Abbott

2.6k citations

34 papers · 996 indexed · h-index 16

Impact in

Language and Linguistics top 1%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 5%
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

Papers in ⓘ

Language and Linguistics 13
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation 9
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies 3
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies 3
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 10
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition 5
- Philosophy and Theoretical Science 4

Co-authors: James B. Stiehl (1 shared paper)Karl E. Zimmer (1 shared paper)Laurence R. Horn (1 shared paper)David F. Wilson (1 shared paper)Sergei A. Vinogradov (1 shared paper)William L. Rumsey (1 shared paper)George Paliouras (1 shared paper)Philip L. Peterson (1 shared paper)
Journals: Language (5 papers)Studies in Second Language Acquisition (4 papers)Linguistics and Philosophy (3 papers)Journal of Pragmatics (2 papers)Minds and Machines (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

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Barbara Abbott

33 papers receiving 854 citations

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1	The Psychology of Word Meanings. Language and Speech ·Barbara Abbott	1992	287
2	Morphology of the transepicondylar axis and its application in primary and revision total knee arthroplasty The Journal of Arthroplasty ·James B. Stiehl, Barbara Abbott	1995	104
3	Presuppositions as nonassertions Journal of Pragmatics ·Barbara Abbott	2000	86
4	Everything that linguists have always wanted to know about logic, but were ashamed to ask . By James D. McCawley. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981. Pp. xv, 508. $12.50. Language ·Barbara Abbott	1983	64
5	The vastness of natural languages. By D. Terence Langendoen and Paul M. Postal Oxford: Blackwell, 1984. Pp. ix, 189. $35.95. Language ·Barbara Abbott	1986	60
6	SEMANTICS (2nd ed.) Studies in Second Language Acquisition ·Barbara Abbott	2005	47
7	A pragmatic account of the definiteness effect in existencial sentences Journal of Pragmatics ·Barbara Abbott	1993	46
8	Presuppositions and common ground Linguistics and Philosophy ·Barbara Abbott	2008	30
9	Dynamics, polarity, and quantification. Ed. by Makoto Kanazawa and Christopher J. Piñón, with a Foreword by Johan Van Bentham. (CSLI lecture notes no. 48.) Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information, 1994. Pp. xii, 281. $45.00. Language ·Barbara Abbott	1996	27
10	Definiteness and Existentials Language ·Barbara Abbott	1997	26
11	Definiteness, Existentials, and the 'List' Interpretation Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory ·Barbara Abbott	1992	23
12	A note on the nature of 'water' Mind ·Barbara Abbott	1997	23
13	LINGUISTIC SOLUTIONS TO PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS: THE CASE OF KNOWING HOW Philosophical Perspectives ·Barbara Abbott	2013	18
14	Some Notes on Quotation Belgian Journal of Linguistics ·Barbara Abbott	2003	18
15	Some remarks on specificity Linguistic Inquiry ·Barbara Abbott	1995	16
16	Thek/? alternation in Turkish: Some experimental evidence for its productivity Journal of Psycholinguistic Research ·Karl E. Zimmer, Barbara Abbott	1978	15
17	Support for a Unique Theory of Definiteness Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory ·Barbara Abbott	1999	14
18	A Reply to Szabó’s “Descriptions and Uniqueness” Philosophical Studies ·Barbara Abbott	2003	14
19	Wittgenstein on rules and private language : An elementary exposition. By Saul A. Kripke. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982. Pp. x, 150. $12.50. Language ·Barbara Abbott	1984	12
20	Nondescriptionality and natural kind terms Linguistics and Philosophy ·Barbara Abbott	1989	12

About Barbara Abbott

Barbara Abbott is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy, General Decision Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, having authored 34 papers that have together received 996 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (9 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (5 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (5 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 papers), Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (4 papers), Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (3 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (3 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Language and Linguistics (379 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (358 citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (211 citations), Philosophy (159 citations) and Linguistics and Language (53 citations). Barbara Abbott has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include James B. Stiehl, Karl E. Zimmer, Laurence R. Horn, David F. Wilson, Sergei A. Vinogradov, William L. Rumsey, George Paliouras, Philip L. Peterson, Annette Herskovits and Brendan Kitts. Their work appears in journals such as Language, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Linguistics and Philosophy, Journal of Pragmatics and Minds and Machines.

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