Bernd Heine

23.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
122 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Bernd Heine is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernd Heine has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Language and Linguistics, 45 papers in Linguistics and Language and 20 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Bernd Heine's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (51 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (32 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (22 papers). Bernd Heine is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (51 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (32 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (22 papers). Bernd Heine collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Austria. Bernd Heine's co-authors include Tania Kuteva, Heiko Narrog, Ulrike Claudi, Mechthild Reh, Derek Nurse, John P. Hutchison, Gunther Kaltenböck, Haiping Long, Bo Hong and Seongha Rhee and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Pragmatics and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.

In The Last Decade

Bernd Heine

109 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

World Lexicon of Grammaticalization 1991 2026 2002 2014 2002 1991 2019 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernd Heine Germany 29 4.6k 2.1k 1.7k 837 533 122 5.5k
Martín Haspelmath Germany 39 4.4k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 1.5× 718 1.3× 173 5.5k
Elizabeth Closs Traugott United States 29 5.0k 1.1× 2.4k 1.1× 2.0k 1.2× 911 1.1× 292 0.5× 92 5.9k
Bernard Comrie Germany 32 3.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 377 0.7× 223 5.0k
R. M. W. Dixon Australia 33 2.6k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 674 0.8× 451 0.8× 121 4.1k
Paul J. Hopper United States 19 3.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 969 1.2× 266 0.5× 37 4.6k
Dirk Geeraerts Belgium 26 2.3k 0.5× 791 0.4× 1.6k 0.9× 723 0.9× 210 0.4× 166 3.4k
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald Australia 25 2.1k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 801 0.5× 398 0.5× 264 0.5× 109 2.7k
Wolfgang U. Dressler Austria 24 2.1k 0.5× 734 0.3× 965 0.6× 689 0.8× 152 0.3× 155 3.6k
Ronald K. S. Macaulay United States 22 2.7k 0.6× 2.5k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 303 0.4× 112 0.2× 67 4.5k
Lesley Milroy United Kingdom 25 2.4k 0.5× 2.7k 1.3× 785 0.5× 266 0.3× 176 0.3× 49 3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Bernd Heine

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernd Heine

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernd Heine

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Heine, Bernd, et al.. (2025). Grammaticalization vs. Diachronic Construction Grammar. Studies in Language. 50(2). 471–508.
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König, Christa, Bernd Heine, & Karsten Légère. (2015). The Akie language of Tanzania : a sketch of discourse grammar. 3 indexed citations
3.
Heine, Bernd, et al.. (2010). The Kx'a family: a new Khoisan genealogy. 5–36. 18 indexed citations
4.
Heine, Bernd & Tania Kuteva. (2008). The genesis of grammar: on combining nouns. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 10. 139–178. 4 indexed citations
5.
Heine, Bernd & Christa König. (2008). What can linguistics tell us about early Khoekhoe history. Southern African humanities. 20(1). 235–248. 7 indexed citations
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Heine, Bernd & Hiroyuki Miyashita. (2004). DROHEN UND VERSPRECHEN : ZUR GENESE VON FUNKTIONALEN KATEGORIEN(Grammatikalisierung im Deutschen-typologisch gesehen). 9–33. 2 indexed citations
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Heine, Bernd & Derek Nurse. (2004). Les langues africaines. Karthala eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Nurse, Derek & Bernd Heine. (2001). Historical language contact in Africa. 7 indexed citations
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Traugott, Elizabeth Closs & Bernd Heine. (1991). Focus on theoretical and methodological issues. 5 indexed citations
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Traugott, Elizabeth Closs & Bernd Heine. (1991). Focus on types of grammatical markers. 2 indexed citations
11.
Heine, Bernd, et al.. (1988). Rendille plants(Kenya). 1 indexed citations
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Heine, Bernd & Matthias Brenzinger. (1988). Plants of the Borana(Ethiopia and Kenya). 4 indexed citations
13.
Reh, Mechthild & Bernd Heine. (1982). Sprachpolitik in Afrika : mit einem Anhang, Bibliographie zur Sprachpolitik und Sprachplanung in Afrika. 2 indexed citations
14.
Heine, Bernd, et al.. (1981). Die Sprachen Afrikas : mit zahlreichen Karten und Tabellen.
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Heine, Bernd & Rainer Voßen. (1979). The Kore of Lamu: a contribution to Maa dialectology. 62(4). 272–288. 1 indexed citations
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Heine, Bernd. (1978). Some generalizations on African-based pidgin languages. 61. 219–229. 2 indexed citations
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Möhlig, Wilhelm J. G., Franz Rottland, & Bernd Heine. (1977). Zur Sprachgeschichte und Ethnohistorie in Afrika : neue Beiträge afrikanistischer Forschungen. 2 indexed citations
18.
Heine, Bernd. (1975). Notes on the Rendille language (Kenya). 59(3). 176–223. 12 indexed citations
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Heine, Bernd. (1974). Notes on the Yaaku language (Kenya). 58(1). 27–61. 25 indexed citations
20.
Heine, Bernd. (1968). Die Verbreitung und Gliederung der Togorestsprachen. 28 indexed citations

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