Betty J. Birner

2.7k total citations
36 papers, 953 citations indexed

About

Betty J. Birner is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Betty J. Birner has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 953 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Language and Linguistics, 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Betty J. Birner's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (16 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (10 papers) and Natural Language Processing Techniques (8 papers). Betty J. Birner is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (16 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (10 papers) and Natural Language Processing Techniques (8 papers). Betty J. Birner collaborates with scholars based in United States and Philippines. Betty J. Birner's co-authors include Gregory Ward, Shahrzad Mahootian, Xu Xu, Elsi Kaiser, Katja Wiemer-Hastings and Joseph P. Magliano and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Language and Memory & Cognition.

In The Last Decade

Betty J. Birner

34 papers receiving 771 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Betty J. Birner United States 13 762 313 266 178 152 36 953
Chung–hye Han Canada 16 841 1.1× 337 1.1× 475 1.8× 184 1.0× 127 0.8× 62 1.2k
Liesbeth Degand Belgium 18 747 1.0× 433 1.4× 396 1.5× 169 0.9× 306 2.0× 116 1.2k
Pamela A. Downing United States 9 517 0.7× 304 1.0× 306 1.2× 128 0.7× 78 0.5× 13 924
Bas Aarts United Kingdom 15 614 0.8× 202 0.6× 201 0.8× 286 1.6× 52 0.3× 40 782
Catherine Rudin United States 9 552 0.7× 146 0.5× 207 0.8× 213 1.2× 51 0.3× 20 749
Anatol Stefanowitsch Germany 14 1.1k 1.5× 528 1.7× 612 2.3× 302 1.7× 149 1.0× 37 1.5k
Pamela Munro United States 9 787 1.0× 353 1.1× 245 0.9× 363 2.0× 88 0.6× 38 1.0k
Marion Owen United Kingdom 3 812 1.1× 251 0.8× 309 1.2× 214 1.2× 107 0.7× 7 1.0k
Ron Zacharski United States 10 715 0.9× 466 1.5× 401 1.5× 139 0.8× 110 0.7× 18 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Betty J. Birner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Betty J. Birner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Birner, Betty J. & Gregory Ward. (2019). The Interaction of Topicalization and Left-Dislocation in English. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28. 1 indexed citations
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Birner, Betty J.. (2018). On constructions as a pragmatic category. Language. 94(2). e158–179.
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Birner, Betty J.. (2016). English inversions as constructional alloforms. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America. 1. 19–19. 1 indexed citations
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Birner, Betty J.. (2015). Possessives vs. indefinites. 136–146. 3 indexed citations
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Ward, Gregory, Betty J. Birner, & Elsi Kaiser. (2014). Pragmatics and Information Structure. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Xu, Katja Wiemer-Hastings, Joseph P. Magliano, & Betty J. Birner. (2007). Components of events and processes. Memory & Cognition. 35(2). 317–325. 1 indexed citations
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Birner, Betty J., et al.. (2007). Functional compositionality and the interaction of discourse constraints. Language. 83(2). 317–343. 13 indexed citations
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Birner, Betty J.. (2004). Metaphor and the Reshaping of Our Cognitive Fabric. Zygon®. 39(1). 2 indexed citations
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Ward, Gregory & Betty J. Birner. (2004). Information Structure and Noncanonical Syntax. 9 indexed citations
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Birner, Betty J.. (1999). Is English Changing. International Journal of Toxicology. 26(4). 279–88. 1 indexed citations
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Birner, Betty J.. (1999). Does the Language I Speak Influence the Way I Think. 5 indexed citations
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Ward, Gregory & Betty J. Birner. (1997). Discussion Note: Response to Abbott.. Language. 73(1). 2 indexed citations
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Ward, Gregory & Betty J. Birner. (1997). Response to Abbott. Language. 73(1). 109–112. 2 indexed citations
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Ward, Gregory & Betty J. Birner. (1996). On the Discourse Function of Rightward Movement in English. 13 indexed citations
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Birner, Betty J. & Gregory Ward. (1996). A Crosslinguistic Study of Postposing in Discourse. Language and Speech. 39(2-3). 113–142. 9 indexed citations
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Ward, Gregory & Betty J. Birner. (1995). Definiteness and the English Existential. Language. 71(4). 722–742. 122 indexed citations
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Birner, Betty J.. (1994). Information status and word order: An analysis of English Inversion. Language. 70(2). 233–259. 106 indexed citations
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Birner, Betty J. & Gregory Ward. (1993). There-Sentences and Inversion as Distinct Constructions: A Functional Account. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. 19(1). 27–27. 12 indexed citations
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Birner, Betty J. & Gregory Ward. (1992). On the interpretation of VP inversion in American English. Journal of Linguistics. 28(1). 1–12. 10 indexed citations
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Birner, Betty J. & Gregory Ward. (1989). A Semantico-Pragmatic Taxonomy of English Inversion.. 2 indexed citations

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