Birgit Hellwig

439 total citations
22 papers, 63 citations indexed

About

Birgit Hellwig is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Hellwig has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 63 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Language and Linguistics, 9 papers in Linguistics and Language and 5 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Birgit Hellwig's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (6 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (5 papers). Birgit Hellwig is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (6 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (5 papers). Birgit Hellwig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and Switzerland. Birgit Hellwig's co-authors include Marija Tabain, Rowena Garcia, Marc Garellek, Sam Passmore, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, Evan Kidd, Richard Beare, Sabine Stoll, Lara Nellissen and Barbara Pfeiler and has published in prestigious journals such as Science Advances, Cognitive Science and Journal of Phonetics.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Hellwig

18 papers receiving 56 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Birgit Hellwig Germany 4 37 27 23 11 8 22 63
Oliver Bond United Kingdom 4 43 1.2× 21 0.8× 29 1.3× 7 0.6× 10 1.3× 13 67
Cédric Patin France 6 37 1.0× 40 1.5× 32 1.4× 9 0.8× 8 1.0× 22 65
James McElvenny Germany 5 80 2.2× 18 0.7× 23 1.0× 14 1.3× 5 0.6× 21 106
Matthew M. Reeve China 5 51 1.4× 15 0.6× 19 0.8× 17 1.5× 7 0.9× 26 93
Yanti Yanti Indonesia 3 57 1.5× 15 0.6× 40 1.7× 8 0.7× 7 0.9× 11 71
Claudia Parodi United States 5 66 1.8× 19 0.7× 45 2.0× 10 0.9× 5 0.6× 24 81
Patrick Caudal France 5 52 1.4× 24 0.9× 34 1.5× 12 1.1× 7 0.9× 23 70
Tonya N. Stebbins Australia 7 37 1.0× 11 0.4× 42 1.8× 6 0.5× 11 1.4× 22 81
Guillaume Segerer France 6 58 1.6× 28 1.0× 33 1.4× 15 1.4× 9 1.1× 21 74
Joyce T. Mathangwane Botswana 5 37 1.0× 35 1.3× 44 1.9× 7 0.6× 5 0.6× 12 62

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kidd, Evan, et al.. (2025). A comparative study of child-directed language across five cultures based on data from the Acquisition Sketch Project. Australian Journal of Linguistics. 45(3). 391–415.
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Passmore, Sam, Birgit Hellwig, Rowena Garcia, & Evan Kidd. (2025). The Scientific and Cultural Cost of Convenience Sampling in the Face of Rising Language Endangerment: Highlighting the Role of Language Acquisition. Open Mind. 9. 501–514. 2 indexed citations
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Nellissen, Lara, Martin Surbeck, Maria A. van Noordwijk, et al.. (2025). The evolution of infant-directed communication: Comparing vocal input across all great apes. Science Advances. 11(26). eadt7718–eadt7718.
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2025). Negation in First Language Acquisition: Universal or Language‐Specific?. Cognitive Science. 49(2). e70044–e70044.
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Tabain, Marija, et al.. (2022). Voicing in Qaqet: Prenasalization and language contact. Journal of Phonetics. 91. 101138–101138. 3 indexed citations
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Hellwig, Birgit. (2022). A language documentation perspective: A commentary on Kidd and Garcia (2022). First Language. 42(6). 770–773. 3 indexed citations
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Hellwig, Birgit. (2022). A Grammar of Qaqet. 1 indexed citations
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Dimmendaal, Gerrit J., et al.. (2020). Roots of Ergativity in Africa (and Beyond). Studies in African Linguistics. 49(1). 111–140. 6 indexed citations
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Hellwig, Birgit, et al.. (2020). Child-directed language – and how it informs the documentation and description of the adult language. Language documentation and conservation. 14. 188–214. 3 indexed citations
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Hellwig, Birgit. (2019). Linguistic diversity, language documentation and psycholinguistics: The role of stimuli. Kölner Universitäts PublikationsServer (Universität zu Köln). 3 indexed citations
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Hellwig, Birgit, et al.. (2018). Reference tracking in Tima and its interplay with split ergative marking. Studies in Language. 42(4). 970–993. 4 indexed citations
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Hellwig, Birgit. (2017). Verbal number in Goemai (West Chadic). Language Typology and Universals. 70(1). 7–26. 1 indexed citations
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Tabain, Marija & Birgit Hellwig. (2015). Goemai. Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 45(1). 81–104. 3 indexed citations
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Hellwig, Birgit. (2014). Tabaq: In a State of Flux. 1. 3 indexed citations
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Hellwig, Birgit. (2011). A Grammar of Goemai. Kölner Universitäts PublikationsServer (Universität zu Köln). 16 indexed citations
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Hellwig, Birgit. (2010). Meaning and translation in linguistic fieldwork. Studies in Language. 34(4). 802–831. 6 indexed citations
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Hellwig, Birgit. (2007). ‘To sit face down’ — location and position in Goemai. Linguistics. 45(5part6). 3 indexed citations
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Hellwig, Birgit. (2007). Fieldwork among the Goemai in Nigeria: discovering the grammar of property expressions. Language Typology and Universals. 60(1). 67–80. 1 indexed citations
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Hellwig, Birgit, et al.. (2000). Hausa plural Systems: a diachronic presentation. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 21(1). 1–44. 2 indexed citations

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