David Embick

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

David Embick is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, David Embick has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Language and Linguistics, 21 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 20 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in David Embick's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (25 papers), Phonetics and Phonology Research (15 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (12 papers). David Embick is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (25 papers), Phonetics and Phonology Research (15 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (12 papers). David Embick collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. David Embick's co-authors include Rolf Noyer, Alec Marantz, Wayne O’Neil, Yasushi Miyashita, Kuniyoshi L. Sakai, David Poeppel, Morris Halle, Timothy P. L. Roberts, Meredith Tamminga and Jeannette Schaeffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NeuroImage and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

In The Last Decade

David Embick

50 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Movement Operations after Syntax

2001 523 citations David Embick, Rolf Noyer profile →
Localism versus Globalism in Morphology and Phonology

2010 374 citations David Embick profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Embick United States	24	2.3k	1.1k	1.0k	908	687	54	3.2k
Thomas Wasow United States	22	2.1k 0.9×	856 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	541 0.6×	604 0.9×	44	3.0k
Tanya Reinhart Israel	20	2.5k 1.1×	929 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	515 0.6×	496 0.7×	27	3.2k
Frederick J. Newmeyer United States	27	2.1k 0.9×	996 0.9×	948 0.9×	781 0.9×	416 0.6×	100	3.3k
T. Givón United States	24	1.9k 0.8×	937 0.8×	536 0.5×	536 0.6×	372 0.5×	55	2.7k
Robert Freidin United States	8	2.1k 0.9×	913 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	527 0.6×	304 0.4×	26	2.7k
Robert D. Van Valin United States	18	2.1k 0.9×	865 0.8×	663 0.6×	666 0.7×	1.1k 1.6×	50	3.5k
Holger Diessel Germany	20	1.5k 0.7×	868 0.8×	457 0.4×	429 0.5×	446 0.6×	37	2.3k
Gennaro Chierchia United States	26	2.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.6×	426 0.5×	635 0.9×	50	4.0k
Juan Uriagereka United States	20	2.3k 1.0×	690 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	662 0.7×	222 0.3×	65	2.7k
Peter W. Culicover United States	25	1.7k 0.8×	628 0.6×	933 0.9×	510 0.6×	356 0.5×	62	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by David Embick

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Embick

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Embick

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Embick, David, et al.. (2024). Affix priming with variable ING in English: Implications for unique vs. dual representation. Journal of Memory and Language. 138. 104535–104535. 2 indexed citations

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Embick, David, et al.. (2023). Dialect experience modulates cue reliance in sociolinguistic convergence. 2(1). 2 indexed citations

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Embick, David, et al.. (2022). The role of semantic transparency in the processing of spoken compound words.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 48(5). 734–751. 5 indexed citations

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Bloy, Luke, et al.. (2019). A Spectrotemporal Correlate of Language Impairment in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 49(8). 3181–3190. 8 indexed citations

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Matsuzaki, Junko, Luke Bloy, Lisa Blaskey, et al.. (2019). Abnormal Auditory Mismatch Fields in Children and Adolescents with 47,XYY Syndrome. Developmental Neuroscience. 41(1-2). 123–131. 8 indexed citations

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Tamminga, Meredith, et al.. (2019). Opacity, transparency, and morphological priming: A study of prefixed verbs in Dutch. Journal of Memory and Language. 110. 104055–104055. 18 indexed citations

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Roberts, Timothy P. L., Junko Matsuzaki, Lisa Blaskey, et al.. (2019). Delayed M50/M100 evoked response component latency in minimally verbal/nonverbal children who have autism spectrum disorder. Molecular Autism. 10(1). 34–34. 41 indexed citations

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Matsuzaki, Junko, Matthew Ku, Joni N. Saby, et al.. (2019). Delayed Auditory Evoked Responses in Autism Spectrum Disorder across the Life Span. Developmental Neuroscience. 41(3-4). 223–233. 25 indexed citations

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Embick, David, et al.. (2018). Differences between morphological and repetition priming in auditory lexical decision: Implications for decompositional models. Cortex. 116. 122–142. 9 indexed citations

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Embick, David, et al.. (2017). Auditory morphological processing: Evidence from phonological priming. Cognition. 164. 102–106. 11 indexed citations

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Tamminga, Meredith, Laurel MacKenzie, & David Embick. (2016). The dynamics of variation in individuals. PubMed. 16(2). 300–336. 33 indexed citations

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Embick, David & David Poeppel. (2014). Towards a computational(ist) neurobiology of language:correlational,integratedandexplanatoryneurolinguistics. Language Cognition and Neuroscience. 30(4). 357–366. 70 indexed citations

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Embick, David. (2012). Roots and features (an acategorial postscript). Theoretical Linguistics. 38(1-2). 7 indexed citations

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Tavabi, Kambiz, David Embick, & Timothy P. L. Roberts. (2011). Spectral–temporal analysis of cortical oscillations during lexical processing. Neuroreport. 22(10). 474–478. 21 indexed citations

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Embick, David & Rolf Noyer. (2007). Distributed Morphology and the Syntax—Morphology Interface. Oxford University Press eBooks. 262 indexed citations

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Embick, David. (2003). Linearization and local dislocation: derivational mechanics and interactions. 33(3). 303–336. 66 indexed citations

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Embick, David, et al.. (2001). A magnetoencephalographic component whose latency reflects lexical frequency. Cognitive Brain Research. 10(3). 345–348. 84 indexed citations

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Iatridou, Sabine & David Embick. (1997). APROPOS pro. Language. 73(1). 58–78. 13 indexed citations

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Embick, David. (1997). Voice and the interfaces of syntax. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 73 indexed citations

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Embick, David. (1995). Mobile Inflections in Polish. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 25(1). 10. 12 indexed citations

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