David Lightfoot
- Linguistics and Language top 0.5%
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology 10
- Multilingual Education and Policy 7
- Language and Linguistics top 0.2%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation 33
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies 9
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies 4
- Cultural Studies top 0.1%
- Language and cultural evolution 12
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- Language Development and Disorders 9
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- Natural Language Processing Techniques 7
- Co-authors
- Norbert HornsteinStephen R. AndersonJoseph AounAmy WeinbergMarit WestergaardG. S. V. RaghavanF.R. van de VoortHosahalli S. Ramaswamy
- Journals
- Journal of Linguistics (14 papers)Language (8 papers)Behavioral and Brain Sciences (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesCanadaNetherlands
In The Last Decade
David Lightfoot
61 papers receiving 1.8k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 80
- Linguistics and Language 825
- Language and Linguistics 1.6k
- Cultural Studies 460
- Developmental and Educational Psychology 499
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 475
Countries citing papers authored by David Lightfoot
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Fields of papers citing papers by David Lightfoot
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Co-authorship network
The 20 scholars most cited alongside David Lightfoot, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Variable Properties in Language: Their Nature and Acquisition | 2019 | 8 |
| 2 | Discovering new variable properties without parameters | 2017 | 7 |
| 3 | 2016 | 4 | |
| 4 | 2014 | 1 | |
| 5 | 2013 | 2 | |
| 6 | 2010 | 21 | |
| 7 | Explaining Language Change (Book) | 2002 | 1 |
| 8 | 2002 | 71 | |
| 9 | 1996 | 20 | |
| 10 | 1994 | 22 | |
| 11 | 1994 | 2 | |
| 12 | 1988 | 4 | |
| 13 | 1987 | 88 | |
| 14 | A Brief Response | 1986 | 1 |
| 15 | 1986 | 25 | |
| 16 | Government and contraction | 1984 | 37 |
| 17 | Explanation in linguistics : the logical problem of language acquisition | 1981 | 220 |
| 18 | 1979 | 101 | |
| 19 | 1977 | 8 | |
| 20 | Natural Logic and the Moods of Classical Greek. | 1971 | 2 |
About David Lightfoot
David Lightfoot is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language, Cultural Studies, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, having authored 73 papers that have together received 2.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (33 papers), Language and cultural evolution (12 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (10 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (9 papers), Language Development and Disorders (9 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (7 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (7 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (825 citations), Language and Linguistics (1.6k citations), Cultural Studies (460 citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (499 citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (475 citations). David Lightfoot has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Norbert Hornstein, Stephen R. Anderson, Joseph Aoun, Amy Weinberg, Marit Westergaard, G. S. V. Raghavan, F.R. van de Voort, Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy, Sabine Iatridou and Höskuldur Þráinsson. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Linguistics, Language, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique and Lingua.
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