Edwin Williams

10.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Edwin Williams is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Edwin Williams has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Language and Linguistics, 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 2 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Edwin Williams's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (15 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (8 papers) and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (4 papers). Edwin Williams is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (15 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (8 papers) and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (4 papers). Edwin Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Edwin Williams's co-authors include Anne-Marie Di Sciullo, Thomas Roeper, Lisa deMena Travis and Nina Hyams and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Cognitive Neuropsychology.

In The Last Decade

Edwin Williams

27 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Lectures on government and binding . By Noam Chomsky. (St... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 1987 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edwin Williams United States 16 3.7k 1.8k 1.3k 1.1k 993 29 5.0k
David R. Dowty United States 17 4.5k 1.2× 2.8k 1.5× 2.0k 1.5× 799 0.7× 751 0.8× 26 6.3k
Tanya Reinhart Israel 20 2.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 929 0.7× 593 0.5× 515 0.5× 27 3.2k
Gennaro Chierchia United States 26 2.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 833 0.8× 426 0.4× 50 4.0k
Beth Levin United States 24 3.2k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 1.6k 1.3× 740 0.7× 625 0.6× 59 4.6k
Thomas Wasow United States 22 2.1k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 856 0.7× 584 0.5× 541 0.5× 44 3.0k
Geoffrey K. Pullum United States 32 3.6k 1.0× 2.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 642 0.6× 1.4k 1.4× 118 5.3k
Guglielmo Cinque Italy 23 4.5k 1.2× 1.9k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 428 0.4× 1.4k 1.5× 74 5.0k
Ivan A. Sag United States 28 5.3k 1.4× 5.2k 2.8× 1.5k 1.2× 734 0.7× 986 1.0× 63 8.1k
Richard S. Kayne United States 19 4.4k 1.2× 1.9k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 432 0.4× 1.4k 1.5× 50 4.9k
Liliane Haegeman Belgium 32 3.3k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 475 0.4× 1.2k 1.2× 114 3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edwin Williams

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Williams, Edwin. (2012). Generative Semantics, Generative Morphosyntax. Syntax. 16(1). 77–108. 6 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (2011). Regimes of Derivation in Syntax and Morphology. 21 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (2005). A Note on ‘‘Cyclic Linearization’’. Theoretical Linguistics. 31(1-2). 229–234. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (2000). Adjunct modification: 1867. The Italian Journal of Linguistics. 12(1). 129–154. 3 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (1997). Blocking and anaphora. Linguistic Inquiry. 28(4). 577–628. 109 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (1997). Beth Levin & Malka Rappaport Hovav, Unaccusativity: at the syntax-lexical interface. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995. Pp. xii+336.. Journal of Linguistics. 33(2). 563–641. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (1997). Jan-Wouter Zwart (1997) The Morphosyntax of Verb Moment: A Minimalist Approach to Dutch Syntax. 1(3). 263–272. 3 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (1995). Indices and identity . By Robert Fiengo and Robert May. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994. Pp. 315.. Language. 71(3). 572–576. 382 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (1994). Remarks on lexical knowledge. Lingua. 92. 7–34. 67 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (1991). MEANING CATEGORIES OF NPs AND SS. Linguistic Inquiry. 22(3). 584. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (1990). Pseudoclefts and the order of the logic of English. Linguistic Inquiry. 21(3). 485. 3 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (1989). Linguistic variation and learnability. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 12(2). 363–364.
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Williams, Edwin. (1988). Is LF distinct from s-structure?: a reply to May. Linguistic Inquiry. 19(1). 135–146. 13 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (1987). Implicity arguments, the binding theory, and control. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 5(2). 151–180. 72 indexed citations
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Roeper, Thomas & Edwin Williams. (1987). Parameter Setting. 37 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (1986). A reassignment of the function of LF. Linguistic Inquiry. 17(2). 265–300. 49 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (1984). Lectures on government and binding . By Noam Chomsky. (Studies in generative grammar, 9.) Dordrecht, Holland, & Cinnaminson, NJ: Foris, 1981. Pp. 371. Cloth f 90.00, paper f 50.00. - Some concepts and consequences of the theory of government and binding . By Noam Chomsky. (Linguistic Inquiry monographs, 6.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1982. Pp. 110. Cloth $20.00, paper $7.95.. Language. 60(2). 400–408. 2567 indexed citations breakdown →
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Travis, Lisa deMena & Edwin Williams. (1982). EXTERNALIZATION OF ARGUMENTS IN MALAYO-POLYNESIAN LANGUAGES. The Linguistic Review. 2(1). 4 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (1981). Argument Structure and Morphology. The Linguistic Review. 1(1). 348 indexed citations
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Williams, Edwin. (1981). On the Notions Lexically Related and Head of a Word. 12(2). 245–274. 388 indexed citations

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