Edwin Williams

10.2k citations
29 papers · 5.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 16

Impact in

Papers in

    • Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation 15
    • Historical Linguistics and Language Studies 4
    • Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies 3
    • Lexicography and Language Studies 1
    • Natural Language Processing Techniques 8
    • Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge 2

Edwin Williams

27 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

On the Definition of Word 1987 · 535 citations
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Edwin Williams
Comparison fields: 5 of 88
  • Language and Linguistics 3.7k
  • Linguistics and Language 993
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1.3k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.1k
  • Artificial Intelligence 1.8k
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All Works

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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.
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19842567
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On the Definition of Word
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1987535
3
On the Notions Lexically Related and Head of a Word
1981388
4 1995382
5 1981348
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Thematic structure in syntax
1994224
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Blocking and anaphora
1997109
8 198576
9 198772
10 199467
11
A reassignment of the function of LF
198649
12 198743
13 198737
14 198134
15 200624
16 201121
17 198714
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Is LF distinct from s-structure?: a reply to May
198813
19 20126
20 19824

About Edwin Williams

Edwin Williams is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics and Language, Philosophy and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, having authored 29 papers that have together received 5.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (15 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (8 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (4 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 papers), Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (2 papers), Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (2 papers), Language Development and Disorders (1 paper) and Lexicography and Language Studies (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Language and Linguistics (3.7k citations), Linguistics and Language (993 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (1.3k citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (1.1k citations) and Artificial Intelligence (1.8k citations). Edwin Williams has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Anne-Marie Di Sciullo, Thomas Roeper, Lisa deMena Travis and Nina Hyams. Their work appears in journals such as Linguistic Inquiry, The Linguistic Review, Language, Natural Language & Linguistic Theory and Journal of Linguistics.

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