Frederick J. Newmeyer

9.2k citations

100 papers · 3.3k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 27

Language and Linguistics top 0.1%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 1%
Artificial Intelligence top 1%
Linguistics and Language top 0.5%
Developmental and Educational Psychology top 1%

Co-authors: John Lyons Robert Peter Ebert Roderick A. Jacobs Peter S. Rosenbaum Heles Contreras Michael K. Brame John E. Joseph Robert D. Borsley
Topics: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (58 papers)Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (25 papers)Linguistic Variation and Morphology (24 papers)
Cited by: Language and Linguistics Linguistics and Language Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Journals: SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaLanguage Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

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Frederick J. Newmeyer

87 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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The syntax and semantics of complex nominals . By Judith N. Levi. New York: Academic Press, 1978.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Getting the word out: The early generativists’ multipronged efforts to diffuse their ideas 2014 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	3
2	Language evolution and syntactic theory. By Anna R. Kinsella. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. 222. ISBN 9780521895309. $99 (Hb). 2010 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	8
3	Linguistic minimalism: Origins, concepts, methods, and aims. By Cedric Boeckx. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. ix, 246. ISBN 0199297584. $35. 2008 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	5
4	On Gahl and Garnsey on grammar and usage 2006 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	17
5	A reply to the critiques of ‘Grammar is grammar and usage is usage’ 2005 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	16
6	Grammar is grammar and usage is usage 2003 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	168
7	On nature and language . By Noam Chomsky. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. 206. ISBN: 0521815487. $60.00. - The language organ : Linguistics as cognitive physiology. By Stephen R. Anderson and David W. Lightfoot Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. 263. ISBN: 0521809940. $65.00. - Language in a Darwinian perspective . By Bernard H. Bichakjian Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. Pp. 316. ISBN: 0820454583. $47.95. 2003 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	7
8	Three book-length studies of language evolution 2000 ·Journal of Linguistics ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	3
9	Iconicity and Generative Grammar 1992 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	26
10	The best of CLS : A selection of out-of-print papers from 1968 to 1975. Edited by Eric Schiller, Barbara Need, Douglas Varley, and William H. Eilfort Chicago: The Chicago Linguistic Society, 1988. Pp. 353. 1989 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	5
11	Language : psychological and biological aspects 1988 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	32
12	Has There Been a ‘Chomskyan Revolution’ in Linguistics? 1986 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	12
13	Has there been a 'Chomskyan revolution' in linguistics? 1986 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	17
14	Language understanding : Towards a post-Chomskyan linguistics. By Terence Moore and Christine Carling. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. Pp. x, 225. $22.50. 1984 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	5
15	Exceptional language and linguistics . Edited by Loraine K. Obler and Lise Menn. New York: Academic Press, 1982. Pp. xxviii, 372. 1984 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	89
16	The grammar of nominal compounding , with special reference to Danish, English and French. By Laurie Bauer. (Odense University studies in linguistics, 4.) Odense, Denmark: University Press, 1978. Pp. 251. Kr. 60.00. 1980 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	27
17	The syntax and semantics of complex nominals . By Judith N. Levi. New York: Academic Press, 1978.breakdown → 1979 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	465
18	Linguistics and economics . By Ferruccio Rossi-Landi. (Janua linguarum, series maior, 81.) The Hague: Mouton, 1975. Pp. 240. f 24.00. 1977 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	41
19	Themes in Linguistics: The 1970's 1975 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer,Eric P. Hamp	2
20	The Source of Derived Nominals in English 1971 ·Language ·Frederick J. Newmeyer	5

About Frederick J. Newmeyer

Frederick J. Newmeyer is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Cultural Studies, having authored 100 papers that have together received 3.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (58 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (25 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Language and Linguistics (2.1k citations), Linguistics and Language (781 citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (996 citations). Frederick J. Newmeyer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include John Lyons, Robert Peter Ebert, Roderick A. Jacobs, Peter S. Rosenbaum, Heles Contreras, Michael K. Brame, John E. Joseph, Robert D. Borsley, Howard Lasnik and Željko Bošković. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Language and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

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