Heles Contreras

1.2k total citations
34 papers, 593 citations indexed

About

Heles Contreras is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heles Contreras has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 593 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Language and Linguistics, 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 6 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Heles Contreras's work include Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (10 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (7 papers) and Phonetics and Phonology Research (6 papers). Heles Contreras is often cited by papers focused on Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (10 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (7 papers) and Phonetics and Phonology Research (6 papers). Heles Contreras collaborates with scholars based in United States and Chile. Heles Contreras's co-authors include Erica C. García, Frank H. Nuessel, Frederick J. Newmeyer, Michael K. Brame, Milton M. Azevedo, Ian MacPherson, Sol Saporta, Alphonse Juilland, Noam Chomsky and Conxita Lleó and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Modern Language Journal and Linguistic Inquiry.

In The Last Decade

Heles Contreras

30 papers receiving 441 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heles Contreras United States 14 494 221 187 175 77 34 593
Michael Rochemont Canada 9 485 1.0× 215 1.0× 198 1.1× 169 1.0× 67 0.9× 14 559
Jacqueline Guéron France 11 439 0.9× 143 0.6× 171 0.9× 138 0.8× 96 1.2× 26 505
Gary Milsark United States 5 395 0.8× 174 0.8× 200 1.1× 127 0.7× 89 1.2× 8 505
Margaret Speas United States 12 507 1.0× 196 0.9× 204 1.1× 168 1.0× 83 1.1× 18 650
Violeta Demonte Spain 12 756 1.5× 241 1.1× 179 1.0× 226 1.3× 111 1.4× 45 823
Jorge Hankamer United States 9 360 0.7× 240 1.1× 251 1.3× 169 1.0× 61 0.8× 15 511
Nomi Erteschik‐Shir Israel 11 656 1.3× 290 1.3× 265 1.4× 153 0.9× 115 1.5× 19 743
P. H. Matthews United Kingdom 6 299 0.6× 118 0.5× 143 0.8× 103 0.6× 38 0.5× 12 410
Margarita Suñer United States 13 472 1.0× 181 0.8× 120 0.6× 149 0.9× 69 0.9× 37 562
Werner Abraham Netherlands 15 581 1.2× 190 0.9× 154 0.8× 233 1.3× 62 0.8× 117 664

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heles Contreras

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Contreras, Heles. (1995). Observaciones sobre el programa minimalista. Boletín de filología. 35(1). 139–150.
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Contreras, Heles. (1993). On null operator structures. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 11(1). 1–30. 14 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles. (1992). Descripción y explicación en la teoría lingüística: la sintaxis de los cuantificadores. RLA. Revista de lingüística teórica y aplicada. 17–38. 1 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles. (1990). Two kinds of minimality. Linguistic Inquiry. 21(3). 467–469. 2 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles. (1987). A grammar of anaphora. By Joseph Aoun. (Linguistic Inquiry monograph 11.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1985. Pp. 190.. Language. 63(3). 626–629. 70 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles, et al.. (1986). Generative Studies in Spanish syntax. 63 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles. (1985). Sobre la interpretacion de algunas categorias vacias. Estudios filológicos. 25–35. 1 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles. (1984). A note on parasitic gaps. Linguistic Inquiry. 15(4). 698–700. 26 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles & Conxita Lleó. (1982). Aproximación a la fonología generativa: principios teóricos y problemas.
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Contreras, Heles. (1978). El orden de palabras en español. Cátedra eBooks. 32 indexed citations
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Nuessel, Frank H. & Heles Contreras. (1977). A Theory of Word Order with Special Reference to Spanish. Modern Language Journal. 61(7). 391–391. 67 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles. (1970). Spanish case and function. Lingua. 25. 12–29. 1 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles. (1969). Vowel Fusion in Spanish. Hispania. 52(1). 60–60. 5 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles. (1967). Transformational Grammar and Language Teaching. RLA. Revista de lingüística teórica y aplicada. 2. 4 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles & Noam Chomsky. (1967). Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. Modern Language Journal. 51(2). 110–110. 6 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles, et al.. (1966). Frequency Dictionary of Spanish Words. Language. 42(4). 817–817. 16 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles, et al.. (1966). La methode comparative en linguistique historique et en psychomecanique du langage. Language. 42(1). 106–106. 1 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles, et al.. (1965). Araucanian Phonemics. International Journal of American Linguistics. 31(2). 132–135. 12 indexed citations
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Contreras, Heles. (1964). Tiene el español un acento de intensidad. Boletín de filología. 237–239. 5 indexed citations

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