Ivan A. Sag

19.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
63 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Ivan A. Sag is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Ivan A. Sag has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Language and Linguistics, 30 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 10 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Ivan A. Sag's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (40 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (29 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (10 papers). Ivan A. Sag is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (40 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (29 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (10 papers). Ivan A. Sag collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Ivan A. Sag's co-authors include Carl Pollard, Thomas Wasow, Gerald Gazdar, Ewan Klein, Janet Dean Fodor, Geoffrey K. Pullum, Scott Soames, Jonathan Ginzburg, Philip Hofmeister and Dan Flickinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, The Philosophical Review and Computational Linguistics.

In The Last Decade

Ivan A. Sag

62 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

Head-driven phrase structure grammar 1976 2026 1992 2009 1994 1989 1987 2005 1976 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Head-driven phrase structure grammar
    1994 2.0k citations Ivan A. Sag, Carl Pollard profile →
  2. Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar.
    1989 843 citations Gerald Gazdar, Geoffrey K. Pullum et al. profile →
  3. Information-based syntax and semantics
    1987 541 citations Carl Pollard, Ivan A. Sag profile →
  4. Minimal Recursion Semantics: An Introduction
    2005 467 citations Ann Copestake, Dan Flickinger et al. profile →
  5. Deletion and logical form
    1976 443 citations Ivan A. Sag profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ivan A. Sag United States 28 5.3k 5.2k 1.5k 986 924 63 8.1k
David R. Dowty United States 17 4.5k 0.9× 2.8k 0.5× 2.0k 1.3× 751 0.8× 711 0.8× 26 6.3k
Norbert Hornstein United States 30 3.8k 0.7× 2.0k 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 998 1.0× 681 0.7× 79 5.8k
Geoffrey K. Pullum United States 32 3.6k 0.7× 2.2k 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 1.4× 323 0.3× 118 5.3k
Edwin Williams United States 16 3.7k 0.7× 1.8k 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 993 1.0× 841 0.9× 29 5.0k
Carl Pollard United States 17 2.3k 0.4× 3.1k 0.6× 637 0.4× 361 0.4× 422 0.5× 33 4.3k
Sandra A. Thompson United States 37 7.1k 1.3× 3.3k 0.6× 3.7k 2.4× 2.0k 2.1× 711 0.8× 101 10.7k
Irene Heim United States 14 3.4k 0.7× 2.3k 0.4× 1.3k 0.9× 501 0.5× 337 0.4× 19 4.6k
Mark C. Baker United States 25 3.8k 0.7× 1.5k 0.3× 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 310 0.3× 61 4.3k
Beth Levin United States 24 3.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.3× 1.6k 1.0× 625 0.6× 587 0.6× 59 4.6k
Gennaro Chierchia United States 26 2.9k 0.5× 1.6k 0.3× 1.1k 0.7× 426 0.4× 635 0.7× 50 4.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sag, Ivan A. & Thomas Wasow. (2014). Flexible Processing and the Design of Grammar. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 44(1). 47–63. 1 indexed citations
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Boas, Hans C. & Ivan A. Sag. (2012). Sign-Based Construction Grammar. 85 indexed citations
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Hofmeister, Philip, Laura Staum Casasanto, & Ivan A. Sag. (2012). Misapplying working-memory tests: A reductio ad absurdum. Language. 88(2). 408–409. 17 indexed citations
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Hofmeister, Philip, Laura Staum Casasanto, & Ivan A. Sag. (2012). How do individual cognitive differences relate to acceptability judgments? A reply to Sprouse, Wagers, and Phillips. Language. 88(2). 390–400. 26 indexed citations
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Sag, Ivan A., et al.. (2011). Remarks on sluicing. Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. 188–208. 18 indexed citations
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Sag, Ivan A., Hans C. Boas, & Laura A. Michaelis. (2011). Introducing Sign-Based Construction Grammar vii. 9 indexed citations
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Sag, Ivan A.. (2010). English Filler-Gap Constructions. Language. 86(3). 486–545. 96 indexed citations
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Hofmeister, Philip & Ivan A. Sag. (2010). Cognitive Constraints and Island Effects. Language. 86(2). 366–415. 178 indexed citations
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Casasanto, Laura Staum, Philip Hofmeister, & Ivan A. Sag. (2010). Understanding acceptability judgments: Distinguishing the effects of grammar and processing on acceptability judgments. Journal of Toxicology Clinical Toxicology. 35(5). 435–41. 4 indexed citations
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Kay, Paul & Ivan A. Sag. (2009). How hard a problem would this be to solve?. Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. 171–191. 5 indexed citations
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Miller, Philip & Ivan A. Sag. (2009). Une analyse lexicaliste des affixes pronominaux en français. Revue québécoise de linguistique. 24(1). 135–171.
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Tily, Harry & Ivan A. Sag. (2006). A unified analysis of French causatives. Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. 339–359. 1 indexed citations
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Levine, Robert D. & Ivan A. Sag. (2003). Some empirical issues in the grammar of extraction. Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. 236–256. 16 indexed citations
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Copestake, Ann, Aline Villavicencio, Francis Bond, et al.. (2002). Multiword expressions: linguistic precision and reusability.. Language Resources and Evaluation. 36 indexed citations
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Nunberg, Geoffrey, Ivan A. Sag, & Thomas Wasow. (1994). Idioms. Language. 70(3). 491–538. 82 indexed citations
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Sag, Ivan A. & Danièle Godard. (1994). Extraction of De -Phrases from the French NP. North East Linguistics Society. 24(2). 12. 9 indexed citations
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Nunberg, Geoffrey, Ivan A. Sag, & Thomas Wasow. (1994). Idioms. Language. 70(3). 491–538. 257 indexed citations
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Sag, Ivan A. & Carl Pollard. (1991). An Integrated Theory of Complement Control. Language. 67(1). 63–113. 126 indexed citations
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BARLOW, M. G., Daniel Flickinger, & Ivan A. Sag. (1982). Developments in generalized phrase structure grammar. 7 indexed citations
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Gazdar, Gerald, Geoffrey K. Pullum, & Ivan A. Sag. (1982). Auxiliaries and Related Phenomena in a Restrictive Theory of Grammar. Language. 58(3). 591–638. 90 indexed citations

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