Joan Bresnan

11.4k citations
45 papers · 2.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 26
Topics
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (28 papers)Linguistic Variation and Morphology (17 papers)Phonetics and Phonology Research (12 papers)

In The Last Decade

Joan Bresnan

45 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Lexical-functional syntax2015202620182022201550100150200

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Joan Bresnan
Comparison fields: 5 of 57
  • Language and Linguistics 1.8k
  • Artificial Intelligence 925
  • Linguistics and Language 831
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 706
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 314
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joan Bresnan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joan Bresnan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joan Bresnan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Joan Bresnan. Joan Bresnan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
1 6
2 44
3
Lexical-functional syntaxbreakdown →
234
4 3
5 207
6 1
7 27
8
Architectures, rules, and preferences : variations on themes by Joan W. Bresnan
38
9 11
10
Agentive Nominalizations in Gĩkũyũ and the Theory of Mixed Categories
4
11
Soft Constraints Mirror Hard Constraints: Voice and Person in English and Lummi
49
12 210
13
Object asymmetries in comparative Bantu syntax
195
14
The Syntactic Projection Problem and the Comparative Syntax of Locative Inversion
6
15 12
16 7
17
Comparative Deletion and Constraints on Transformations
68
18
"Sloppy Identity": An Unnecessary and Insufficient Criterion for Deletion Rules
8
19 35
20 94

About Joan Bresnan

Joan Bresnan is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, having authored 45 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (28 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (17 papers) and Phonetics and Phonology Research (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (831 citations), Language and Linguistics (1.8k citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (706 citations). Joan Bresnan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Marilyn Ford, Lioba Moshi, Sam Mchombo, Jennifer Hay, Ida Toivonen, Ash Asudeh, Stephen Wechsler, Peter K. Austin, Tatiana Nikitina and Anette Rosenbach. Their work appears in journals such as Cognition, Language and Journal of Memory and Language.

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