Joan Bybee

30.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
65 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Joan Bybee is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Joan Bybee has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Language and Linguistics, 32 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 20 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Joan Bybee's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (40 papers), Phonetics and Phonology Research (23 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (19 papers). Joan Bybee is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (40 papers), Phonetics and Phonology Research (23 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (19 papers). Joan Bybee collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Sweden. Joan Bybee's co-authors include Paul J. Hopper, Dan I. Slobin, Joanne Scheibman, Östen Dahl, Carol Lynn Moder, Suzanne Fleischman, James L. McClelland, Clay Beckner, Sandra A. Thompson and David Eddington and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Language Learning.

In The Last Decade

Joan Bybee

61 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

Language, Usage and Cogni... 1985 2026 1998 2012 2010 2001 2001 2006 1985 400 800 1.2k
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. Language, Usage and Cognition
    2010 1.3k citations Joan Bybee Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  2. Phonology and Language Use
    2001 1.1k citations Joan Bybee Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  3. Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure
    2001 990 citations Joan Bybee et al. profile →
  4. From usage to grammar: The mind's response to repetition
    2006 988 citations Joan Bybee Language profile →
  5. Morphology
    1985 712 citations Joan Bybee profile →
  6. Regular morphology and the lexicon
    1995 707 citations Joan Bybee profile →
  7. Frequency of Use and the Organization of Language
    2007 509 citations Joan Bybee profile →
  8. Language Is a Complex Adaptive System: Position Paper
    2009 497 citations Clay Beckner, Richard A. Blythe et al. Language Learning profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Joan Bybee 6.4k 4.5k 3.4k 2.7k 2.6k 65 10.1k
Adele Ε. Goldberg 6.3k 1.0× 3.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.4× 2.6k 1.0× 2.9k 1.1× 102 9.8k
William Croft 5.4k 0.8× 3.3k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 1.9k 0.7× 120 8.2k
Sandra A. Thompson 7.1k 1.1× 3.7k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 3.3k 1.2× 101 10.7k
Ronald W. Langacker 6.5k 1.0× 5.0k 1.1× 1.1k 0.3× 1.3k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 120 9.2k
Norbert Hornstein 3.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 998 0.3× 1.1k 0.4× 2.0k 0.7× 79 5.8k
Dan I. Slobin 3.1k 0.5× 2.9k 0.6× 760 0.2× 4.1k 1.5× 819 0.3× 96 7.2k
Bernard Comrie 3.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 1.4k 0.4× 735 0.3× 1.1k 0.4× 223 5.0k
Geoffrey K. Pullum 3.6k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 1.4k 0.4× 642 0.2× 2.2k 0.8× 118 5.3k
Antonella Sorace 3.6k 0.6× 1.6k 0.4× 1.4k 0.4× 3.5k 1.3× 1.1k 0.4× 143 6.2k
Edwin Williams 3.7k 0.6× 1.3k 0.3× 993 0.3× 1.1k 0.4× 1.8k 0.7× 29 5.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bybee, Joan, et al.. (2024). The role of constructions in understanding predictability measures and their correspondence to word duration. Cognitive Linguistics. 35(3). 377–406. 1 indexed citations
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Kapatsinski, Vsevolod, et al.. (2020). Vowel reduction: a usage-based perspective. The Italian Journal of Linguistics. 32(1). 2. 1 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan. (2015). Articulatory Processing and Frequency of Use in Sound Change. Oxford University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan. (2013). Usage-based Theory and Exemplar Representations of Constructions. Oxford University Press eBooks. 128 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan. (2012). Where does grammar come from. 60–63.
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Bybee, Joan. (2011). Domain‐general processes as the basis for grammar. Oxford University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Fernández, Francisco Moreno, Clay Beckner, Richard A. Blythe, et al.. (2011). La lengua es un sistema adaptativo complejo. 3 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan. (2010). Markedness: Iconicity, Economy, and Frequency. Oxford University Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan. (2010). Diachronic Linguistics. Oxford University Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Beckner, Clay & Joan Bybee. (2009). A Usage‐Based Account of Constituency and Reanalysis. Language Learning. 59(s1). 27–46. 57 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan. (2006). From usage to grammar: The mind's response to repetition. Language. 82(4). 711–733. 988 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bybee, Joan & David Eddington. (2006). A Usage-Based Approach to Spanish Verbs of ‘Becoming‘. Language. 82(2). 323–355. 130 indexed citations
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Mairal, Ricardo, Ricardo Mairal, Ricardo Mairal, et al.. (2006). Linguistic Universals. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan. (2005). La liaison : effets de fréquence et constructions. Langages. n° 158(2). 24–37. 13 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan & James L. McClelland. (2005). Alternatives to the combinatorial paradigm of linguistic theory based on domain general principles of human cognition. The Linguistic Review. 22(2-4). 143 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan. (2002). PHONOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR EXEMPLAR STORAGE OF MULTIWORD SEQUENCES. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 24(2). 215–221. 101 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan. (1990). The grammaticization of zero: asymmetries in tense and aspect systems. Figshare. 15 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan & Carol Lynn Moder. (1983). Morphological Classes as Natural Categories. Language. 59(2). 251–270. 229 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan & Dan I. Slobin. (1982). Rules and Schemas in the Development and Use of the English Past Tense. Language. 58(2). 265–289. 117 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan & Dan I. Slobin. (1982). Rules and schemas in the development and use of the English past tense. Language. 58(2). 265–289. 364 indexed citations

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