Judith Aissen

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Judith Aissen is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Judith Aissen has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Language and Linguistics, 5 papers in Linguistics and Language and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Judith Aissen's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (13 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 papers) and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (3 papers). Judith Aissen is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (13 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 papers) and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (3 papers). Judith Aissen collaborates with scholars based in United States. Judith Aissen's co-authors include Joan Bresnan, David M. Perlmutter, Pauline Jacobson, Sandra Chung, Geoffrey K. Pullum, Jorge Hankamer and Aaron Kaplan and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Natural Language & Linguistic Theory and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society.

In The Last Decade

Judith Aissen

20 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Differential Object Marking: Iconicity vs. Economy 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Differential Object Marking: Iconicity vs. Economy
    2003 532 citations Judith Aissen Natural Language & Linguistic Theory profile →

Peers

Judith Aissen
Lisa Lai‐Shen Cheng Netherlands
Malka Rappaport Hovav Israel
Ad Neeleman United Kingdom
Elena Anagnostopoulou Greece
Luigi Burzio United States
Elizabeth Ritter Canada
C.‐T. James Huang United States
David M. Perlmutter United States
Ur Shlonsky Switzerland
Stephen R. Anderson
Lisa Lai‐Shen Cheng Netherlands
Judith Aissen
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Countries citing papers authored by Judith Aissen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Judith Aissen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Judith Aissen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Judith Aissen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Judith Aissen 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 Judith Aissen. Judith Aissen 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
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Aissen, Judith. (2017). Information Structure in Mayan. 293–324. 1 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith & David M. Perlmutter. (2014). Clause Reduction in Spanish. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. 2. 24 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith & Jorge Hankamer. (2014). Lexical Extension and Grammatical Transformations. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. 6.
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Kaplan, Aaron, et al.. (2005). LONG-DISTANCE WH-MOVEMENT IN CHAMORRO. 1 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith. (2003). Differential Object Marking: Iconicity vs. Economy. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 21(3). 435–483. 532 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aissen, Judith. (2003). Differential Coding, Partial Blocking, and Bidirectional OT. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. 29(1). 1–1. 9 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith & Joan Bresnan. (2002). Optimality and Functionality: Objections and Refutations. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 20(1). 81–95. 37 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith. (2001). THE OBVIATION HIERARCHY AND MORPHO SYNTACTIC MARKEDNESS. The Journal of Macrodynamic Analysis (Memorial University of Newfoundland). 23. 1–34. 5 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith. (1999). Agent Focus and Inverse in Tzotzil. Language. 75(3). 451–485. 46 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith. (1999). Markedness and Subject Choice in Optimality Theory. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 17(4). 673–711. 230 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith. (1997). On The Syntax of Obviation. Language. 73(4). 705–750. 13 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith. (1997). On the syntax of obviation. Language. 73(4). 705–750. 71 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith. (1996). Pied-piping, abstract agreement, and functional projections in Tzotzil. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 14(3). 447–491. 60 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith. (1992). Topic and Focus in Mayan. Language. 68(1). 43–80. 21 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith. (1992). Topic and focus in Mayan. Language. 68(1). 43–80. 134 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith. (1989). Agreement Controllers and Tzotzil Comitatives. Language. 65(3). 518–536. 17 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith. (1987). Tzotzil Clause Structure. 91 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith, Pauline Jacobson, & Geoffrey K. Pullum. (1985). The Nature of Syntactic Representation. Language. 61(1). 175–175. 1 indexed citations
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Aissen, Judith. (1979). The syntax of causative constructions. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 36 indexed citations

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