Ken Hale

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Ken Hale is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Hale has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Language and Linguistics, 11 papers in Linguistics and Language and 5 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ken Hale's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (16 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (7 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (5 papers). Ken Hale is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (16 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (7 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (5 papers). Ken Hale collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Ken Hale's co-authors include Samuel Jay Keyser, Maria Bittner, Colette G. Craig, Nikolai Vakhtin, Anthony C. Woodbury, Colette Grinevald, Lenore A. Grenoble, Carol Myers‐Scotton, Nora C. England and Nancy C. Dorian and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Language and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ken Hale

29 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Prolegomenon to a Theory of Argument Structure 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 100 200 300 400 500

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ken Hale United States 16 1.4k 593 508 437 200 32 1.7k
Marianne Mithun United States 19 1.3k 0.9× 676 1.1× 380 0.7× 433 1.0× 130 0.7× 71 1.6k
Suzanne Kemmer United States 10 1.1k 0.8× 411 0.7× 366 0.7× 671 1.5× 169 0.8× 16 1.5k
Rochelle Lieber United States 18 1.4k 1.0× 490 0.8× 596 1.2× 540 1.2× 153 0.8× 29 1.8k
Talmy Givón United States 12 1.2k 0.9× 377 0.6× 304 0.6× 491 1.1× 175 0.9× 16 1.5k
Arnold M. Zwicky United States 23 1.6k 1.2× 732 1.2× 721 1.4× 922 2.1× 197 1.0× 90 2.3k
Masayoshi Shibatani Japan 16 969 0.7× 386 0.7× 428 0.8× 516 1.2× 92 0.5× 40 1.3k
John Haiman United States 20 1.6k 1.2× 579 1.0× 342 0.7× 931 2.1× 316 1.6× 55 2.1k
Randy J. LaPolla Australia 15 1.1k 0.8× 519 0.9× 306 0.6× 420 1.0× 97 0.5× 47 1.5k
Geert Booij Netherlands 27 1.7k 1.2× 817 1.4× 764 1.5× 1.0k 2.3× 161 0.8× 96 2.2k
Marcel den Dikken United States 22 1.8k 1.2× 591 1.0× 734 1.4× 483 1.1× 315 1.6× 83 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken Hale

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Hale

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hale, Ken. (2014). El ulwa, sumo meridional:Un idioma distinto?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 27–50.
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Hale, Ken. (2002). On the position of the auxiliary in O'odham. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 303–309. 1 indexed citations
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Benedicto, Elena & Ken Hale. (2000). Mayangna, A Sumu Language: Its Variants and Its Status within Misumalpan. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 26(2). 6. 8 indexed citations
4.
Hale, Ken. (1999). Remarks on NorthernTerritory bilingual education. 42. 1 indexed citations
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Grenoble, Lenore A., Nancy C. Dorian, Nora Marks Dauenhauer, et al.. (1998). Endangered Languages. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 71 indexed citations
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Hale, Ken, et al.. (1997). The limits of argument structure. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 203–230. 19 indexed citations
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Hale, Ken. (1997). Some observations on the contributions of local languages to linguistic science. Lingua. 100(1-4). 71–89. 19 indexed citations
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Bittner, Maria & Ken Hale. (1996). Ergativity: toward a theory of a heterogeneous class: toward a theory of a heterogeneous class. Linguistic Inquiry. 27(4). 531–604. 73 indexed citations
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Bittner, Maria & Ken Hale. (1996). THE STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION OF CASE AND AGREEMENT. Linguistic Inquiry. 27(1). 1–69. 231 indexed citations
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Hale, Ken. (1992). Language endangerment and the human value of linguistic diversity. Language. 68(1). 35–42. 50 indexed citations
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Hale, Ken. (1992). On endangered languages and the safeguarding of diversity. Language. 68(1). 1–3. 61 indexed citations
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Hale, Ken, et al.. (1992). Lexical categories and the projection of argument structure. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 147–173. 3 indexed citations
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Hale, Ken. (1992). Endangered languages: On endangered languages and the safeguarding of diversity. Language. 68(1). 1–42. 101 indexed citations
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Craig, Colette G. & Ken Hale. (1988). Relational preverbs in some languages of the Americas: Typological and historical perspectives. Language. 64(2). 312–344. 22 indexed citations
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Hale, Ken, et al.. (1987). Argument obviation and switch-reference in Hopi. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(1). 3–11. 1 indexed citations
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Hale, Ken. (1986). On nonconfigurational structures. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20(2). 351–358. 7 indexed citations
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Hale, Ken, et al.. (1986). Some transitivity alternations in English. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20(3). 605–638. 64 indexed citations
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McCloskey, James & Ken Hale. (1983). The Syntax of Inflection in Modern Irish. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 13(1). 15. 3 indexed citations
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Hale, Ken. (1982). Preliminary Remarks on Configurationality. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 12(1). 8. 26 indexed citations
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Hale, Ken. (1976). Linguistic Autonomy and the Linguistics of Carl Voegelin.. Anthropological linguistics. 2 indexed citations

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