Laura J. Downing

6.3k total citations
64 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Laura J. Downing is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Linguistics and Language and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura J. Downing has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 39 papers in Linguistics and Language and 39 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Laura J. Downing's work include Phonetics and Phonology Research (51 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (38 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (34 papers). Laura J. Downing is often cited by papers focused on Phonetics and Phonology Research (51 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (38 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (34 papers). Laura J. Downing collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Sweden. Laura J. Downing's co-authors include Lisa Lai‐Shen Cheng, Al Mtenje, Larry M. Hyman, Charles W. Kisseberth, Bernd Pompino-Marschall, Sharon Inkelas, Maxwell Kadenge, Francis Katamba, Sabine Zerbian and Lutz Marten and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Linguistic Inquiry and Lingua.

In The Last Decade

Laura J. Downing

59 papers receiving 824 citations

Peers

Laura J. Downing
Jerzy Rubach United States
Armin Mester United States
Cheryl Zoll United States
Draga Zec United States
Jill N. Beckman United States
Eric Baković United States
Artο Anttila United States
Jaye Padgett United States
Douglas Pulleyblank Canada
Paul de Lacy United States
Jerzy Rubach United States
Laura J. Downing
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cheng, Lisa Lai‐Shen & Laura J. Downing. (2021). Recursion and the Definition of Universal Prosodic Categories. Languages. 6(3). 125–125. 4 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J.. (2018). Human Medical Experimentation: From Smallpox Vaccines to Secret Government Programs. Reference Reviews. 32(1). 19–20. 1 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J. & Al Mtenje. (2017). The Phonology of Chichewa. Oxford University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Inkelas, Sharon & Laura J. Downing. (2015). What is Reduplication? Typology and Analysis Part 1/2: The Typology of Reduplication. Language and Linguistics Compass. 9(12). 502–515. 29 indexed citations
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Cheng, Lisa Lai‐Shen & Laura J. Downing. (2014). Indefinite subjects in Durban Zulu. ZAS Papers in Linguistics. 57. 5–25. 1 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J. & Maarten Mous. (2011). Challenges of Cushitic reduplication for Generalized Template Theory. 3(1). 82–110. 1 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J.. (2011). Opinion piece. Contemporary Nurse. 37(2). 225–226. 4 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J. & Al Mtenje. (2011). Un-Wrap-ing prosodic phrasing in Chichewa. Lingua. 121(13). 1965–1986. 12 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J., et al.. (2010). Papers from the workshop on Bantu relative clauses. ZAS Papers in Linguistics. 53. 261–261. 8 indexed citations
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Cheng, Lisa Lai‐Shen & Laura J. Downing. (2010). Locative relatives in Durban Zulu. ZAS Papers in Linguistics. 53. 33–51. 6 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J.. (2010). Opacity is a matter of representation: Shimakonde vowel harmony and vowel reduction. ZAS Papers in Linguistics. 52. 159–191. 3 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J.. (2010). The prosody of ‘dislocation’ in selected Bantu languages. Lingua. 121(5). 772–786. 16 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J.. (2009). Optimality Theory and African LanguagePhonology. 1–16. 2 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J.. (2008). Focus and prominence in Chichewa, Chitumbuka and Durban Zulu. ZAS Papers in Linguistics. 49. 47–65. 19 indexed citations
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Cheng, Lisa Lai‐Shen, et al.. (2007). The prosody and syntax of Zulu relative clauses. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 25 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J.. (2006). Canonical Forms in Prosodic Morphology. Oxford University Press eBooks. 43 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J., Al Mtenje, & Bernd Pompino-Marschall. (2004). Prosody and information structure in Chichewa. ZAS Papers in Linguistics. 37. 167–186. 31 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J. & Francis Katamba. (1996). The Tonal Phonology of Jita. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 17 indexed citations
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Downing, Laura J.. (1994). SiSwati Verbal Reduplication and the Theory of Generalized Alignment. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 24(1). 7. 15 indexed citations

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