Laura McPherson

522 total citations
27 papers, 198 citations indexed

About

Laura McPherson is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura McPherson has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 198 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Language and Linguistics, 17 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 13 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Laura McPherson's work include Phonetics and Phonology Research (15 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (13 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (12 papers). Laura McPherson is often cited by papers focused on Phonetics and Phonology Research (15 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (13 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (12 papers). Laura McPherson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Laura McPherson's co-authors include Jeffrey Heath, Bruce Hayes, Kevin M. Ryan, Mary Paster, Matthew S. Dryer, Nicholas Rolle and Florian Lionnet and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Language and Natural Language & Linguistic Theory.

In The Last Decade

Laura McPherson

24 papers receiving 172 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laura McPherson United States 10 152 123 118 55 14 27 198
Jörg Peters Germany 9 212 1.4× 132 1.1× 134 1.1× 91 1.7× 18 1.3× 37 276
Darya Kavitskaya United States 8 172 1.1× 112 0.9× 94 0.8× 71 1.3× 10 0.7× 23 208
Bruce Morén Norway 5 195 1.3× 149 1.2× 112 0.9× 61 1.1× 17 1.2× 8 217
Brett Hyde United States 8 155 1.0× 112 0.9× 88 0.7× 77 1.4× 18 1.3× 15 179
Bert Remijsen United Kingdom 9 192 1.3× 163 1.3× 120 1.0× 74 1.3× 12 0.9× 20 232
Sharon Hargus United States 8 152 1.0× 131 1.1× 95 0.8× 74 1.3× 12 0.9× 32 200
Margaret E. L. Renwick United States 9 201 1.3× 156 1.3× 70 0.6× 76 1.4× 24 1.7× 34 243
Pétur Helgason Sweden 7 221 1.5× 163 1.3× 89 0.8× 118 2.1× 16 1.1× 16 247
Matthew Wolf United States 5 174 1.1× 132 1.1× 134 1.1× 64 1.2× 11 0.8× 9 201
Mary Paster United States 8 174 1.1× 143 1.2× 165 1.4× 63 1.1× 5 0.4× 19 222

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura McPherson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lionnet, Florian, Laura McPherson, & Nicholas Rolle. (2022). Theoretical approaches to grammatical tone. Phonology. 39(3). 385–398.
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McPherson, Laura & Matthew S. Dryer. (2021). The tone system of Poko-Rawo (Skou). 3(1). 1–32. 1 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura. (2019). Tone: The Present State And Future Potential. Language. 95(1). e188–e192. 1 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura. (2019). Musical adaptation as phonological evidence: Case studies from textsetting, rhyme, and musical surrogates. Language and Linguistics Compass. 13(12). 4 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura. (2019). The role of music in documenting phonological grammar: Two case studies from West Africa. Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology. 7. 7 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura. (2019). Seenku argument-head tone sandhi: Allomorph selection in a cyclic grammar. Glossa a journal of general linguistics. 4(1). 11 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura. (2019). The Talking Balafon of the Sambla: Grammatical Principles and Documentary Implications. Anthropological linguistics. 60(3). 255–294. 13 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura. (2019). Complexity, Naturalness, and Explanatory Power: The Case of Seenku Argument-Head Tone Sandhi. 286–295. 1 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura & Kevin M. Ryan. (2018). Tone-tune association in Tommo So (Dogon) folk songs. Language. 94(1). 119–156. 14 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura & Kevin M. Ryan. (2018). Tone-tune association in Tommo So (Dogon) folk songs: Supplemental Material. Language. 94(1).
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McPherson, Laura. (2017). Multiple feature affixation in Seenku plural formation. Morphology. 27(2). 217–252. 13 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura. (2016). Cumulativity and ganging in the tonology of Awa suffixes. Language. 92(1). e38–e66. 6 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura. (2014). Replacive grammatical tone in the Dogon languages. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 19 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura. (2013). A Grammar of Tommo So. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations
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Heath, Jeffrey & Laura McPherson. (2013). Tonosyntax and Reference Restriction in Dogon NPS. Language. 89(2). 265–296. 16 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura, et al.. (2012). Senaya (Neo-Aramaic): StructuralPerson Case Constraint Effects in Progressives. 173–183. 1 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura. (2012). Underspecified Tone in Tommo So(Dogon, Mali). 169–177. 1 indexed citations
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McPherson, Laura & Mary Paster. (2009). Evidence for the Mirror Principle andMorphological Templates in Luganda Affix Ordering. 56–66. 9 indexed citations
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Heath, Jeffrey & Laura McPherson. (2009). Cognitive Set and Lexicalization Strategy in Dogon Action Verbs. Anthropological linguistics. 51(1). 38–63. 11 indexed citations

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