Lydia White

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Lydia White is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Lydia White has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Language and Linguistics, 33 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 23 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Lydia White's work include Language Development and Disorders (23 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (22 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (22 papers). Lydia White is often cited by papers focused on Language Development and Disorders (23 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (22 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (22 papers). Lydia White collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Lydia White's co-authors include Philippe Prévost, Terence Odlin, Fred Genesee, Heather Goad, Patsy M. Lightbown, Yan-kit Ingrid Leung, Elena Valenzuela, Nina Spada, Nigel Duffield and Leila Ranta and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and Language.

In The Last Decade

Lydia White

71 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Second Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lydia White Canada	30	3.7k	3.1k	1.2k	1.0k	966	76	4.9k
Bill VanPatten United States	33	4.5k 1.2×	3.6k 1.2×	660 0.5×	668 0.6×	859 0.9×	99	5.5k
Kevin R. Gregg United Kingdom	11	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	514 0.4×	314 0.3×	200 0.2×	21	3.3k
T. Givón United States	24	1.9k 0.5×	550 0.2×	536 0.4×	937 0.9×	372 0.4×	55	2.7k
Roy C. Major United States	21	1.5k 0.4×	670 0.2×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	149 0.2×	40	2.8k
Manfred Pienemann Australia	16	2.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	520 0.4×	231 0.2×	246 0.3×	37	2.4k
Holger Diessel Germany	20	1.5k 0.4×	875 0.3×	429 0.3×	868 0.8×	446 0.5×	37	2.3k
Kathleen Bardovi‐Harlig United States	35	3.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	744 0.6×	767 0.7×	148 0.2×	88	3.9k
Shana Poplack Canada	32	2.8k 0.8×	540 0.2×	3.3k 2.6×	736 0.7×	259 0.3×	80	4.1k
Pavel Trofimovich Canada	32	2.0k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	2.2k 2.1×	414 0.4×	128	3.6k
Catherine J. Doughty United States	13	3.9k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	541 0.4×	456 0.4×	306 0.3×	22	4.5k

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All Works

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White, Lydia. (2025). Linguistic distance and crosslinguistic influence: Commentary. Second language Research.

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White, Lydia, et al.. (2024). Pronoun interpretation in Italian. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. 15(3). 311–341. 1 indexed citations

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Genesee, Fred & Lydia White. (2024). Multicompetence or multicompetencies: Investigating the human capacity for language learning. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 83–96.

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Chapman, Thomas, Jean Wilson, Daniel Martin Simadibrata, et al.. (2023). Development of the Escalation of Therapy or Intervention (ETI) Calculator for Patients with Ulcerative Colitis Using ePROMs. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 17(11). 1744–1751. 2 indexed citations

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Goad, Heather & Lydia White. (2019). Prosodic effects on L2 grammars. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. 9(6). 769–808. 15 indexed citations

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Slabakova, Roumyana, et al.. (2017). Pronoun Interpretation in the Second Language: Effects of Computational Complexity. Frontiers in Psychology. 8. 1236–1236. 10 indexed citations

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White, Lydia, et al.. (2009). Restrictions on definiteness in L2 English. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 5 indexed citations

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White, Lydia. (2009). Changing perspectives on universal grammar and the critical period hypothesis. Language. 8. 3–23.

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Goad, Heather & Lydia White. (2006). Ultimate attainment in interlanguage grammars: a prosodic approach. Second language Research. 22(3). 243–268. 79 indexed citations

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Goad, Heather, Lydia White, & Jeffrey Steele. (2003). Missing Inflection in L2 Acquisition: Defective Syntax or LI-Constrained Prosodic Representations?. The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique. 48(3-4). 243–263. 6 indexed citations

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Prévost, Philippe & Lydia White. (2000). Missing Surface Inflection or Impairment in second language acquisition? Evidence from tense and agreement. Second language Research. 16(2). 103–133. 411 indexed citations

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Duffield, Nigel & Lydia White. (1999). Assessing L2 knowledge of Spanish clitic placement: converging methodologies. Second language Research. 15(2). 133–160. 77 indexed citations

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White, Lydia, et al.. (1996). Effects of Instruction on Second Language Acquisition of the Japanese Long-Distance Reflexive Zibun. The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique. 41(3). 235–254. 13 indexed citations

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White, Lydia, Lisa deMena Travis, & Anna Maclachlan. (1992). The Acquisition of Wh-Question Formation by Malagasy Learners of English: Evidence for Universal Grammar. The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique. 37(3). 341–368. 7 indexed citations

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White, Lydia. (1990). The Verb-Movement Parameter in Second Language Acquisition. Language Acquisition. 1(4). 337–360. 122 indexed citations

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Clahsen, Harald, William Rutherford, & Lydia White. (1989). Language acquisition & language disorders.

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White, Lydia. (1989). Universal Grammar and Second Language Acquisition. 342 indexed citations

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Travis, Lisa deMena, et al.. (1987). UG or not UG, that is the question: a reply to Clahsen and Muysken. 3(1). 56–75. 96 indexed citations

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White, Lydia. (1985). THE “PRO‐DROP” PARAMETER IN ADULT SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. Language Learning. 35(1). 47–61. 215 indexed citations

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White, Lydia. (1982). Grammatical Theory and Language Acquisition. 26 indexed citations

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