Lyle Campbell

12.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Lyle Campbell is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Lyle Campbell has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Language and Linguistics, 30 papers in Linguistics and Language and 18 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Lyle Campbell's work include Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (34 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (32 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (29 papers). Lyle Campbell is often cited by papers focused on Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (34 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (32 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (29 papers). Lyle Campbell collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Australia. Lyle Campbell's co-authors include Alice C. Harris, Terrence Kaufman, William J. Poser, Thomas C. Smith-Stark, Marianne Mithun, Stephen L. Zegura, William S. Laughlin, Kenneth M. Weiss, James A. Fox and Christy G. Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Language and Annual Review of Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Lyle Campbell

96 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective

1995 494 citations Alice C. Harris, Lyle Campbell profile →
The Settlement of the Americas: A Comparison of the Linguistic, Dental, and Genetic Evidence [and Comments and Reply]

1986 300 citations Lyle Campbell et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lyle Campbell United States	25	1.8k	1.2k	634	560	432	103	3.1k
Jane H. Hill United States	31	2.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.7×	697 1.1×	540 1.0×	214 0.5×	102	4.6k
Søren Wichmann Germany	26	520 0.3×	594 0.5×	467 0.7×	906 1.6×	491 1.1×	125	2.1k
Johanna Nichols United States	21	1.2k 0.7×	816 0.7×	440 0.7×	533 1.0×	354 0.8×	80	2.0k
Robert Blust United States	27	986 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	751 1.2×	527 0.9×	160 0.4×	173	2.7k
Nicholas Evans Australia	23	1.4k 0.8×	767 0.7×	1.0k 1.6×	670 1.2×	407 0.9×	98	2.8k
Simon J. Greenhill Germany	32	798 0.4×	932 0.8×	645 1.0×	2.2k 4.0×	670 1.6×	85	4.1k
R. M. W. Dixon Australia	33	2.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.7×	451 0.8×	674 1.6×	121	4.1k
Derek Bickerton United States	19	1.4k 0.8×	894 0.8×	715 1.1×	1.0k 1.9×	324 0.8×	87	2.9k
William Bright United States	18	619 0.3×	483 0.4×	359 0.6×	131 0.2×	231 0.5×	136	1.6k
Claire Bowern United States	23	599 0.3×	614 0.5×	392 0.6×	677 1.2×	228 0.5×	89	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lyle Campbell

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Campbell, Lyle. (2024). The Indigenous Languages of the Americas. 1 indexed citations

Campbell, Lyle & William J. Poser. (2008). Language Classification: History and Method. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 22(3). 348–56. 93 indexed citations

Campbell, Lyle, et al.. (2007). A Glossary of Historical Linguistics. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 31 indexed citations

Campbell, Lyle. (1999). The Saami languages: An introduction. By Pekka Sammallahti. Karasjok, Norway: Davvi Girji, 1998. Pp. x, 268.. Language. 75(3). 645–645. 71 indexed citations

Campbell, Lyle. (1996). The Nostratic macrofamily: A study in distant linguistic relationship. By Allan R. Bomhard and John C. Kerns. (Trends in linguistics, studies and monographs, 74.) Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1994. Pp. xi, 932.. Language. 72(3). 656–657. 20 indexed citations

Campbell, Lyle, et al.. (1994). Linguistic variation and change: On the historical sociolinguistics of English. By James Milroy. (Language in society, 19.) Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1992. Pp. xii, 243. Cloth $49.95, paper $19.95.. Language. 70(2). 372–378. 84 indexed citations

Campbell, Lyle. (1992). Finnisch-ugrische Sprachforschung: von der Renaissance bis zum Neupositivismus. By Günter Johannes Stipa. (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia, 206 / Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne, 206.) Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, 1990. Pp. 438.. Language. 68(1). 186–188. 12 indexed citations

Campbell, Lyle. (1991). Korpustutkimus kielitypologiassa sovellettuna Udmurttiin [Computer corpus analysis in language typology applied to Udmurt (Votyak)]. By Pirkko Suihkonen. (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia, 207/Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne, 207.) Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. 1990. Pp. iii, 343, two maps, indices.. Language. 67(3). 665–665. 1 indexed citations

Campbell, Lyle. (1990). The Uralic protolanguage : A comprehensive reconstruction. (Bibliotheca Nostratica, 9.) By Décsy Gyula. Bloomington, IN: Eurolingua, 1990. Pp. 147. Paper $26.00.. Language. 66(4). 863–864. 9 indexed citations

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Campbell, Lyle. (1990). Wotjakischer Wortschatz . Recorded by Yrjö Wichmann, compiled by T. E. Uotila and Mikko Korhonen and ed. by Mikko Korhonen. (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae, 21.) Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, 1987. Pp. xxiii, 421.. Language. 66(3). 642–643. 3 indexed citations

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Campbell, Lyle. (1990). The Mayan languages : A comparative vocabulary. Vol. 1: Introduction, word-lists, references; Vol. 2: A-L; Vol. 3: M-Z, pronouns and numerals. By John M. Dienhart Odense, Denmark: Odense University Press, 1989. Pp. x, 195, map; pp. 1–401; pp. 402–813.. Language. 66(4). 865–866. 8 indexed citations

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Campbell, Lyle. (1988). Language in the Americas. Language. 64(3). 591–615. 31 indexed citations

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Campbell, Lyle. (1987). Evidence for multiattachment in K'ekchi Mayan. By Ava Berinstein. New York: Garland, 1985. Pp. xvi, 312.. Language. 63(2). 444–444. 5 indexed citations

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Campbell, Lyle, Terrence Kaufman, & Thomas C. Smith-Stark. (1986). Meso-America as a Linguistic Area. Language. 62(3). 530–570. 46 indexed citations

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Campbell, Lyle. (1986). The Sapir-Kroeber correspondence. Edited by Victor Golla. (Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, Report 6.) Berkeley: University of California, 1984. Pp. x, 494.. Language. 62(1). 183–188. 8 indexed citations

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Campbell, Lyle. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. 66 indexed citations

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Campbell, Lyle. (1984). Explanation in phonology . By Paul Kiparsky. (Publications in language sciences, 4.) Dordrecht, Holland, & Cinnaminson, NJ: Foris, 1982. Pp. ix, 252.. Language. 60(2). 416–419. 3 indexed citations

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Campbell, Lyle. (1984). Mayan glyphs : The verbs. By Linda Schele. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982. Pp. x, 427. $35.00.. Language. 60(3). 621–625.

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Campbell, Lyle & Alice C. Harris. (1983). Historical morphology . Edited by Jacek Fisiak. (Trends in linguistics: Studies and monographs, 17.) The Hague: Mouton, 1980. Pp. xiii, 476.. Language. 59(1). 191–194. 4 indexed citations

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Campbell, Lyle. (1974). Phonological Features: Problems and Proposals. Language. 50(1). 52–65. 39 indexed citations

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