Martín Haspelmath

29.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
173 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

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Martín Haspelmath is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Martín Haspelmath has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Language and Linguistics, 46 papers in Linguistics and Language and 40 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Martín Haspelmath's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (67 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (43 papers) and Natural Language Processing Techniques (34 papers). Martín Haspelmath is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (67 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (43 papers) and Natural Language Processing Techniques (34 papers). Martín Haspelmath collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and New Zealand. Martín Haspelmath's co-authors include Uri Tadmor, Andrea D. Sims, Susanne Maria Michaelis, Stephen Matthews, Magnus Huber, Philippe Maurer, Michael Cysouw, Bradley Taylor, Ekkehard König and Andrej Malchukov and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Language and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Martín Haspelmath

161 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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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.

Comparative concepts and descriptive categories in crosslinguistic studies

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martín Haspelmath Germany	39	4.4k	2.0k	1.6k	1.2k	718	173	5.5k
Bernd Heine Germany	29	4.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	837 0.7×	533 0.7×	122	5.5k
Bernard Comrie Germany	32	3.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	377 0.5×	223	5.0k
Elizabeth Closs Traugott United States	29	5.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	911 0.7×	292 0.4×	92	5.9k
Mark C. Baker United States	25	3.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	306 0.4×	61	4.3k
Paul J. Hopper United States	19	3.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	969 0.8×	266 0.4×	37	4.6k
Guglielmo Cinque Italy	23	4.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.9k 1.5×	304 0.4×	74	5.0k
Paul Kiparsky United States	22	2.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	275 0.4×	47	4.0k
Dirk Geeraerts Belgium	26	2.3k 0.5×	791 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	723 0.6×	210 0.3×	166	3.4k
Richard S. Kayne United States	19	4.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.6×	349 0.5×	50	4.9k
Jeffrey Heath United States	24	2.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	805 0.5×	797 0.6×	244 0.3×	103	3.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Haspelmath, Martín. (2025). Nonverbal Clause Constructions. Language and Linguistics Compass. 19(2).

Haspelmath, Martín. (2024). Four kinds of lexical items: Words, lexemes, inventorial items, and mental items. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

Haspelmath, Martín. (2023). Coexpression and synexpression patterns across languages: comparative concepts and possible explanations. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1236853–1236853. 4 indexed citations

Haspelmath, Martín. (2013). Dual in independent personal pronouns. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

Haspelmath, Martín & Susanne Maria Michaelis. (2013). Negative morpheme types. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

Haspelmath, Martín. (2013). Expression of pronominal subjects. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 29 indexed citations

Haspelmath, Martín. (2013). Negation and indefinite pronouns. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

Haspelmath, Martín. (2013). Functions of reduplication. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 100–103. 1 indexed citations

Maurer, Philippe, Michael Meeuwis, Susanne Maria Michaelis, Martín Haspelmath, & Magnus Huber. (2013). Gender distinctions in personal pronouns. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 50–53. 1 indexed citations

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Haspelmath, Martín. (2004). How hopeless is genealogical linguistics, and how advanced is areal linguistics?. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 15 indexed citations

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Haspelmath, Martín, et al.. (2001). Language typology and language universals : an international handbook = Sprachtypologie und sprachliche Universalien : ein internationales Handbuch = La typologie des langues et les universaux linguistiques : manuel international. De Gruyter eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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Haspelmath, Martín. (1999). Explaining Article-Possessor Complementarity: Economic Motivation in Noun Phrase Syntax. Language. 75(2). 227–243. 66 indexed citations

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Haspelmath, Martín. (1997). The dative : Vol. 1, Descriptive studies. Ed. by William Van Belle and Willy Van Langendonck. (Case and grammatical relations across languages, 2.) Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1996. Pp. xvii, 455. Cloth Hfl 225.00.. Language. 73(4). 854–856. 3 indexed citations

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Haspelmath, Martín. (1997). Languages of the World/Materials . Munich & Newcastle: Lincom Europa, 1995. - Even . By Andrei L. Malchukov. (Materials 12.) Pp. 44. $28.75 - Modern Eastern Armenian . By Natalia Kozintseva. (Materials 22.) Pp. 57. $29.50 - Dogon . By Vladimir Plungian. (Materials 64.) Pp. 47. $28.75 - Bare . By Alexandra Aikhenvald. (Materials 100.) Pp. 57. $29.50 - Romanes (Sinte) . By Daniel Holzinger. (Materials 105.) Pp. 45. $28.75. Language. 73(2). 445–446. 25 indexed citations

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Haspelmath, Martín. (1996). The indigenous languages of the Caucasus, vol. 4: North East Caucasian languages, part 2. Edited by Rieks Smeets. Delmar, NY: Caravan Books, 1994. Pp. xxv, 514.. Language. 72(1). 126–129. 1 indexed citations

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Haspelmath, Martín. (1995). The middle voice . By Suzanne Kemmer. (Typological studies in language, 23.) Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1993. Pp. xi, 299. Cloth $85.00, paper $29.95.. Language. 71(2). 372–374. 4 indexed citations

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Haspelmath, Martín. (1994). Grammatical voice . By M. H. Klaiman (Cambridge studies in linguistics, 59.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. xix, 323. Cloth $64.95.. Language. 70(1). 176–178. 1 indexed citations

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Haspelmath, Martín. (1993). Caucasian perspectives . Ed. by George Hewitt. Unterschleissheim & München: Lincom Europa, 1992. Pp. iv, 406.. Language. 69(4). 860–861. 11 indexed citations

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Haspelmath, Martín. (1992). Caxurskij jazyk [The Tsakhur language]. By Garun X. Ibragimov Moscow: Nauka, 1990. Pp. 239.. Language. 68(2). 432–433. 1 indexed citations

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Haspelmath, Martín. (1990). Romanistik, Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung . Beiträge zum Freiburger Romanistentag 1987. Ed. by Wolfgang Raible. (Tübinger Beiträge zur Linguistik, 332.) Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 1989. Pp. xxxi, 270. DM 68.00.. Language. 66(2). 425–425.

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