Morris Swadesh

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 820 citations indexed

About

Morris Swadesh is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Morris Swadesh has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 820 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Language and Linguistics, 12 papers in Linguistics and Language and 7 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Morris Swadesh's work include Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (13 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (12 papers) and Linguistics and language evolution (10 papers). Morris Swadesh is often cited by papers focused on Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (13 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (12 papers) and Linguistics and language evolution (10 papers). Morris Swadesh collaborates with scholars based in Mexico and United States. Morris Swadesh's co-authors include Edward Sapir, Joseph Greenberg, Melville Jacobs, Douglas Taylor, Eric P. Hamp, Homer Aschmann, André Martinet, Paul L. Garvin and John Lötz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Language and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Morris Swadesh

42 papers receiving 584 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.

Towards Greater Accuracy in Lexicostatistic Dating

1955 316 citations Morris Swadesh International Journal of American Linguistics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Morris Swadesh Mexico	13	377	297	264	177	121	50	820
Isidore Dyen United States	15	237 0.6×	326 1.1×	184 0.7×	93 0.5×	118 1.0×	38	815
Harry Hoijer United States	18	323 0.9×	194 0.7×	87 0.3×	80 0.5×	173 1.4×	40	948
C. F. Voegelin United States	11	280 0.7×	210 0.7×	61 0.2×	84 0.5×	143 1.2×	44	649
S. Α. Wurm Australia	15	338 0.9×	429 1.4×	103 0.4×	40 0.2×	142 1.2×	68	867
George W. Grace United States	9	278 0.7×	226 0.8×	148 0.6×	50 0.3×	128 1.1×	25	606
Ives Goddard United States	14	259 0.7×	215 0.7×	89 0.3×	60 0.3×	131 1.1×	54	492
Merritt Ruhlen United States	10	224 0.6×	129 0.4×	247 0.9×	81 0.5×	113 0.9×	23	929
Michael E. Krauss United States	11	311 0.8×	527 1.8×	83 0.3×	95 0.5×	96 0.8×	26	858
Terrence Kaufman United States	15	1.1k 2.9×	885 3.0×	259 1.0×	164 0.9×	315 2.6×	35	1.7k
Ger P. Reesink Netherlands	12	265 0.7×	289 1.0×	270 1.0×	82 0.5×	97 0.8×	31	595

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Morris Swadesh

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All Works

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Swadesh, Morris, et al.. (1986). Le langage et la vie humaine. Payot eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Sapir, Edward & Morris Swadesh. (1978). Nootka texts : tales and ethnological narratives, with grammatical notes and lexical materials. Americanae (AECID Library). 21 indexed citations

3.

Swadesh, Morris. (1969). Elementos del tarasco antiguo. 8 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris. (1967). LINGUISTICS: The Rate of Linguistic Change: Limits of the Application of Mathematical Methods in Linguistics. István Fodor. American Anthropologist. 69(2). 255–255.

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Swadesh, Morris, et al.. (1966). Los mil elementos del mexicano clásico : base analítica de la lengua nahua.

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Swadesh, Morris. (1966). El lenguaje y la vida humana. Fondo de Cultura Económica eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris. (1965). Language universals and research efficiency in descriptive linguistics. The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique. 10(2-3). 147–155. 1 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris. (1965). Kalapuya and Takelma. International Journal of American Linguistics. 31(3). 237–240. 5 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris. (1959). Mapas de clasificación lingüística de México y las Américas. Repositorio Institucional Históricas-UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas). 6 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris. (1956). Some Limitations of Diffusional Change in Vocabulary. American Anthropologist. 58(2). 301–306. 4 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris, et al.. (1956). Kurze Grammatik der alten Quiche-Sprache in Popol Vuh. Language. 32(4). 819–819. 1 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris. (1956). Problems of Long-Range Comparison in Penutian. Language. 32(1). 17–17. 10 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris. (1955). Towards Greater Accuracy in Lexicostatistic Dating. International Journal of American Linguistics. 21(2). 121–137. 316 indexed citations breakdown →

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Swadesh, Morris. (1954). Perspectives and Problems of Amerindian Comparative Linguistics. WORD. 10(2-3). 306–332. 32 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris. (1953). Salish-Wakashan Lexical Comparisons Noted by Boas. International Journal of American Linguistics. 19(4). 290–291. 1 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris. (1953). Comment on Hockett's Critique. International Journal of American Linguistics. 19(2). 152–153. 2 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris. (1952). Unaaliq and Proto Eskimo III: Synchronic Notes. International Journal of American Linguistics. 18(2). 69–76. 2 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris. (1952). Lexico-Statistical Dating of Prehistoric Ethnic Contacts. 96(4). 452–463. 49 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris. (1951). Kleinschmidt Centennial III: Unaaliq and Proto Eskimo. International Journal of American Linguistics. 17(2). 66–70. 5 indexed citations

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Swadesh, Morris, et al.. (1951). Kleinschmidt Centennial V: Eskimo Aleut Correspondences. International Journal of American Linguistics. 17(4). 209–216. 13 indexed citations

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