Norval Smith

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Norval Smith is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Norval Smith has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Linguistics and Language, 17 papers in Language and Linguistics and 9 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Norval Smith's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (18 papers), Phonetics and Phonology Research (9 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (7 papers). Norval Smith is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (18 papers), Phonetics and Phonology Research (9 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (7 papers). Norval Smith collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Nigeria. Norval Smith's co-authors include Harry van der Hülst, Pieter Muysken, Jacques Arends, Bernard Comrie, Kay Williamson, Catherine E. Snow, Anne Zribi-Hertz, Enoch O. Aboh, Bettina Migge and Nicolas Ruwet and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Child Language and Language in Society.

In The Last Decade

Norval Smith

33 papers receiving 959 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.

The Structure of phonological representations

1982 565 citations Harry van der Hülst, Norval Smith profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Norval Smith Netherlands	13	656	651	643	322	212	37	1.2k
Jean Lowenstamm France	9	732 1.1×	633 1.0×	569 0.9×	304 0.9×	88 0.4×	18	963
Pamela Munro United States	9	353 0.5×	787 1.2×	363 0.6×	245 0.8×	158 0.7×	38	1.0k
Ellen M. Kaisse United States	13	800 1.2×	652 1.0×	522 0.8×	371 1.2×	124 0.6×	22	1.1k
John T. Jensen Canada	12	574 0.9×	464 0.7×	430 0.7×	243 0.8×	92 0.4×	31	826
Masayoshi Shibatani Japan	16	516 0.8×	969 1.5×	386 0.6×	428 1.3×	137 0.6×	40	1.3k
B. Elan Dresher Canada	14	664 1.0×	499 0.8×	443 0.7×	335 1.0×	220 1.0×	47	987
Jean‐Roger Vergnaud Canada	8	598 0.9×	630 1.0×	477 0.7×	286 0.9×	93 0.4×	12	911
Theo Vennemann Germany	15	451 0.7×	518 0.8×	394 0.6×	148 0.5×	71 0.3×	55	757
Stephen R. Anderson	2	322 0.5×	728 1.1×	257 0.4×	325 1.0×	149 0.7×	3	975
Ho‐min Sohn United States	11	317 0.5×	413 0.6×	202 0.3×	200 0.6×	132 0.6×	29	730

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Hinskens, Frans & Norval Smith. (2021). In Memoriam Pieter Muysken. The Linguistic Review. 38(2). 315–319.

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Aboh, Enoch O., Tonjes Veenstra, & Norval Smith. (2013). Saramaccan structure dataset. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations

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Aboh, Enoch O., Norval Smith, & Anne Zribi-Hertz. (2012). The Morphosyntax of Reiteration in Creole and Non-Creole Languages. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 11 indexed citations

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Smith, Norval, et al.. (2007). The Saramaccan implosives. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. 22(1). 101–122. 7 indexed citations

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Smith, Norval, et al.. (2007). The Unusual Outcome of a Level-Stress Situation. NOWELE North-Western European Language Evolution. 52. 31–66. 3 indexed citations

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Botma, Bert & Norval Smith. (2006). A dependency account of the fortis–lenis contrast in Cama. Linguistics in the Netherlands. 23. 15–27. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Norval, et al.. (2003). Evidence for recursive syllable stuctures in Aluku and Sranan. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 31–52.

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McCarthy, John J. & Norval Smith. (2003). Phonological processes: Assimilation. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 320–323. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, Norval. (2002). 8. The creole languages of Surinam - past and present. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 131–151. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Norval. (2000). Symbiotic mixed languages: a question of terminology. Bilingualism Language and Cognition. 3(2). 122–123. 6 indexed citations

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Smith, Norval. (1999). The vowel sytem of 18th century St Kitts Creole: Evidence for the history of hte English creoles?. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 145–172. 1 indexed citations

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Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken, & Norval Smith. (1994). Pidgins and Creoles. 117 indexed citations

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Hülst, Harry van der & Norval Smith. (1988). Autosegmental Studies on Pitch Accent. 33 indexed citations

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Hülst, Harry van der & Norval Smith. (1985). Advances in Nonlinear Phonology. 83 indexed citations

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Hülst, Harry van der & Norval Smith. (1984). Features, Segmental Structure and Harmony Processes. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 39 indexed citations

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Hülst, Harry van der & Norval Smith. (1982). The Structure of phonological representations. 565 indexed citations breakdown →

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Snow, Catherine E., et al.. (1980). The acquisition of some Dutch morphological rules. Journal of Child Language. 7(3). 539–553. 15 indexed citations

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Smith, Norval. (1979). New Hebrides languages: An internal classification. Lingua. 47(2-3). 275–277. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Norval. (1977). Patterns in the folk speech of the British Isles. Lingua. 42(2-3). 246–246.

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Smith, Norval. (1977). English dialects: an introduction. Lingua. 42(2-3). 246–246. 14 indexed citations

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