Paul J. Hopper

16.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
37 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Paul J. Hopper is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul J. Hopper has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Language and Linguistics, 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Paul J. Hopper's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (13 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (12 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (8 papers). Paul J. Hopper is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (13 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (12 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (8 papers). Paul J. Hopper collaborates with scholars based in United States. Paul J. Hopper's co-authors include Sandra A. Thompson, Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Joan Bybee and Paul Friedrich and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Annual Review of Anthropology and Journal Of Vacation Marketing.

In The Last Decade

Paul J. Hopper

34 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse 1980 2026 1995 2010 1980 2001 2003 1980 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse
    1980 1.2k citations Paul J. Hopper, Sandra A. Thompson Language profile →
  2. Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure
    2001 990 citations Joan Bybee, Paul J. Hopper et al. profile →
  3. Grammaticalization
    2003 686 citations Paul J. Hopper et al. profile →
  4. Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse
    1980 424 citations Paul J. Hopper, Sandra A. Thompson Language profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul J. Hopper United States 19 3.6k 1.8k 1.5k 969 608 37 4.6k
Rodney Huddleston Australia 17 4.5k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 1.8k 1.2× 1.6k 1.7× 794 1.3× 44 6.0k
Sidney Greenbaum United Kingdom 21 3.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 1.5k 1.6× 909 1.5× 51 5.4k
Jan Svartvik Sweden 14 3.4k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 1.5k 1.5× 847 1.4× 28 5.1k
Elizabeth Closs Traugott United States 29 5.0k 1.4× 2.0k 1.1× 2.4k 1.7× 911 0.9× 276 0.5× 92 5.9k
Wolfgang U. Dressler Austria 24 2.1k 0.6× 965 0.5× 734 0.5× 689 0.7× 830 1.4× 155 3.6k
Martín Haspelmath Germany 39 4.4k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 2.0k 1.4× 1.2k 1.3× 354 0.6× 173 5.5k
Liliane Haegeman Belgium 32 3.3k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 475 0.8× 114 3.8k
Frederick J. Newmeyer United States 27 2.1k 0.6× 996 0.6× 781 0.5× 948 1.0× 757 1.2× 100 3.3k
Dirk Geeraerts Belgium 26 2.3k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 791 0.5× 723 0.7× 272 0.4× 166 3.4k
T. Givón United States 24 1.9k 0.5× 937 0.5× 536 0.4× 536 0.6× 550 0.9× 55 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul J. Hopper

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul J. Hopper

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul J. Hopper

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul J. Hopper. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul J. Hopper based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Paul J. Hopper. Paul J. Hopper is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hopper, Paul J.. (2021). “You turn your back and there’s somebody moving in”. 1(1). 64–89. 1 indexed citations
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Hopper, Paul J.. (2007). Linguistics and Micro-Rhetoric. Journal of English Linguistics. 35(3). 236–252. 15 indexed citations
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Bybee, Joan, et al.. (2001). Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure. 990 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hopper, Paul J., et al.. (1998). The Limits of Grammaticalization. 71 indexed citations
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Hopper, Paul J.. (1997). Discourse and the category ‘verb’ in English. Language & Communication. 17(2). 93–102. 9 indexed citations
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Hopper, Paul J. & Sandra A. Thompson. (1993). Language universals, discourse pragmatics, and semantics. Language Sciences. 15(4). 357–376. 24 indexed citations
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Hopper, Paul J.. (1991). Functional explanation in linguistics and the origins of language. Language & Communication. 11(1-2). 45–47. 1 indexed citations
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Hopper, Paul J.. (1991). Dispersed Verbal Predicates in Vernacular Written Narrative. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. 17(1). 402–402. 9 indexed citations
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Hopper, Paul J.. (1986). Discourse function and word order shift. 123. 1 indexed citations
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Friedrich, Paul & Paul J. Hopper. (1985). Tense-Aspect: Between Semantics and Pragmatics. Language. 61(1). 182–182. 113 indexed citations
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Hopper, Paul J. & Sandra A. Thompson. (1984). The Discourse Basis for Lexical Categories in Universal Grammar. Language. 60(4). 703–752. 68 indexed citations
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Hopper, Paul J. & Sandra A. Thompson. (1984). The discourse basis for lexical categories in universal grammar. Language. 60(4). 703–752. 280 indexed citations
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Hopper, Paul J. & Sandra A. Thompson. (1980). Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse. Language. 56(2). 251–299. 424 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hopper, Paul J. & Sandra A. Thompson. (1980). Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse. Language. 56(2). 251–299. 1239 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hopper, Paul J.. (1979). Some Observations on the Typology of Focus and Aspect in Narrative Language. Studies in Language. 3(1). 37–64. 48 indexed citations
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Hopper, Paul J.. (1973). Glottalized and Murmured Occlusives in Indo-European.. 36 indexed citations
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Hopper, Paul J.. (1969). AN INDO-EUROPEAN ‘SYNTAGM’ IN GERMANIC. Linguistics. 7(54). 4 indexed citations

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