Randy J. LaPolla

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Randy J. LaPolla is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Randy J. LaPolla has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Language and Linguistics, 25 papers in Linguistics and Language and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Randy J. LaPolla's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (28 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (15 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (13 papers). Randy J. LaPolla is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (28 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (15 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (13 papers). Randy J. LaPolla collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. Randy J. LaPolla's co-authors include Robert D. Van Valin, Nicolas Tournadre, Chenglong Huang, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon, Lyle Campbell, Keren Rice, Mengistu Amberber, Jack B. Martin and Marianne Mithun and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Lingua and Studies in Language.

In The Last Decade

Randy J. LaPolla

41 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Syntax: Structure, Meaning, and Function 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Randy J. LaPolla Australia 15 1.1k 519 420 306 118 47 1.5k
Bernd Kortmann Germany 17 855 0.8× 587 1.1× 391 0.9× 249 0.8× 126 1.1× 50 1.3k
Nikolaus P. Himmelmann Germany 17 800 0.7× 591 1.1× 304 0.7× 248 0.8× 73 0.6× 59 1.2k
Scott DeLancey United States 19 1.7k 1.5× 670 1.3× 730 1.7× 418 1.4× 214 1.8× 60 2.2k
Heiko Narrog Japan 14 978 0.9× 339 0.7× 453 1.1× 247 0.8× 79 0.7× 37 1.1k
Marianne Mithun United States 19 1.3k 1.1× 676 1.3× 433 1.0× 380 1.2× 99 0.8× 71 1.6k
Talmy Givón United States 12 1.2k 1.1× 377 0.7× 491 1.2× 304 1.0× 215 1.8× 16 1.5k
Suzanne Kemmer United States 10 1.1k 1.0× 411 0.8× 671 1.6× 366 1.2× 227 1.9× 16 1.5k
Johan van der Auwera Belgium 17 1.1k 1.0× 379 0.7× 384 0.9× 306 1.0× 47 0.4× 104 1.3k
Rochelle Lieber United States 18 1.4k 1.3× 490 0.9× 540 1.3× 596 1.9× 228 1.9× 29 1.8k
Jean‐Christophe Verstraete Belgium 17 944 0.8× 328 0.6× 442 1.1× 267 0.9× 71 0.6× 58 1.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bentley, Delia, Robert D. Van Valin, John Peterson, et al.. (2023). The Cambridge Handbook of Role and Reference Grammar. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (2016). Review of Evans (2014): The language myth: Why language is not an instinct. Studies in Language. 40(1). 235–252. 1 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (2014). Constituent Structure in a Tagalog Text. Language and Linguistics 語言暨語言學. 15(6). 761–774. 3 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (2012). Comments on Methodology and Evidence in Sino-Tibetan Comparative Linguistics. DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University). 13(1). 117–132. 16 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (2010). Hierarchical person marking in Rawang. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 3 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (2009). Causes and Effects of Substratum, Superstratum and Adstratum Influence, with Reference to Tibeto-Burman Languages. Senri ethnological studies. 75(75). 243–253. 6 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (2008). Relative Clause Structures in the Rawang Language. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 9(4). 797–812. 15 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (2006). Clause Linking in Dulong-Rawang. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 2 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J., et al.. (2005). Direct and Indirect Speech in Tagalog. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 2 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J., et al.. (2001). New research on Zhangzhung and related Himalayan languages. 7 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (2001). Dulong texts: seven fully analyzed narrative and procedural texts. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 24(2). 3 indexed citations
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Dixon, R. M. W., R. M. W. Dixon, Marianne Mithun, et al.. (2000). Changing Valency. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 33 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (1995). ‘Ergative’ Marking in Tibeto-Burman. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 41(41). 189–228. 21 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (1995). On the Utility of the Concepts of Markedness and Prototypes in Understanding the Development of Morphological Systems. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 1149–1186. 8 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (1994). Parallel grammaticalizations in Tibeto-Burman languages: evidence of Sapir's 'drift'. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 17(1). 28 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (1992). On the dating and nature of verb agreement in Tibeto-Burman. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 55(2). 298–315. 30 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (1990). Grammatical Relations in Chinese: Synchronic and Diachronic Considerations. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 19 indexed citations

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