Robert D. Van Valin

10.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
50 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Robert D. Van Valin is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert D. Van Valin has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Language and Linguistics, 11 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 10 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Robert D. Van Valin's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (25 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (9 papers) and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (8 papers). Robert D. Van Valin is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (25 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (9 papers) and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (8 papers). Robert D. Van Valin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Robert D. Van Valin's co-authors include Randy J. LaPolla, William A. Foley, Jeri J. Jaeger, David P. Wilkins, Nina F. Dronkers, Alan H. Lockwood, David Kemmerer, Hanif Khalak, B. W. Murphy and David S. Wack and has published in prestigious journals such as Cognition, Language and Modern Language Journal.

In The Last Decade

Robert D. Van Valin

44 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Syntax: Structure, Meaning, and Function 1984 2026 1998 2012 1997 2004 1984 250 500 750
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. Syntax: Structure, Meaning, and Function
    1997 780 citations Robert D. Van Valin, Randy J. LaPolla profile →
  2. Lesion analysis of the brain areas involved in language comprehension
    2004 736 citations Nina F. Dronkers, David P. Wilkins et al. Cognition profile →
  3. Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar
    1984 707 citations Robert D. Van Valin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert D. Van Valin United States 18 2.1k 1.1k 865 783 666 50 3.5k
David Embick United States 24 2.3k 1.1× 687 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 447 0.6× 908 1.4× 54 3.2k
Andrea Moro Italy 26 646 0.3× 1.4k 1.3× 533 0.6× 893 1.1× 152 0.2× 84 3.1k
Sharon Ash United States 28 666 0.3× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 548 0.7× 1.3k 1.9× 66 3.2k
Marina Nespor Italy 30 651 0.3× 1.2k 1.1× 2.3k 2.6× 2.3k 3.0× 533 0.8× 65 4.0k
Liina Pylkkänen United States 36 772 0.4× 3.3k 3.0× 1.1k 1.2× 2.2k 2.8× 157 0.2× 95 4.3k
David Pesetsky United States 19 1.4k 0.7× 468 0.4× 727 0.8× 783 1.0× 517 0.8× 28 2.5k
Jason Rothman Norway 30 2.1k 1.0× 1.7k 1.5× 928 1.1× 2.4k 3.1× 1.4k 2.1× 161 4.2k
Colin Phillips United States 37 1.5k 0.7× 4.5k 4.1× 1.6k 1.8× 2.8k 3.6× 171 0.3× 94 5.5k
Antonella Sorace United Kingdom 41 3.6k 1.7× 2.5k 2.2× 1.6k 1.9× 3.5k 4.4× 1.4k 2.1× 143 6.2k
Merrill F. Garrett United States 25 863 0.4× 2.9k 2.6× 1.4k 1.7× 2.4k 3.0× 266 0.4× 54 4.1k

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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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Valin, Robert D. Van. (2021). An unusual cleft construction in Lakhota (Siouan, North America). Faits de langues. 52(1). 255–268.
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Valin, Robert D. Van, et al.. (2017). About full and underspecified representations of alternations in the lexicon:evidence from sentence reading. Linguistische Berichte (LB). 2017(251). 4–24.
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Valin, Robert D. Van. (2007). Recent Developments in the Role and Reference Grammar Theory of Clause Linkage. 8(1). 71–93. 2 indexed citations
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Valin, Robert D. Van. (2007). Adele E. Goldberg, Constructions at work: the nature of generalization in language. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. vii+280.. Journal of Linguistics. 43(1). 234–240. 1 indexed citations
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Mairal, Ricardo, Kees Hengeveld, Cédric Boeckx, et al.. (2006). Linguistic Universals. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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Dronkers, Nina F., et al.. (2004). Lesion analysis of the brain areas involved in language comprehension. Cognition. 92(1-2). 145–177. 736 indexed citations breakdown →
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Valin, Robert D. Van. (2002). The development of subject–auxiliary inversion in English wh-questions: an alternative analysis. Journal of Child Language. 29(1). 161–175. 23 indexed citations
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Usón, Ricardo Mairal & Robert D. Van Valin. (2001). What Role and Reference Grammar Can Do for Functional Grammar. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 42(42). 137–166. 9 indexed citations
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Jaeger, Jeri J., Robert D. Van Valin, & Alan H. Lockwood. (1998). Response to Seidenberg and Hoeffner. Language. 74(1). 123–128. 7 indexed citations
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Jaeger, Jeri J., Robert D. Van Valin, & Alan H. Lockwood. (1998). Response to Seidenberg and Hoeffner. Language. 74(1). 123–128. 8 indexed citations
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Jaeger, Jeri J., et al.. (1996). A Positron Emission Tomographic Study of Regular and Irregular Verb Morphology in English. Language. 72(3). 451–497. 159 indexed citations
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Valin, Robert D. Van. (1990). Semantic Parameters of Split Intransitivity. Language. 66(2). 221–260. 265 indexed citations
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Valin, Robert D. Van. (1986). An empty category as the subject of a tensed S in English. Linguistic Inquiry. 17(3). 581–44. 11 indexed citations
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Valin, Robert D. Van. (1984). A Typology of Syntactic Relations in Clause Linkage. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. 10. 542–542. 22 indexed citations
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Jaeger, Jeri J. & Robert D. Van Valin. (1982). Initial Consonant Clusters in Yateé Zapotec. International Journal of American Linguistics. 48(2). 125–138. 13 indexed citations
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Valin, Robert D. Van. (1980). Universals of human language. Journal of Pragmatics. 4(2). 185–193. 57 indexed citations
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Valin, Robert D. Van. (1980). Review of Abraham (1978): Valence, semantic case and grammatical relations. Studies in Language. 4(2). 293–308. 1 indexed citations

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