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

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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.

Syntax: Structure, Meaning, and Function

1997 780 citations Robert D. Van Valin, Randy J. LaPolla profile →
Lesion analysis of the brain areas involved in language comprehension

2004 736 citations Nina F. Dronkers, David P. Wilkins et al. Cognition profile →
Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar

1984 707 citations Robert D. Van Valin et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Cambridge Handbook of Role and Reference Grammar 2023 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Delia Bentley, Robert D. Van Valin, John Peterson, Ricardo Mairal Usón, (unknown), Randy J. LaPolla, (unknown), Wataru Nakamura, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Toshio Ohori, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
2	An unusual cleft construction in Lakhota (Siouan, North America) 2021 ·Faits de langues ·Robert D. Van Valin	0
3	About full and underspecified representations of alternations in the lexicon:evidence from sentence reading 2017 ·Linguistische Berichte (LB) ·(unknown), Robert D. Van Valin	0
4	Recent Developments in the Role and Reference Grammar Theory of Clause Linkage 2007 ·Robert D. Van Valin	2
5	Adele E. Goldberg, Constructions at work: the nature of generalization in language. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. vii+280. 2007 ·Journal of Linguistics ·Robert D. Van Valin	1
6	Linguistic Universals 2006 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Ricardo Mairal, Kees Hengeveld, Cédric Boeckx, Ian Maddieson, Andrew Spencer, Bernard Comrie, Robert D. Van Valin, Joan Bybee	21
7	Lesion analysis of the brain areas involved in language comprehension breakdown → 2004 ·Cognition ·Nina F. Dronkers, David P. Wilkins, Robert D. Van Valin, (unknown), Jeri J. Jaeger	736
8	The development of subject–auxiliary inversion in English wh-questions: an alternative analysis 2002 ·Journal of Child Language ·Robert D. Van Valin	23
9	What Role and Reference Grammar Can Do for Functional Grammar 2001 ·Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) ·Ricardo Mairal Usón, Robert D. Van Valin	9
10	Response to Seidenberg and Hoeffner 1998 ·Language ·Jeri J. Jaeger, Robert D. Van Valin, Alan H. Lockwood	7
11	Response to Seidenberg and Hoeffner 1998 ·Language ·Jeri J. Jaeger, Robert D. Van Valin, Alan H. Lockwood	8
12	A Positron Emission Tomographic Study of Regular and Irregular Verb Morphology in English 1996 ·Language ·Jeri J. Jaeger, Alan H. Lockwood, David Kemmerer, Robert D. Van Valin, (unknown), Hanif Khalak	159
13	Syntactic categories and grammatical relations : The cognitive organization of information. By William Croft. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. Pp. xiii, 331. Cloth $70.00, paper $34.95. 1993 ·Language ·Robert D. Van Valin	12
14	Semantic Parameters of Split Intransitivity 1990 ·Language ·Robert D. Van Valin	265
15	The syntax of Native American languages. Edited by Eung-Do Cook and Donna B. Gerdts (Syntax and semantics, 16.) New York: Academic Press, 1984. Pp. xiii, 324. $59.00. 1986 ·Language ·Robert D. Van Valin	3
16	An empty category as the subject of a tensed S in English 1986 ·Linguistic Inquiry ·Robert D. Van Valin	11
17	A Typology of Syntactic Relations in Clause Linkage 1984 ·Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society ·Robert D. Van Valin	22
18	Initial Consonant Clusters in Yateé Zapotec 1982 ·International Journal of American Linguistics ·Jeri J. Jaeger, Robert D. Van Valin	13
19	Universals of human language 1980 ·Journal of Pragmatics ·Robert D. Van Valin	57
20	Review of Abraham (1978): Valence, semantic case and grammatical relations 1980 ·Studies in Language ·Robert D. Van Valin	1

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