Ronald W. Langacker

29.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
120 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Ronald W. Langacker is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald W. Langacker has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Language and Linguistics, 42 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 20 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Ronald W. Langacker's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (44 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (36 papers) and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (21 papers). Ronald W. Langacker is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (44 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (36 papers) and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (21 papers). Ronald W. Langacker collaborates with scholars based in United States and Belgium. Ronald W. Langacker's co-authors include Margaret E. Winters, Pamela Munro, Fred W. Householder, Lyle Campbell, Eugene H. Casad, Nicolas Ruwet, Wallace Chafe, Eric Pederson, Eve Sweetser and David McNeill and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Language and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ronald W. Langacker

109 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Foundations of Cognitive Grammar 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 2008 2008 1999 2001 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Foundations of Cognitive Grammar
    1988 2.6k citations Ronald W. Langacker et al. profile →
  2. Cognitive Grammar: A Basic Introduction
    2008 949 citations Ronald W. Langacker profile →
  3. Cognitive Grammar
    2008 891 citations Ronald W. Langacker profile →
  4. Grammar and Conceptualization
    1999 686 citations Ronald W. Langacker profile →
  5. Concept, Image, and Symbol
    2001 564 citations Ronald W. Langacker profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ronald W. Langacker United States 31 6.5k 5.0k 1.7k 1.3k 1.2k 120 9.2k
Sandra A. Thompson United States 37 7.1k 1.1× 3.7k 0.7× 3.3k 2.0× 1.3k 1.0× 927 0.7× 101 10.7k
Terence Odlin United States 15 3.7k 0.6× 2.5k 0.5× 1.4k 0.9× 2.0k 1.5× 547 0.4× 32 7.1k
Deirdre Wilson United Kingdom 33 4.4k 0.7× 4.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 1.8k 1.4× 1.7k 1.3× 70 9.8k
Charles J. Fillmore United States 35 4.8k 0.7× 2.6k 0.5× 5.4k 3.3× 1.0k 0.8× 777 0.6× 77 10.4k
William Croft United States 33 5.4k 0.8× 3.3k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 619 0.5× 120 8.2k
Adele Ε. Goldberg United States 36 6.3k 1.0× 3.4k 0.7× 2.9k 1.8× 2.6k 2.1× 888 0.7× 102 9.8k
Roman Jakobson United States 31 2.0k 0.3× 2.3k 0.5× 832 0.5× 952 0.7× 649 0.5× 176 5.7k
Geoffrey Leech United Kingdom 43 9.6k 1.5× 3.6k 0.7× 3.9k 2.3× 2.8k 2.2× 869 0.7× 116 15.0k
Joan Bybee United States 31 6.4k 1.0× 4.5k 0.9× 2.6k 1.6× 2.7k 2.1× 575 0.5× 65 10.1k
Norbert Hornstein United States 30 3.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 2.0k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 699 0.6× 79 5.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Langacker, Ronald W.. (2023). Levels of Reality. Studia Iuridica Lublinensia (Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie). 47(1). 11–36.
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Langacker, Ronald W.. (2008). Day after Day after Day. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Lewandowska‐Tomaszczyk, Barbara, et al.. (2005). Imagery in language : Festschrift in honour of Professor Ronald W. Langacker. P. Lang eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Langacker, Ronald W.. (2003). STRATEGIES OF CLAUSAL POSSESSION. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Langacker, Ronald W.. (2003). Constructional Integration, Grammaticization, and Serial Verb Constructions. 4(2). 251–278. 12 indexed citations
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Langacker, Ronald W.. (2002). 特別講演 The Control Cycle: Why Grammar is a Matter of Life and Death. 2. 193–220. 2 indexed citations
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Nuyts, Jan, Eric Pederson, Stephen C. Levinson, et al.. (1997). Language and Conceptualization. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 92 indexed citations
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Langacker, Ronald W.. (1995). Raising and Transparency. Language. 71(1). 1–62. 93 indexed citations
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Langacker, Ronald W.. (1987). Nouns and Verbs. Language. 63(1). 53–94. 229 indexed citations
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Langacker, Ronald W.. (1986). Word grammar. By Richard Hudson. Oxford & New York: Blackwell, 1984. Pp. 267. $34.95.. Language. 62(1). 157–160.
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Langacker, Ronald W.. (1984). Valency and the English verb . By D. J. Allerton. London & New York: Academic Press, 1982. Pp. vi, 168. £12.30, $23.00.. Language. 60(3). 607–611. 10 indexed citations
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Langacker, Ronald W.. (1982). Space Grammar, Analysability, and the English Passive. Language. 58(1). 22–80. 80 indexed citations
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Langacker, Ronald W.. (1981). On understanding grammar . By Talmy Givón. New York: Academic Press, 1979. Pp. xiv, 379. $24.00.. Language. 57(2). 436–445. 109 indexed citations
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Langacker, Ronald W.. (1978). The Form and Meaning of the English Auxiliary. Language. 54(4). 853–882. 43 indexed citations
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Langacker, Ronald W. & Pamela Munro. (1975). Passives and their meaning. Language. 51(4). 789–830. 58 indexed citations
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Langacker, Ronald W.. (1974). Movement rules in functional perspective. Language. 50(4). 630–664. 9 indexed citations

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