Sam Mchombo

2.9k total citations
21 papers, 813 citations indexed

About

Sam Mchombo is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Mchombo has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 813 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Language and Linguistics, 8 papers in Linguistics and Language and 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Sam Mchombo's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (8 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 papers). Sam Mchombo is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (8 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 papers). Sam Mchombo collaborates with scholars based in United States and Mexico. Sam Mchombo's co-authors include Joan Bresnan, Stanley Peters, Mary Dalrymple, Makoto Kanazawa, Yookyung Kim, Àlex Alsina, Larry M. Hyman, Yukiko Morimoto and Andrea Gasparini and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Linguistic Inquiry and Linguistics and Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

Sam Mchombo

17 papers receiving 607 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sam Mchombo United States 10 676 309 270 213 111 21 813
Maria Bittner United States 12 649 1.0× 293 0.9× 196 0.7× 238 1.1× 103 0.9× 19 739
Norbert Corver Netherlands 16 874 1.3× 399 1.3× 308 1.1× 198 0.9× 140 1.3× 66 974
Robert D. Borsley United Kingdom 17 680 1.0× 293 0.9× 277 1.0× 163 0.8× 82 0.7× 70 769
Renaat Declerck Belgium 15 724 1.1× 220 0.7× 224 0.8× 304 1.4× 185 1.7× 55 890
Steven Franks United States 13 639 0.9× 276 0.9× 174 0.6× 165 0.8× 79 0.7× 42 728
Eric Potsdam United States 12 600 0.9× 228 0.7× 215 0.8× 159 0.7× 77 0.7× 37 653
Marı́a Luisa Rivero Canada 19 1.1k 1.6× 310 1.0× 322 1.2× 339 1.6× 150 1.4× 54 1.2k
Henk van Riemsdijk Netherlands 11 837 1.2× 391 1.3× 318 1.2× 223 1.0× 123 1.1× 16 918
Anna Roussou Greece 12 862 1.3× 253 0.8× 367 1.4× 220 1.0× 119 1.1× 23 942
Joseph Emonds Czechia 7 616 0.9× 274 0.9× 199 0.7× 204 1.0× 87 0.8× 34 706

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Mchombo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Mchombo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Mchombo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam Mchombo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam Mchombo 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 Sam Mchombo. Sam Mchombo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Dalrymple, Mary, Makoto Kanazawa, Sam Mchombo, & Stanley Peters. (2015). What Do Reciprocals Mean?. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory. 61–61.
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Mchombo, Sam. (2006). Linear order constraints on split NPs in Chichewa. ZAS Papers in Linguistics. 43. 143–160. 2 indexed citations
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Mchombo, Sam. (2004). The Syntax of Chichewa. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 87 indexed citations
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Mchombo, Sam & Yukiko Morimoto. (2004). Configuring topic in the left periphery: a case of Chicheŵa split NPs. ZAS Papers in Linguistics. 35(2). 347–373. 3 indexed citations
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Mchombo, Sam. (2001). Chichewa verbal organization and the study of cognition. 28–46.
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Mchombo, Sam. (1999). Argument structure and verbal morphology in Chichewa. 57–75. 2 indexed citations
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Mchombo, Sam. (1998). National Identity, Democracy, and Politics of Language in Malawi and Tanzania. 4(1). 2 indexed citations
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Dalrymple, Mary, Makoto Kanazawa, Yookyung Kim, Sam Mchombo, & Stanley Peters. (1998). Reciprocal Expressions and the Concept of Reciprocity. Linguistics and Philosophy. 21(2). 159–210. 165 indexed citations
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Bresnan, Joan & Sam Mchombo. (1995). The lexical integrity principle: Evidence from Bantu. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 13(2). 181–254. 182 indexed citations
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Dalrymple, Mary, Sam Mchombo, & Stanley Peters. (1994). Semantic similarities and syntactic contrasts between Chichewa and English reciprocals. Linguistic Inquiry. 25(1). 145–164. 20 indexed citations
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Dalrymple, Mary, Makoto Kanazawa, Sam Mchombo, & Stanley Peters. (1994). What Do Reciprocals Mean?. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory. 4. 61–61. 28 indexed citations
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Mchombo, Sam. (1993). Theoretical aspects of Bantu grammar. 206 indexed citations
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Mchombo, Sam. (1993). A formal analysis of the stative construction in Bantu. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 14(1). 21 indexed citations
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Hyman, Larry M. & Sam Mchombo. (1992). Morphotactic Constraints in the Chichewa Verb Stem. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. 18(1). 350–350. 24 indexed citations
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Mchombo, Sam, et al.. (1991). Object Extraction and the Accessibility of Thematic Information. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. 17(1). 15–15. 2 indexed citations
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Alsina, Àlex & Sam Mchombo. (1990). The syntax of applicatives in Chiche?a: Problems for a theta theoretic asymmetry. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 8(4). 493–506. 45 indexed citations
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Bresnan, Joan & Sam Mchombo. (1987). Topic, Pronoun, and Agreement in Chicheŵa. Language. 63(4). 741–782. 12 indexed citations
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Mchombo, Sam, et al.. (1980). Reciprocal verbs in Chicheŵa: a case for lexical derivation. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 43(3). 570–575. 2 indexed citations

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