Terrence Kaufman

5.3k citations

35 papers · 1.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 15

Language and Linguistics top 0.5%
Linguistics and Language top 0.2%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 5%
Cultural Studies top 0.5%
Visual Arts and Performing Arts top 0.5%

Co-authors: Sarah G. Thomason Lyle Campbell John S. Justeson Thomas C. Smith-Stark Prudence M. Rice Joel Bradshaw William R. Thurston
Topics: Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (16 papers)Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (7 papers)Linguistic Variation and Morphology (6 papers)
Cited by: Linguistics and Language Language and Linguistics Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Journals: Science Language Annual Review of Anthropology
Partner nations: United States Bolivia Mexico

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Terrence Kaufman

31 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	THE HISTORY OF THE WORD FOR CACAO IN ANCIENT MESOAMERICA 2007 ·Ancient Mesoamerica ·Terrence Kaufman,John S. Justeson	27
2	A Newly Discovered Column in the Hieroglyphic Text on La Mojarra Stela 1: A Test of the Epi-Olmec Decipherment 1997 ·Science ·John S. Justeson,Terrence Kaufman	13
3	Review Article: How and Why Do People Change Their Languages? 1995 ·Oceanic Linguistics ·Joel Bradshaw,Sarah G. Thomason,Terrence Kaufman,William R. Thurston	2
4	Proto Witotoan. By Richard P. Aschmann (Summer Institute of Linguistics and University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, 114.) Arlington, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics and University of Texas at Arlington, 1993. Pp. viii, 159. 1994 ·Language ·Terrence Kaufman	2
5	A Decipherment of Epi-Olmec Hieroglyphic Writing 1993 ·Science ·John S. Justeson,Terrence Kaufman	62
6	Un desciframiento de la escritura jeroglífica epi-olmeca: métodos y resultados 1992 ·John S. Justeson,Terrence Kaufman	3
7	Austronesian root theory : An essay on the limits of morphology. By Robert A. Blust (Studies in language companion series, 19.) Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1988. Pp. xii, 190. 1990 ·Language ·Terrence Kaufman	42
8	Lealao Chinantec syntax . By James E. Rupp (Studies in Chinantec Languages, Vol. 2.) Arlington, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics and University of Texas at Arlington, 1989. Pp. xii, 118. $9.00. 1990 ·Language ·Terrence Kaufman	10
9	General and Amerindian ethnolinguistics : In remembrance of Stanley Newman. Ed. by Mary Ritchie Key and Henry M. Hoenigswald (Contributions to the sociology of language, 55.) Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1989. Pp. xv, 499. Cloth DM 198.00. 1990 ·Language ·Terrence Kaufman	7
10	Studies in the syntax of Mixtecan languages . Ed. by C. Henry Bradley and Barbara E. Hollenbach Arlington: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1988. Pp. xi, 449. 1989 ·Language ·Terrence Kaufman	9
11	Una encuesta dialectal en el area mam de Guatemala . By Thomas James Godfrey and Wesley M. Collins Guatemala City: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, 1987. Pp. xxi, 416. $10.00. 1989 ·Language ·Terrence Kaufman	3
12	A structural analysis of the English dialects . By Peter M. Anderson London: Croom Helm, 1987. Pp. 153. $77.50. 1988 ·Language ·Terrence Kaufman	1
13	Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguisticsbreakdown → 1988 ·Sarah G. Thomason,Terrence Kaufman	961
14	Meso-America as a Linguistic Area 1986 ·Language ·Lyle Campbell,Terrence Kaufman,Thomas C. Smith-Stark	46
15	Meso-America as a linguistic area 1986 ·Language ·Lyle Campbell,Terrence Kaufman,Thomas C. Smith-Stark	119
16	The Foreign Impact on Lowland Mayan Language and Script. 1986 ·Hispanic American Historical Review ·Prudence M. Rice,John S. Justeson,(unknown),Lyle Campbell,Terrence Kaufman	14
17	Mayan Linguistics: Where Are We Now? 1985 ·Annual Review of Anthropology ·Lyle Campbell,Terrence Kaufman	37
18	On Mesoamerican Linguistics 1980 ·American Anthropologist ·Lyle Campbell,Terrence Kaufman	17
19	A Linguistic Look at the Olmecs 1976 ·American Antiquity ·Lyle Campbell,Terrence Kaufman	67
20	Tzeltal phonology and morphology 1971 ·Americanae (AECID Library) ·Terrence Kaufman	27

About Terrence Kaufman

Terrence Kaufman is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Visual Arts and Performing Arts, having authored 35 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (16 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (7 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (885 citations), Language and Linguistics (1.1k citations) and Visual Arts and Performing Arts (169 citations). Terrence Kaufman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Bolivia and Mexico. Frequent co-authors include Sarah G. Thomason, Lyle Campbell, John S. Justeson, Thomas C. Smith-Stark, Prudence M. Rice, Joel Bradshaw and William R. Thurston. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Language and Annual Review of Anthropology.

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