William Bright

3.9k total citations
136 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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William Bright is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Bright has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Language and Linguistics, 26 papers in Linguistics and Language and 23 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in William Bright's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (23 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (16 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (15 papers). William Bright is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (23 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (16 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (15 papers). William Bright collaborates with scholars based in United States and Hong Kong. William Bright's co-authors include Peter T. Daniels, Mark Hansell, R. H. Robins, Ashok Mitra, Oswald Werner, M. Dale Kinkade, Franz Boas, John Wesley Powell, Kenneth Hale and M. B. Emeneau and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Modern Language Journal and TESOL Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

William Bright

105 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Author						Papers	Cites
William Bright	619	483	359	231	186	136	1.6k
Robert A. Hall	704 1.1×	459 1.0×	273 0.8×	219 0.9×	188 1.0×	146	1.5k
Terry Crowley	610 1.0×	693 1.4×	303 0.8×	129 0.6×	56 0.3×	62	1.3k
Ernst Pulgram	871 1.4×	640 1.3×	335 0.9×	183 0.8×	162 0.9×	63	1.4k
R. H. Robins	1.3k 2.1×	483 1.0×	594 1.7×	468 2.0×	281 1.5×	88	2.5k
Jean Aitchison	1.2k 1.9×	353 0.7×	603 1.7×	595 2.6×	436 2.3×	65	2.3k
Simeon Potter	1.1k 1.7×	399 0.8×	494 1.4×	381 1.6×	204 1.1×	44	2.0k
Anna Wierzbicka	991 1.6×	286 0.6×	581 1.6×	164 0.7×	103 0.6×	41	1.7k
Émile Benveniste	785 1.3×	282 0.6×	334 0.9×	136 0.6×	77 0.4×	44	2.1k
Lindsay J. Whaley	612 1.0×	552 1.1×	159 0.4×	195 0.8×	94 0.5×	32	1.1k
Scott DeLancey	1.7k 2.7×	670 1.4×	730 2.0×	418 1.8×	214 1.2×	60	2.2k

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Bright, William. (1999). Itzaj Maya-Spanish-English dictionary/Diccionario Maya Itzaj-Español-Inglés. By Charles Andrew Hofling with Félix Fernando Tesucún. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1997. Pp. xiv, 910.. Language. 75(3). 612–612. 8 indexed citations

Bright, William. (1999). Panorama de los estudios de las lenguas indígenas de México. Ed. by Doris Bartholomew, Yolanda Lastra, and Leonardo Manrique. 2 vols. (Colección Biblioteca Abya-Yala, 16–17.) Quito, Ecuador: Ediciones Abya-Yala, 1994. Pp. 377, 319.. Language. 75(1). 182–182. 3 indexed citations

Bright, William. (1997). Namenforschung : Ein internationales Handbuch zur Onomastik/Name studies: An international handbook of onomastics/Les noms propres: Manuel international d'onomastique. Ed. by Ernst Eichler, Gerold Hilty, Heinrich Löffler, Hugo Steger, and Ladislav Zgusta. (Handbücher zur Sprach-und Kommunikationswissenschaft, 11.) 3 vols. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1995–96. Pp. xlvi, 2259. $1339.25.. Language. 73(3). 691–692. 3 indexed citations

Bright, William. (1996). Dravidian studies: Selected papers. By M. B. Emeneau. Introduction by Bh. Krishnamurti. (MLBD series in linguistics, 7.) Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1994. Pp. xxxi, 464. Rs. 550.. Language. 72(1). 181–182. 2 indexed citations

Bright, William. (1996). Maya for travelers and students: A guide to language and culture in Yucatan. By Gary Bevington. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995. Pp. ix, 239.. Language. 72(4). 869–870. 1 indexed citations

Bright, William. (1993). Traditional narratives of the Arikara Indians . By Douglas R. Parks 4 vols. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991. Pp. xxxiv, 1344 (vols. 1–2); xxv, 902 (vols. 3–4). Vols. 1–2, $70 each ($125 together); vols. 3–4, $40 each ($75 together).. Language. 69(2). 429–430. 4 indexed citations

Bright, William. (1993). Dimensions of sociolinguistics in South Asia: Papers in memory of Gerald B. Kelley. Ed. by Edward C. DimockJr., Braj B. Kachru, and Bh. Krishnamurti New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., 1992. Pp. xxvii, 347. Paper $10.00.. Language. 69(4). 852–853. 3 indexed citations

Bright, William. (1990). ‘With One LIP, with Two Lips’: Parallelism in Nahuatl. Language. 66(3). 437–452. 18 indexed citations

Bright, William. (1989). The linguistics of southeast Chiapas, Mexico . By Lyle Campbell. (Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation, 50.) Provo, Utah: New World Archaeological Foundation, Brigham Young University, 1988. Pp. x, 416, with 4 maps. $20.00.. Language. 65(4). 880–880. 15 indexed citations

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Bright, William. (1986). The papers of John Peabody Harrington in the Smithsonian Institution , 1907–1957, Vol. 2. A guide to the field notes: Native American history, language, and culture of Northern and Central California. Ed. by Elaine L. Mills White Plains, NY: Kraus International Publications, 1985. Pp. xxxix, 176. $85.00.. Language. 62(2). 472–473. 10 indexed citations

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Bright, William. (1986). 1983 Mid-America Linguistics Conference papers . Ed. by David S. Rood Boulder: Dept. of Linguistics, University of Colorado, 1984. Pp. vii, 425. $13.50.. Language. 62(3). 698–699. 10 indexed citations

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Bright, William. (1984). In honor of Eyak: The art of Anna Nelson Harry. Ed. By Michael E. Krauss. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska, 1982. Pp. 157. With 2 cassette tapes.. Language. 60(2). 467–467. 6 indexed citations

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Bright, William. (1981). American Indian and Indo-European studies: Papers in honor of Madison S. Beeler. Ed. by Kathryn Klar, Margaret Langdon, and Shirley Silver. (Trends in linguistics: Studies and monographs, 16.) The Hague: Mouton, 1980. Pp. xvi, 495.. Language. 57(2). 508–509. 4 indexed citations

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Bright, William. (1981). International Journal of American Linguistics—Native American Texts Series, monographs 1–6 . Series editor, Eric P. Hamp. Managing editor, Alma Dean Kolb. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978–80. [Various paginations and prices.].. Language. 57(4). 976–977. 1 indexed citations

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Bright, William. (1981). Diccionario rarámuri-castellano (tarahumar) . By David Brambila, S.J. México: Obra Nacional de la Buena Prensa, [1980.] Pp. xxii, 614. [Distributed by Tarahumara Mission, Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico.].. Language. 57(4). 975–976. 18 indexed citations

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Bright, William. (1981). Introduction à la langue et à la littérature aztèques . Tome 1: Grammaire. Tome 2: Littérature. By Michel Launey. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1979, 1980. Pp. 416, 429.. Language. 57(2). 511–511. 15 indexed citations

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Bright, William. (1979). Sociology of secret languages . By R. R. Mehrotra. Simla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1977. Pp. ix, 103. RS. 22.50.. Language. 55(2). 496–496. 8 indexed citations

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Bright, William. (1979). A bibliography of contemporary linguistic research . Compiled by Gerald Gazdar, Ewan Klein, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. New York & London: Garland, 1978. Pp. xix, 425.. Language. 55(1). 250–250. 2 indexed citations

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Bright, William. (1978). Classification and index of the world's languages . By C. F. and F. M. Voegelin. New York: Elsevier, 1977. Pp. 658. $39.50.. Language. 54(3). 756–756. 37 indexed citations

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Bright, William. (1978). Grammatical sketches of Indian languages, with comparative vocabulary and texts (Part I) . Compiled by R. C. Nigam. (Census of India 1971, Series I, Language monograph (1961 series), no. 2). Delhi: Controller of Publications, 1975. Pp. vii, 563. Rs. 8.50.. Language. 54(1). 247–248. 1 indexed citations

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