William R. Merrifield

686 total citations
23 papers, 324 citations indexed

About

William R. Merrifield is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, William R. Merrifield has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 324 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Language and Linguistics, 7 papers in Linguistics and Language and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in William R. Merrifield's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (7 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (4 papers) and Linguistics and language evolution (3 papers). William R. Merrifield is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (7 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (4 papers) and Linguistics and language evolution (3 papers). William R. Merrifield collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. William R. Merrifield's co-authors include Jan B. Deręgowski, Robert E. MacLaury, Gordon W. Hewes, Christina Toren, Roger W. Wescott, Jan van den Brakel, Paul R. Kinnear, James Stanlaw, Barbara Saunders and Jerold A. Edmondson and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, American Anthropologist and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

William R. Merrifield

20 papers receiving 268 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William R. Merrifield United States 8 126 104 69 55 38 23 324
Mark Hansell United States 2 37 0.3× 61 0.6× 38 0.6× 30 0.5× 18 0.5× 5 233
Yo Matsumoto Japan 8 251 2.0× 277 2.7× 124 1.8× 45 0.8× 7 0.2× 14 439
Henry Lee Smith United States 8 267 2.1× 233 2.2× 126 1.8× 175 3.2× 9 0.2× 19 543
P. H. Matthews United Kingdom 9 163 1.3× 336 3.2× 118 1.7× 89 1.6× 4 0.1× 32 489
Frederick B. Agard 6 101 0.8× 154 1.5× 73 1.1× 72 1.3× 3 0.1× 11 304
James McGilvray Canada 8 85 0.7× 136 1.3× 35 0.5× 25 0.5× 6 0.2× 18 286
Pieter A. M. Seuren Netherlands 15 178 1.4× 406 3.9× 162 2.3× 148 2.7× 6 0.2× 88 627
Christoph Schwarze Germany 7 184 1.5× 386 3.7× 244 3.5× 56 1.0× 14 0.4× 31 547
H. Craig Melchert United States 10 98 0.8× 327 3.1× 40 0.6× 98 1.8× 7 0.2× 59 456
Andreea S. Calude New Zealand 10 104 0.8× 201 1.9× 85 1.2× 125 2.3× 13 0.3× 41 410

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Fields of papers citing papers by William R. Merrifield

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William R. Merrifield

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Merrifield, William R.. (2016). The Souls Really do Come Back. A Chinantec Proof Text for All Saint's Day. 6(2). 163–168. 1 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R. & Jerold A. Edmondson. (1999). Palantla Chinantec: Phonetic Experiments on Nasalization, Stress, and Tone. International Journal of American Linguistics. 65(3). 303–323. 9 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R., et al.. (1999). Diccionario Chinanteco de la diáspora del pueblo antiguo de San Pedro Tlatepuzco, Oaxaca. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 1 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R., et al.. (1990). Syllables, tone, and verb paradigms: Studies in Chinantec languages 4. 2 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R.. (1985). South American Kinship. 1 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R., et al.. (1981). Los lacandones de México : dos estudios. Americanae (AECID Library). 4 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R.. (1981). Proto Otomanguean kinship. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R., et al.. (1980). Mayoruna (Panoan) Kinship. Ethnology. 19(1). 1–1. 3 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R., et al.. (1975). Diuxi Mixtec Verbs of Motion and Arrival. International Journal of American Linguistics. 41(1). 32–45. 6 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R., et al.. (1974). Ayutla Mixtec, Just in Case. International Journal of American Linguistics. 40(4, Part 1). 283–291. 1 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R., et al.. (1971). Two studies on the Lacandones of Mexico. Americanae (AECID Library). 19 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R.. (1968). Palantla Chinantec grammar. Americanae (AECID Library). 10 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R.. (1963). Sierra Popoluca Kinship. American Anthropologist. 65(3). 660–661.
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Merrifield, William R., et al.. (1962). Laboratory manual for morphology and syntax. The COCOON platform (University of Paris). 17 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R., et al.. (1961). Coatlan Mixe Kinship. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 17(3). 219–225.
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Merrifield, William R.. (1959). Classification of Kiowa Nouns. International Journal of American Linguistics. 25(4). 269–271. 4 indexed citations
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Merrifield, William R.. (1959). The Kiowa Verb Prefix. International Journal of American Linguistics. 25(3). 168–176. 6 indexed citations

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