David Lightfoot
Impact in
- Linguistics and Language top 0.2%
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Language and Linguistics top 0.1%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Papers in
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- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation 43
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies 10
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies 5
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- Linguistic Variation and Morphology 13
- Multilingual Education and Policy 8
- Co-authors
- Norbert Hornstein (4 shared papers)Stephen R. Anderson (5 shared papers)Joseph Aoun (2 shared papers)Amy Weinberg (3 shared papers)Marit Westergaard (1 shared paper)F.R. van de Voort (1 shared paper)G. S. V. Raghavan (1 shared paper)Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Journal of Linguistics (14 papers)Language (8 papers)The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique (4 papers)Behavioral and Brain Sciences (4 papers)Lingua (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesCanadaNetherlands
In The Last Decade
David Lightfoot
79 papers receiving 2.5k citations
David Lightfoot's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 86
- Linguistics and Language 1.4k
- Language and Linguistics 2.6k
- Cultural Studies 586
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 822
- Developmental and Educational Psychology 600
Countries citing papers authored by David Lightfoot
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Fields of papers citing papers by David Lightfoot
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Co-authors
The 21 scholars most cited alongside David Lightfoot, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 93 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Principles of diachronic syntax Hit paper breakdown → | 1979 | 726 |
| 2 | The Development of Language: Acquisition, Change, and Evolution Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 662 |
| 3 | Explanation in linguistics : the logical problem of language acquisition | 1981 | 283 |
| 4 | 1989 | 224 | |
| 5 | 2006 | 135 | |
| 6 | 2002 | 132 | |
| 7 | 2002 | 130 | |
| 8 | 1979 | 125 | |
| 9 | Two Types of Locality | 1987 | 115 |
| 10 | 1987 | 95 | |
| 11 | 2002 | 78 | |
| 12 | The development of language | 1999 | 71 |
| 13 | 2002 | 69 | |
| 14 | 2000 | 40 | |
| 15 | Government and contraction | 1984 | 38 |
| 16 | 1994 | 38 | |
| 17 | 2007 | 33 | |
| 18 | 1997 | 29 | |
| 19 | 1981 | 27 | |
| 20 | 1986 | 25 |
About David Lightfoot
David Lightfoot is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language, Cultural Studies, Artificial Intelligence and Developmental and Educational Psychology, having authored 93 papers that have together received 3.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (43 papers), Language and cultural evolution (17 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (13 papers), Language Development and Disorders (11 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (10 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (9 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (8 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (1.4k citations), Language and Linguistics (2.6k citations), Cultural Studies (586 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (822 citations) and Developmental and Educational Psychology (600 citations). David Lightfoot has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Norbert Hornstein, Stephen R. Anderson, Joseph Aoun, Amy Weinberg, Marit Westergaard, F.R. van de Voort, G. S. V. Raghavan, Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy, Sten Vikner and Höskuldur Þráinsson. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Linguistics, Language, The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Lingua.
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