David Lightfoot

65 papers and 2.1k indexed citations
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About

David Lightfoot is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, David Lightfoot has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Language and Linguistics, 15 papers in Linguistics and Language and 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in David Lightfoot’s work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (31 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (11 papers) and Language and cultural evolution (10 papers). David Lightfoot is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (31 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (11 papers) and Language and cultural evolution (10 papers). David Lightfoot collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. David Lightfoot's co-authors include Norbert Hornstein, Mark Hale, Charles N. Li, Joseph Aoun, Stephen R. Anderson, Amy Weinberg, Marit Westergaard, Brigitte L. M. Bauer, G. S. V. Raghavan and F.R. van de Voort and has published in prestigious journals such as Annual Review of Physiology, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Language.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Lightfoot

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

Fields of papers citing papers by David Lightfoot

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Lightfoot. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David Lightfoot. The network helps show where David Lightfoot may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by David Lightfoot

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