Derek Bickerton
Impact in
- Linguistics and Language top 0.2%
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Language and Linguistics top 0.2%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Papers in
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- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation 25
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies 8
- Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis 6
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- Language and cultural evolution 28
- Co-authors
- Jane H. Hill (1 shared paper)William H. Calvin (3 shared papers)Chris Knight (1 shared paper)Eörs Szathmáry (1 shared paper)Gwendolyn Midlo Hall (1 shared paper)Denis Bouchard (1 shared paper)Edith Kaan (1 shared paper)Pieter C. Muysken (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences (21 papers)Lingua (5 papers)Language (4 papers)Language & Communication (2 papers)Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (12 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesNetherlandsGuyana
In The Last Decade
Derek Bickerton
100 papers receiving 3.0k citations
Derek Bickerton's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 113
- Linguistics and Language 1.3k
- Language and Linguistics 2.1k
- Cultural Studies 1.3k
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1.0k
- Developmental and Educational Psychology 979
Countries citing papers authored by Derek Bickerton
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Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Bickerton
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Co-authors
The 22 scholars most cited alongside Derek Bickerton, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Language and Species Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 749 |
| 2 | The language bioprogram hypothesis Hit paper breakdown → | 1984 | 694 |
| 3 | Roots of language Hit paper breakdown → | 1981 | 553 |
| 4 | Dynamics of a Creole System. Hit paper breakdown → | 1976 | 368 |
| 5 | Adam's Tongue: How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans | 2009 | 253 |
| 6 | 2005 | 134 | |
| 7 | Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain | 2001 | 103 |
| 8 | 2000 | 90 | |
| 9 | 1970 | 85 | |
| 10 | 2003 | 84 | |
| 11 | 1988 | 74 | |
| 12 | 2014 | 68 | |
| 13 | 1980 | 65 | |
| 14 | 1999 | 57 | |
| 15 | 2000 | 48 | |
| 16 | 2011 | 46 | |
| 17 | 1984 | 43 | |
| 18 | 1986 | 42 | |
| 19 | 1976 | 37 | |
| 20 | 1983 | 34 |
About Derek Bickerton
Derek Bickerton is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Cultural Studies, Linguistics and Language, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology, having authored 112 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Language and cultural evolution (28 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (25 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (18 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (8 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (8 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (7 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (6 papers) and Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (1.3k citations), Language and Linguistics (2.1k citations), Cultural Studies (1.3k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (1.0k citations) and Developmental and Educational Psychology (979 citations). Derek Bickerton has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Guyana. Frequent co-authors include Jane H. Hill, William H. Calvin, Chris Knight, Eörs Szathmáry, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Denis Bouchard, Edith Kaan, Pieter C. Muysken, Luigi Rizzi and Frederick J. Newmeyer. Their work appears in journals such as Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Lingua, Language, Language & Communication and Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages.
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