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Historical Linguistics and Language Studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Matthias Urban
Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage
2
André Kött
Ghent University
3
Christian Bester
Oklahoma State University
4
Tanja Collet
University of Windsor
5
Abel Radu Warries
Leiden University
6
Federica Casadei
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
7
Mervi De Heer
Uppsala University
8
John D. Gilroy
University of Liverpool
9
Ruti Bardenstein
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
10
Marc Fryd
Université de Poitiers

Rising Stars Papers

1
Loanwords in Basic Vocabulary as an Indicator of Borrowing Profiles
Journal of Language Contact|2024
40 cit.
2
From location to conjunction, disjunction, partition, exemplification and association: Hebrew <i>bein</i> constructions
Linguistics|2024
25 cit.
3
Tracing Human Diversity in South America's Southern Cone: Linguistic, Morphometric, and Genetic Perspectives
American Journal of Biological Anthropology|2025
5 cit.
4
Gradient in grammatical structure of indigenous languages reflects pathway of human expansion in the Americas
Scientific Reports|2025
3 cit.
5
Spatial effects with missing data
Open Linguistics|2024
1 cit.
6
Global language geography and language history: challenges and opportunities
Open Research Europe|2025
1 cit.
7
Global language geography and language history: challenges and opportunities
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)|2024
1 cit.
8
A Clear Midnight by Simon Sargon: The Joy of Walt Whitman’s Poetry
Journal of Singing|2024
0 cit.
9
Global language geography and language history: challenges and opportunities
Open Research Europe|2024
0 cit.
10
Roberto Zariquiey and Pilar M. Valenzuela: <i>The Grammar of Body-Part Expressions. A View from the Americas</i>
Linguistic Typology|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Bridget Drinka
The University of Texas at San Antonio
2
Prazský Lingvistický Krouzek
Unknown
3
Ramly Hasan
Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
4
Lesley Woods
Unknown
5
Anna Zago
University of Pisa
6
Narés García Rivero
Demos
7
Julie Peuvergne
Modèles Dynamiques Corpus
8
Bronwen Forbay
University of Cincinnati
9
Grossmann Maria
Unknown
10
Ana Llopis Cardona
Universitat de València

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
An Introduction to Afrikaans Art Song Literature: Origins and Repertoire
Journal of Singing|2022
54 cit.
2
An Introduction to Afrikaans Art Songs: A Guide to Lyric Diction
Journal of Singing|2022
54 cit.
3
Culturas juveniles, contracultura y procesos de difusión en el español coloquial
Spanish in Context|2024
28 cit.
4
Del <i>rollo</i> como sustantivo comodín contracultural al <i>rollo</i> aproximador en el españolcoloquial actual
Spanish in Context|2024
28 cit.
5
Fases y factores socioculturales en la difusión de <i>tío/tía</i> como vocativos
Spanish in Context|2024
7 cit.
6
El cambio de entorno y evocación en las tradiciones discursivas: propuesta y aplicación al caso de en definitiva
ELUA Estudios de Lingüística Universidad de Alicante|2022
4 cit.
7
A Multimodal Approach to Catalan Pragmatic Markers: An Exploratory Study
Languages|2024
4 cit.
8
A study on youth awareness towards cultural and heritage in Kelantan state
AIP conference proceedings|2023
1 cit.
9
Improving Campus Sustainability and Resilience by Selecting Climate - Appropriate Plants
BIO Web of Conferences|2023
1 cit.
10
Increasing Local Economic Via Developing Tourism Trail at Sungai Budor Village, Kelantan
BIO Web of Conferences|2024
1 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Noam Chomsky
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2
Ray Jackendoff
Tufts University
3
Colin Baker
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
4
Deirdre Wilson
University College London
5
Richard S. Kayne
New York University
6
Wolfgang U. Dressler
University of Vienna
7
Sandra A. Thompson
University of California, Santa Barbara
8
Paul Pörtner
Georgetown University
9
Ian Roberts
University of Cambridge
10
Peter Harder
University of Copenhagen

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media.
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews|1989
5.5k cit.
2
Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use.
The Philosophical Review|1988
4.7k cit.
3
Semantic Interpretation in Generative Grammar
Language|1975
4.7k cit.
4
Rhetorical Structure Theory: Toward a functional theory of text organization
Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse|1988
3.9k cit.
5
A Generative Theory of Tonal Music
Computer Music Journal|1984
3.8k cit.
6
<b>Verbal behavior.</b> By B. F. Skinner. (The Century Psychology Series.) Pp. viii, 478. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1957.
Language|1959
3.4k cit.
7
Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse
Language|1980
3.3k cit.
8
Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Modern Language Journal|1994
3.1k cit.
9
Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar
Journal of the American Oriental Society|1987
2.9k cit.
10
Rules and Representations.
The Philosophical Review|1982
2.8k cit.

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