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Linguistics and language evolution

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Adam McCollum
University of California San Diego
2
Rasmus Bjørn
University of Copenhagen
3
Sanni Peltola
University of Helsinki
4
Januška Gostenčnik
Karst Research Institute
5
Xavier Bach
University of Oxford
6
Abel Radu Warries
Leiden University
7
Mervi De Heer
Uppsala University
8
Sophia L. Pitcher
University of the Free State
9
Laura Massetti
University of Naples - L'Orientale
10
Nadina Vișan
University of Bucharest

Rising Stars Papers

1
Loanwords in Basic Vocabulary as an Indicator of Borrowing Profiles
Journal of Language Contact|2024
40 cit.
2
Twenty-first-century light over the Indo-European homeland: triangulating language, archaeology and genetics
Antiquity|2024
39 cit.
3
Mesoclisis in Old Occitan
Linguistica Pragensia|2024
17 cit.
4
Weak determinism and the computational consequences of interaction
Natural Language & Linguistic Theory|2024
3 cit.
5
Kozjansko-bizeljsko narečje vzdolž reke Sotle
Jezikoslovni zapiski|2024
2 cit.
6
Slovenski govori na vzhodnem robu
Jezikoslovni zapiski|2024
1 cit.
7
A Tenth Century ToBI Transcription of Tiberian Hebrew
Unknown Journal|2025
0 cit.
8
Stability of meanings in basic vocabulary lists of Uralic languages
Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics|2025
0 cit.
9
A l’hostau d’ung viel renous  : un branle occitan du xvii e siècle
Littératures classiques|2025
0 cit.
10
Dolenjska narečna skupina
RUNG|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
E Robbie
Unknown
2
Bridget Drinka
The University of Texas at San Antonio
3
Minna Skafte Jensen
IT University of Copenhagen
4
Alex Nice
Université Libre de Bruxelles
5
Karen De Clercq
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
6
Đinh Lư Giang
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
7
Ilnar Salimzianov
Unknown
8
Bert Botma
Leiden University
9
Kaius Sinnemäki
University of Helsinki
10
Phạm Thị Thu Hà
Ton Duc Thang University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Non-finite verb forms in Turkic exhibit syncretism, not multifunctionality
Folia Linguistica|2022
83 cit.
2
Drastic demographic events triggered the Uralic spread
Diachronica|2022
73 cit.
3
Northern Raglai voicing and its relation to Southern Raglai register: evidence for early stages of registrogenesis
Phonetica|2022
73 cit.
4
A typological approach to language change in contact situations
Diachronica|2024
8 cit.
5
Head and dependent marking and dependency length in possessive noun phrases: a typological study of morphological and syntactic complexity
Linguistics Vanguard|2022
4 cit.
6
Beyond Segment Inventories: Phonological Complexity Measures and Suprasegmental Variables in Contact Situations
Journal of Language Contact|2023
3 cit.
7
Testing Inferences about Language Contact on Morphosyntax: A Typological Case Study on Alorese–Adang Contact
Transactions of the Philological Society|2023
2 cit.
8
Drastic demographic events triggered the Uralic spread: Supplements
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)|2022
0 cit.
9
En dansk students hjemve som beskrevet af Bertil Knudsen Aqvilonius (1588-1650)
Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen)|2022
0 cit.
10
IANLS, that vigorous association in which the sense of pioneering is still perceptible
Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen)|2022
0 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Quentin D. Atkinson
University of Auckland
2
Bruce W. Richman
University of Missouri
3
Höskuldur Þráinsson
University of Iceland
4
Jennifer Jenkins
Utah State University
5
Colin Renfrew
University of Cambridge
6
Laurence D. Stephens
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7
Joseph Salmons
University of Wisconsin–Madison
8
Andrew Meade
University of Reading
9
Colin Smith
La Trobe University
10
Gillian Ramchand
UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Phenomenology of Perception.
The Philosophical Review|1964
1.8k cit.
2
The Phonology of English as an International Language
TESOL Quarterly|2001
1.8k cit.
3
The American Heritage Word Frequency Book
The American Journal of Psychology|1973
1.4k cit.
4
Language-tree divergence times support the Anatolian theory of Indo-European origin
Nature|2003
1.1k cit.
5
Current Perspectives on Teaching World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca
TESOL Quarterly|2006
1k cit.
6
Bayesian Analysis of Correlated Evolution of Discrete Characters by Reversible‐Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo
The American Naturalist|2006
943 cit.
7
Mapping the Origins and Expansion of the Indo-European Language Family
Science|2012
810 cit.
8
Repositioning English and multilingualism in English as a Lingua Franca
Englishes in Practice|2015
748 cit.
9
Case and grammatical functions: The Icelandic passive
Natural Language & Linguistic Theory|1985
718 cit.
10
Review of developments in research into English as a lingua franca
Language Teaching|2011
709 cit.

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