2026 Dan I. Slobin: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	57	1719	1543	826	731	142	22931

Research.com Recognitions

2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1969 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Dan I. Slobin is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the arts, humanities, and social sciences, particularly focusing on language and linguistics. They have contributed to the subfields of Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Gender Studies, and Philosophy.

The scientist's work frequently engages with specific topics that bridge education, discourse, language perception, and cultural identity. These include:

Multilingual Education and Policy
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Categorization, perception, and language
Gender Studies in Language
Linguistic Education and Pedagogy
Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
Spanish Culture and Identity

Slobin's recent publications highlight ongoing contributions to language research and cultural studies. Notable papers include:

"Capturing what remains: A commentary on Kidd and Garcia (2022)," published in 2022 in First Language
"Victor Erice's Film The Spirit of the Beehive: A Coded Warning Against Submission in the Aftermath of the Spanish Civil War," published in 2024 in Psychoanalytic Dialogues, co-authored with Julie Gerhardt

Frequent collaboration appears with Julie Gerhardt, highlighting interdisciplinary connections within their research activities.

Dan I. Slobin has published books with notable academic presses. These include titles such as:

The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition, published by Psychology Press eBooks in 2022
Leopold's Bibliography of Child Language, published by Indiana University Press in 2021

Regarding scholarly recognition, Slobin has received several fellowships, reflecting their standing within the academic community. Awards include:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1984)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1969)

Best Publications

From “thought and language” to “thinking for speaking”

Dan I. Slobin

2863
Citations
The crosslinguistic study of language acquisition

Dan Isaac Slobin

1744
Citations
Relating events in narrative: A crosslinguistic developmental study.

Ruth A. Berman;Dan Isaac Slobin

1642
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Rules and schemas in the development and use of the English past tense

Joan L. Bybee;Dan I. Slobin

1182
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Cognitive prerequisites for the development of grammar

D. I. Slobin

1052
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Studies of child language development

Charles Albert Ferguson;Dan Isaac Slobin

957
Citations
The many ways to search for a frog: Linguistic typology and the expression of motion events

Dan I. Slobin

854
Citations
Children use canonical sentence schemas: a crosslinguistic study of word order and inflections.

Dan I. Slobin;Thomas G. Bever

718
Citations
Thinking for Speaking

Dan I. Slobin

690
Citations
Crosslinguistic Evidence for the Language-making Capacity

Dan Isaac Slobin

645
Citations
Grammatical transformations and sentence comprehension in childhood and adulthood

Dan I. Slobin

591
Citations
The development of locative expressions in English, Italian, Serbo-Croatian and Turkish

Judith R. Johnston;Dan I. Slobin

535
Citations
LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT ONLINE: COGNITIVE CONSEQUENCES OF LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY

Dan I. Slobin

405
Citations
Verbalized events: A dynamic approach to linguistic relativity and determinism

Dan I. Slobin

402
Citations
Learning To Think For Speaking: Native Language, Cognition, And Rhetorical Style

Dan I. Slobin

386
Citations
Reference to Movement in Spoken and Signed Languages: Typological Considerations

Dan I. Slobin;Nini Hoiting

322
Citations
What makes manner of motion salient? Explorations in linguistic typology, discourse, and cognition

Dan I. Slobin

222
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Mind, Code and Text

Dan I. Slobin

207
Citations
The acquisition of Romance, with a special reference to French

Eve V. Clark;Dan Isaac Slobin

188
Citations
Tense, Aspect and Modality in the Use of the Turkish Evidential

Dan I. Slobin;Ayhan A. Aksu

170
Citations
The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition

Margaret Thomas;Dan Isaac Slobin

114
Citations
What makes manner of motion salient

Dan I. Slobin

97
Citations
The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition : Volume 5: Expanding the Contexts

Dan Isaac Slobin

58
Citations
RULES AND SCHEMAS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF THE

Joan L. Bybee;Dan I. Slobin

0
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Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth A. Berman Tel Aviv University

Melissa Bowerman Max Planck Society

Joan L. Bybee University of New Mexico

Asifa Majid University of York

Brian MacWhinney Carnegie Mellon University

Thomas G. Bever University of Arizona

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