2026 Frederick J. Newmeyer: 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	44	4130	3812	1964	1781	193	8684

Frederick J. Newmeyer publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frederick J. Newmeyer sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 193 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Frederick J. Newmeyer D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frederick J. Newmeyer sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Frederick J. Newmeyer is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their academic work spans multiple intersections within linguistics and related fields, contributing extensively to language studies and linguistic theory.

Newmeyer's research is situated primarily in the fields of Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences. Within these areas, the main subfields include Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language, Artificial Intelligence, Literature and Literary Theory, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects related to language, including:

Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
Linguistic Variation and Morphology
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
Natural Language Processing Techniques
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies

Newmeyer has published in journals frequently associated with linguistics and language history. These venues include:

Language
Language & History
Cadernos de Linguística
Frontiers in Communication
Historiographia Linguistica

Among the recent papers authored by Newmeyer are the following:

The Reception of Early Transformational Grammar in Europe (2021) published in Cadernos de Linguística
Complexity and Relative Complexity in Generative Grammar (2021) published in Frontiers in Communication
A post-Bloomfieldian's last stand: Charles Hockett's attempt to resign from the LSA in 1982 (2020) published in Language & History
Outside of the palace walls: Generative linguists in the 1970s and 1980s (2020) published in Language

Newmeyer has no frequent co-authors listed, indicating a focus on independent research or a broad collaboration base without recurring partners.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Frederick J. Newmeyer was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005.

Best Publications

Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey

Frederick J. Newmeyer

771
Citations
Language form and language function

Frederick J. Newmeyer

680
Citations
Grammar is grammar and usage is usage

Frederick J. Newmeyer

419
Citations
Linguistic theory in America

Frederick J. Newmeyer

298
Citations
Functional explanation in linguistics and the origins of language

Frederick J. Newmeyer

285
Citations
Possible and probable languages: A generative perspective on linguistic typology

Frederick J. Newmeyer

253
Citations
Grammatical Theory: Its Limits and Its Possibilities

Frederick J. Newmeyer

221
Citations
Iconicity and Generative Grammar.

Frederick J. Newmeyer

208
Citations
Measuring Grammatical Complexity

Frederick J. Newmeyer;Laurel B. Preston

162
Citations
Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics

Frederick J. Newmeyer;John Lyons

159
Citations
Linguistic Theory in America: Second Edition

Frederick Newmeyer

137
Citations
Possible and probable languages

Frederick J. Newmeyer

134
Citations
Against a parameter-setting approach to typological variation

Frederick J. Newmeyer

128
Citations
The politics of linguistics

Frederick J. Newmeyer

120
Citations
Combinatorial Variability

Unknown

93
Citations
Linguistic theory in America : the first quarter-century of transformational generative grammar

Frederick J. Newmeyer

78
Citations
4. Current challenges to the Lexicalist Hypothesis: An overview and a critique

Unknown

77
Citations
Grammatical Theory: Its Limits and Possibilities

James D. McCawley;Frederick J. Newmeyer

74
Citations
OPTIMALITY AND FUNCTIONALITY: A CRITIQUE OF FUNCTIONALLY-BASED OPTIMALITY-THEORETIC SYNTAX

Frederick J. Newmeyer

71
Citations
Generative Linguistics: An Historical Perspective

Frederick J. Newmeyer

70
Citations
Language : psychological and biological aspects

Frederick J. Newmeyer

64
Citations
The Linguistic Wars

Frederick J. Newmeyer

62
Citations
The regularity of idiom behavior

Frederick J. Newmeyer;Frederick J. Newmeyer

59
Citations
A Reply to the Critiques of 'Grammar is Grammar and Usage is Usage'

Frederick J. Newmeyer

48
Citations
Explaining language universals

Frederick J. Newmeyer

28
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Polinsky University of Maryland, College Park

Martin Haspelmath Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Matthew S. Dryer University of Alberta

James D. McCawley University of Chicago

John E. Joseph University of Edinburgh

External Links

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