2026 Larry M. Hyman: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	76	514	443	244	207	207	17483

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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17483

Social Sciences and Humanities

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Citations

17483

World Ranking

514

National Ranking

244

Research.com Recognitions

1979 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Larry M. Hyman is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans several main fields including Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Psychology. The primary subfields of study for Larry M. Hyman are Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics of research encompass:

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Linguistic Variation and Morphology
Phonetics and Phonology Research
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Natural Language Processing Techniques
Linguistics and Cultural Studies
Multilingual Education and Policy

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Larry M. Hyman include:

"A note on Nuba Mountain verb extensions," 2020, published in Faits de langues
"Tone in Runyankore Verb Stem Reduplication," 2022, published in Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus

Other notable recent publications related to their collaborative work include:

"Word Prosody in Lung'Ie: One System or Two?", 2021, published in Probus
"The segmental and tonal structure of verb inflection in Babanki," 2020, published in Phonological Data and Analysis

Frequent coauthors in their research network are:

Ana Lívia Agostinho
Mwaambi G. Mbûûi
Pius W. Akumbu
Roland Kießling
James Essegbey

Larry M. Hyman has published multiple works in key venues including:

Studies in African Linguistics
Probus
Faits de langues
Phonological Data and Analysis
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus

In recognition of scholarly contributions, Larry M. Hyman was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1979.

Best Publications

Phonology: Theory and Analysis

Larry M. Hyman

1698
Citations
A theory of phonological weight

Larry M. Hyman

1519
Citations
Word-prosodic typology

Larry M. Hyman

743
Citations
How (not) to do phonological typology: the case of pitch-accent

Larry M. Hyman

600
Citations
Suffix ordering in Bantu: a morphocentric approach

Larry M. Hyman

454
Citations
Syllables and morpheme integrity in Kinande reduplication

Ngessimo Mutaka;Larry M. Hyman

372
Citations
Hierarchies of natural topic in Shona

Annie K. Hawkinson;Larry M. Hyman

318
Citations
Universals of tone rules: 30 years later

Larry M. Hyman

311
Citations
The role of borrowing in the justification of phonological grammars

Larry M Hyman

255
Citations
On the Object Relation in Bantu

Larry M. Hyman;Alessandro Duranti

251
Citations
Directional Asymmetries in the Morphology and Phonology of Words, with Special Reference to Bantu

Larry M Hyman

231
Citations
Logophoric Reference in Gokana

Larry M. Hyman;Bernard Comrie

222
Citations
Prosodic domains in Kukuya

Larry M. Hyman

221
Citations
On the nature of linguistic stress

LarryM M Hyman

215
Citations
Affixation by place of articulation: the case of Tiene

Larry M. Hyman;Jan Wohlgemuth;Michael Cysouw

209
Citations
Do All Languages Have Word Accent

Larry M. Hyman

205
Citations
Nasal consonant harmony at a distance the case of Yaka

Larry M. Hyman

204
Citations
HOW CONCRETE IS PHONOLOGY

Larry M. Hyman

198
Citations
Theoretical aspects of Bantu tone

Larry M. Hyman;Charles W. Kisseberth

190
Citations
The Interaction between Focus and Tone in Bantu

Larry M. Hyman

182
Citations
Identity Avoidance in Phonology and Morphology

Moira Yip;Diane Brentari;Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy;Larry Hyman

180
Citations
Tone, Syntax, and Prosodic Domains in Luganda

Larry M. Hyman;Francis X. Katamba

172
Citations
Positional prominence and the 'prosodic trough' in Yaka*

Larry M. Hyman

156
Citations
Aghem grammatical structure : with special reference to noun classes, tense-aspect and focus marking

Larry M. Hyman

144
Citations
Underspecification and vowel height transfer in Esimbi

Larry M. Hyman

141
Citations
Studies in Stress and Accent

Brent de Chene;Larry M. Hyman

136
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Morten H. Christiansen Cornell University

Bernard Comrie University of California, Santa Barbara

N. J. Enfield University of Sydney

Frederick J. Newmeyer University of Washington

Laurence R. Horn Yale University

Charles Yang University of Pennsylvania

Maria Polinsky University of Maryland, College Park

Alessandro Duranti University of California, Los Angeles

Elena Lieven University of Manchester

Carol Padden University of California, San Diego

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