Robert D. Van Valin

Robert D. Van Valin publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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Robert D. Van Valin D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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Best Publications

• Syntax: Structure, Meaning, and Function

  Robert D. Van Valin;Randy John LaPolla

  3836
  Citations

• Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar

  William A. Foley;Robert D. Van Valin

  3672
  Citations

• Lesion analysis of the brain areas involved in language comprehension.

  Nina F. Dronkers;David P. Wilkins;Robert D. Van Valin Jr.;Brenda B. Redfern

  1227
  Citations

• Semantic Parameters of Split Intransitivity

  Unknown

  850
  Citations

• Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface

  Unknown

  818
  Citations

• A synopsis of role and reference grammar

  Robert D. Van Valin

  269
  Citations

• A Positron Emission Tomographic Study of Regular and Irregular Verb Morphology in English

  Unknown

  256
  Citations

• An Introduction to Syntax

  Robert D. van Valin

  252
  Citations

• The case for “effector”: Case roles, agents, and agency revisited

  Robert D. Van Valin;David Wilkins

  222
  Citations

• Grammatical Relations in Ergative Languages

  Unknown

  214
  Citations

• Sex differences in brain regions activated by grammatical and reading tasks.

  Jeri J. Jaeger;Alan H. Lockwood;Robert D. Van Valin;David L. Kemmerer

  158
  Citations

• RPs and the nature of lexical and syntactic categories in Role and Reference Grammar

  Unknown

  123
  Citations

• Linguistic Universals

  Unknown

  97
  Citations

• Another look at Icelandic case marking and grammatical relations

  Robert D. Van Valin

  91
  Citations

• Preface

  Unknown

  86
  Citations

• The Acquisition of WH-Questions and the Mechanisms of Language Acquisition

  Unknown

  85
  Citations

• Role and Reference Grammar

  Unknown

  81
  Citations

• Semantic macroroles in Role and Reference Grammar

  Unknown

  81
  Citations

• Syntax: The goals of linguistic theory

  Robert D. van Valin;Randy J. LaPolla

  50
  Citations

• Yaqui and the analysis of primary object languages

  Lilián Guerrero;Robert D. Van Valin Jr.

  29
  Citations