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John Haiman

Australian National University

212

Works

7,563

Citations

35

h-index

46

i10-index

Research Topics

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Linguistic research and analysis Linguistic Variation and Morphology

Affiliations

Australian National University2020–2020

Texas Tech University2013–2013

Max Planck Society2003–2003

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology2003–2003

Minnesota Wire (United States)1993–1993

Top Works

Iconic and Economic Motivation

19831,081 citations

Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity

The iconicity of grammar: Isomorphism and motivation

1980759 citations

Conditionals are topics

1978665 citations

Iconicity in Syntax

John Haiman,Haiman, John 1946-

1985609 citations

Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse

John Haiman,Sandra A. Thompson

1988577 citations

Ritualization and the development of language

1994358 citations

Natural syntax : iconicity and erosion

1985340 citations

Dictionaries and encyclopedias

1980322 citations

1998239 citations