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Career

· Senior Researcher, Artificial Intelligence, International Computer Science Institute (ICSI)2003–
· Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley1966–1995
· Fellowship, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences1963–
· Doctorate in Social Anthropology, Harvard University1963–
· Teaching, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)1963–
· Postdoctoral Research, Stanford University1963–
· BA in Economics, Tulane University1955–

Publications (122)

Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution
1973
3,239
cited
Regularity and Idiomaticity in Grammatical Constructions: The Case of Let Alone
1988
1,943
cited
Universals and cultural variation in turn-taking in conversation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2009
1,231
cited
What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
1983
1,039
cited
Grammatical constructions and linguistic generalizations: The What's X doing Y? construction
1999
844
cited
The linguistic significance of the meanings of basic color terms
1978
825
cited
Whorf hypothesis is supported in the right visual field but not the left.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2006
452
cited
Cultural models in language and thought: Linguistic competence and folk theories of language
1987
412
cited
Color naming reflects optimal partitions of color space
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2007
402
cited
Prototype semantics: The English Word Lie
1981
365
cited
Language, thought, and color: Whorf was half right
Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 2009
343
cited
Resolving the question of color naming universals
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2003
300
cited
Color appearance and the emergence and evolution of basic color lexicons
1999
270
cited
Focal colors are universal after all.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2005
269
cited
Categorical perception of color is lateralized to the right hemisphere in infants, but to the left hemisphere in adults
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2008
213
cited
Biocultural Implications of Systems of Color Naming
1991
210
cited
The World Color Survey
2011
197
cited
Language, thought and color: recent developments
Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 2006
172
cited
Synchronic variability and diachronic change in basic color terms
Language in society · 1975
166
cited
Language affects patterns of brain activation associated with perceptual decision
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2008
153
cited
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