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| Case, scope, and binding M Bittner, M Bittner Case, scope, and binding, 1-48, 1994 | 436 | 1994 |
| Ergativity: Toward a theory of a heterogeneous class M Bittner, K Hale Linguistic Inquiry, 531-604, 1996 | 430 | 1996 |
| Future discourse in a tenseless language M Bittner Journal of Semantics 22 (4), 339-387, 2005 | 187 | 2005 |
| Cross-linguistic semantics M Bittner Linguistics and Philosophy 17 (1), 53-108, 1994 | 186* | 1994 |
| On the semantics of the Greenlandic antipassive and related constructions M Bittner International Journal of American Linguistics 53 (2), 194-231, 1987 | 181 | 1987 |
| Concealed causatives M Bittner Natural language semantics 7 (1), 1-78, 1998 | 164 | 1998 |
| Topical referents for individuals and possibilities M Bittner Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 36-55, 2001 | 129 | 2001 |
| Aspectual universals of temporal anaphora M Bittner Theoretical and crosslinguistic approaches to the semantics of aspect 11, 349-85, 2008 | 103 | 2008 |
| Temporality: Universals and variation M Bittner John Wiley & Sons, 2014 | 100 | 2014 |
| Remarks on definiteness in Warlpiri M Bittner, K Hale Quantification in natural languages, 81-105, 1995 | 99 | 1995 |
| Time and modality without tenses or modals M Bittner | 86 | 2011 |
| Surface composition as bridging M Bittner Journal of Semantics 18 (2), 127-177, 2001 | 77 | 2001 |
| Online update: Temporal, modal, and de se anaphora in polysynthetic discourse M Bittner | 67 | 2007 |
| Canonical and noncanonical argument expressions. M Bittner | 61 | 1989 |
| Quantification in Eskimo: A challenge for compositional semantics M Bittner Quantification in natural languages, 59-80, 1995 | 56 | 1995 |
| Cross-linguistic semantics for questions M Bittner Linguistics and Philosophy 21, 1-82, 1998 | 45 | 1998 |
| Word order and incremental update M Bittner Proceedings from the Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society 39 (1 …, 2003 | 38 | 2003 |
| Tense, mood, and centering M Bittner | 25 | 2009 |
| Perspectival discourse referents for indexicals M Bittner | 23 | 2014 |
