| Syntax: Structure, meaning, and function RD Van Valin, RJ LaPolla Cambridge University Press, 1997 | 3891 | 1997 |
| Exploring the syntax-semantics interface RD Van Valin Jr Cambridge University Press, 2005 | 1828 | 2005 |
| Lesion analysis of the brain areas involved in language comprehension NF Dronkers, DP Wilkins, RD Van Valin Jr, BB Redfern, JJ Jaeger Cognition 92 (1-2), 145-177, 2004 | 1182 | 2004 |
| Semantic parameters of split intransitivity RD Van Valin Jr Language, 221-260, 1990 | 1181 | 1990 |
| An introduction to syntax RD Van Valin Cambridge university press, 2001 | 893* | 2001 |
| A synopsis of Role and Reference Grammar RD Van Valin AMSTERDAM STUDIES IN THE THEORY AND HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE SERIES 4, 1-1, 1993 | 608 | 1993 |
| Advances in role and reference grammar RD Van Valin Benjamins, 1993 | 388 | 1993 |
| Information packaging in the clause WA Foley, RD Van Valin Language typology and syntactic description 1, 282-364, 1985 | 377 | 1985 |
| A positron emission tomographic study of regular and irregular verb morphology in English JJ Jaeger, AH Lockwood, DL Kemmerer, RD Van Valin Jr, BW Murphy, ... Language, 451-497, 1996 | 344 | 1996 |
| The case for ‘effector’: Case roles, agents, and agency revisited RD Van Valin, DP Wilkins Grammatical constructions: Their form and meaning 289, 322, 1996 | 310 | 1996 |
| Role and reference grammar RD Van Valin, WA Foley Current approaches to syntax, 329-352, 1980 | 175 | 1980 |
| Sex differences in brain regions activated by grammatical and reading tasks JJ Jaeger, AH Lockwood, RD Van Valin Jr, DL Kemmerer, BW Murphy, ... Neuroreport 9 (12), 2803-2807, 1998 | 158 | 1998 |
| Grammatical relations in ergative languages RD Van Valin Jr Studies in Language. International Journal sponsored by the Foundation …, 1981 | 145 | 1981 |
| On the viability of the notion of ‘subject’in universal grammar WA Foley, RD Van Valin Jr Berkeley Linguistics Society 3, 293-320, 1977 | 144 | 1977 |
| A typology of the interaction of focus structure and syntax RD Van Valin Jr | 143 | 1999 |
| Generalized semantic roles and the syntax-semantics interface RD Van Valin Empirical issues in formal syntax and semantics 2, 373-389, 1999 | 143 | 1999 |
| A typology of syntactic relations in clause linkage RD Van Valin Jr Annual meeting of the berkeley linguistics society, 542-558, 1984 | 139 | 1984 |
| Semantic macroroles in role and reference grammar RD Van Valin na, 2004 | 131 | 2004 |
| Wilkins. 1996. The case for “effector”: Case roles, agents, and agency revisited RD Van Valin Jr, P David Grammatical constructions: Their form and meaning, 289-322, 0 | 123 | |
| Case marking and the structure of the Lakhota clause RD Van Valin Jr Grammar inside and outside the clause, 363-413, 1985 | 120 | 1985 |
