| Empty consonants in Seri SA Marlett, JP Stemberger Linguistic Inquiry 14 (4), 617-639, 1983 | 133 | 1983 |
| The structure of Seri SA Marlett University of California, San Diego, 1981 | 116 | 1981 |
| Comcáac quih yaza quih hant ihíip hac: Diccionario seri-español-inglés MB Moser, SA Marlett Editorial UniSon, Plaza y Váldés Editores, México DF, 2005 | 69 | 2005 |
| Notions of subjecthood and switch reference: evidence from Seri P Farrell, SA Marlett, DM Perlmutter Linguistic Inquiry 22 (3), 431-456, 1991 | 55 | 1991 |
| Nasalization in Mixtec languages SA Marlett International journal of American linguistics 58 (4), 425-435, 1992 | 50 | 1992 |
| Personal and Impersonal Passives in Seri SA Marlett Studies in relational grammar 2, 217, 1984 | 50* | 1984 |
| The syllable structure of Seri SA Marlett International Journal of American Linguistics 54 (3), 245-278, 1988 | 47 | 1988 |
| The syllable structure and aspect morphology of Isthmus Zapotec SA Marlett, VB Pickett International Journal of American Linguistics 53 (4), 398-422, 1987 | 46 | 1987 |
| A Typological Overview of the Seri Language. SA Marlett Linguistic Discovery 3 (1), 2005 | 44* | 2005 |
| Zapotec pronoun classification SA Marlett International Journal of American Linguistics 59 (1), 82-101, 1993 | 44 | 1993 |
| Seri SA Marlett, FXM Herrera, GGH Astorga Journal of the International Phonetic Association 35 (1), 117-121, 2005 | 39 | 2005 |
| Isthmus (Juchitán) Zapotec VB Pickett, MV Villalobos, SA Marlett Journal of the International Phonetic Association 40 (3), 365-372, 2010 | 37 | 2010 |
| An introduction to phonological analysis S Marlett SIL, 2001 | 37 | 2001 |
| Switch-reference and subject raising in Seri SA Marlett Syntax and semantics 16, 247-68, 1984 | 37 | 1984 |
| Las relaciones entre las lenguas “hokanas” en México:¿ Cuál es la evidencia SA Marlett Memorias del III Coloquio Internacional de Lingüística Mauricio Swadesh, 165-192, 2007 | 35 | 2007 |
| Salasaca Quichua FC Masaquiza, SA Marlett Journal of the International Phonetic Association 38 (2), 223-227, 2008 | 30 | 2008 |
| Person and number inflection in Seri SA Marlett International Journal of American Linguistics 56 (4), 503-541, 1990 | 30 | 1990 |
| Syntactic levels and multiattachment in Sierra Popoluca SA Marlett International Journal of American Linguistics 52 (4), 359-387, 1986 | 30 | 1986 |
| Introduction: The Form and Function of Denominal Verb Constructions DB Gerdts, SA Marlett International Journal of American Linguistics 74 (4), 409-422, 2008 | 29 | 2008 |
| The Seri–Salinan connection revisited SA Marlett International journal of American linguistics 74 (3), 393-399, 2008 | 28 | 2008 |
