University Scholarship
Publications and Grants

Robert Malouf

rmalouf@sdsu.eduorcid.org/0000-0002-5716-321X

Appointments

  • Professor of Linguistics, 2002-Present
    Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, US

  • PhD, 1998
    Linguistics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, US
  • BA, 1992
    Linguistics and Computer Science, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, US

Profile updated November 3, 2026.

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Morphological change as systemically motivated bricolage: Hungarian impulsative constructions
Robert Malouf
Morphology, 2026, journal article
Hungarian language Linguistic change Linguistics Morphology
Morphology Gets More and More Complex, Unless It Doesn’t
Eric Meinhardt; Robert Malouf; Farrell Ackerman
Morphological Diversity and Linguistic Cognition, 2022, book chapter Cited by 3
Grammar, Comparative and general Linguistics Morphology
Acoustic differences in morphologically-distinct homophones
Robert Malouf
Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience, 2019, journal article Cited by 106
Linguistics Morphology Phonetics Speech perception
Twitter-based measures of neighborhood sentiment as predictors of residential population health
Gibbons, J.; Robert Malouf; Spitzberg, B.; Martinez, L.; Appleyard, B.; Thompson, C.; Atsushi Nara; et al.
PLOS One, 2019, journal article
Cited by 37
Geographic information systems Public health Sentiment analysis Twitter
Word and Paradigm Morphology
James P. Blevins; Farrell Ackerman; Robert Malouf
The Oxford Handbook of Morphological Theory, 2018, book chapter Cited by 99
Linguistics Morphology Semantics Word (Linguistics)

Symmetrical objects in Moro: Challenges and solutions
Robert Malouf
Journal of Linguistics, 2017, journal article Cited by 5
Geometry Nigeria Symmetry (Mathematics)
Abstractive morphological learning with a recurrent neural network
Robert Malouf
Morphology, 2017, journal article Cited by 58
Deep learning (Machine learning) Machine learning Morphology Natural language processing
Defaults and lexical prototypes
Robert Malouf
Defaults in Morphological Theory, 2017, book chapter
Artificial intelligence Cognitive science Linguistics Natural language processing
Patterns and discriminability in language analysis
Robert Malouf
Word Structure, 2016, journal article Cited by 11
Language and languages Linguistics Pattern recognition systems
The language myth: Why language is not an instinct
Robert Malouf
Language, 2016, journal article Cited by 1
Chomsky, Noam Instinct Language and languages Linguistics
Word and pattern morphology: An information-theoretic approach
Robert Malouf
Word Structure, 2016, journal article Cited by 22
Computational linguistics Information theory Morphology Pattern recognition systems
Morphology as an adaptive discriminative system
James P. Blevins; Farrell Ackerman; Robert Malouf
Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 2016, book chapter Cited by 36
Adaptive computing systems Artificial intelligence Machine learning Morphology
Computational Lexical Analysis of the Language Commonly Used to Describe Gout
Robert Malouf
Arthritis Care & Research, 2015, journal article Cited by 9
Computational linguistics Gout Linguistics Natural language processing
MORPHOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION: THE LOW CONDITIONAL ENTROPY CONJECTURE
Robert Malouf
Language, 2013, journal article Cited by 298
Entropy (Information theory) Information theory Morphology Statistical mechanics
Taking sides: user classification for informal online political discourse
Robert Malouf
Internet Research, 2008, journal article Cited by 116
Information behavior Natural language processing Social media User-generated content
Maximal consistent subsets
Robert Malouf
Computational Linguistics, 2007, journal article Cited by 26
Cognitive consistency Logic Mathematics Model theory
The Alpino Dependency Treebank
Robert Malouf
Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands 2001, 2002, journal article Cited by 176
Linguistics Natural language processing Netherlands Treebanks (Linguistics)
Alpino: Wide-coverage computational analysis of Dutch
Robert Malouf
Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands 2000, 2001, journal article Cited by 177
Computational linguistics Dutch language Natural language processing Nederlandse Taalunie
Satisfying constraints on extraction and adjunction
Robert Malouf
Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 2001, journal article Cited by 285
Adjunction theory Computational linguistics Extraction (Linguistics) Linguistics
Efficient feature structure operations without compilation.
Robert Malouf
Natural Language Engineering, 2000, journal article Cited by 49
Computer science Programming languages (Electronic computers)
The order of prenominal adjectives in natural language generation
Robert Malouf
38Th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, Proceedings of the Conference, 2000, journal article Cited by 67
Computational linguistics Natural language generation (Computer science)
Verbal gerunds as mixed categories in head-driven phrase structure grammar
Robert Malouf
Syntax and Semantics, Vol 32, 2000, journal article Cited by 13
Grammar, Comparative and general Head-driven phrase structure grammar Linguistics Phrase structure grammar

Academic Conferences

Mapping the meaning of Hungarian impulsative constructions
Ágnes Kalivoda; Robert Malouf; Farrell Ackerman
Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics 2026, 2026, conference paper
Construction grammar Hungary Linguistics Semantics
Lexical databases for computational analyses: A linguistic perspective
Robert Malouf
Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics 2020, 2020, conference paper
Computational linguistics Databases Linguistics Natural language processing