Rikker Dockum

Biographic Data

ID221396
NAMERikker Dockum
GIVEN NAMESRikker
FAMILY NAMEDockum
SIGNATUREDOCKUM R
AFFILIATIONSSwarthmore College
ORCID0000-0002-6640-808X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Minimal wordlist size for a phonological profile: New evidence from Kra-Dai languages

    Open AccessKanyarin Boonkongchuen, Rikker DockumARTICLEProceedings of the Linguistic…2025

    This study replicates, and extends to Kra-Dai languages, earlier work on minimal wordlist size needed to make a phonological profile of a language. Previous work on Australian languages recommended approximately 400 randomly sampled words to comprise a minimally complete profile in terms of reliably capturing every phoneme, and with accurate distribution. We survey 55 Kra-Dai languages to show that a longer minimal list is necessary, which we att…

  • The Open Letter: Responses and recommendations

    Open AccessItamar Kastner, Hadas Kotek et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Linguistic…2022

    Since its publication in July 2020, the Open Letter to the LSA regarding Steven Pinker has evoked many passionate reactions. The letter argued that Pinker's public statements are inconsistent with the LSA’s anti-racist values, asking to revoke Pinker's status as LSA Fellow and to remove him from the LSA's list of Media Experts. Signed by 600+ linguists, the letter has generated vigorous debate within and outside linguistics. This talk pushes the …

  • Phonetic documentation in three collections: Topics and evolution

    Open AccessD H Whalen, Christian T Dicanio et al.ARTICLEJournal of the International…2022

    Phonetic aspects of many languages have been documented, though the breadth and focus of such documentation varies substantially. In this survey, phonetic aspects (here called ‘categories’) that are typically reported were assessed in three English-language collections – the Illustrations of the IPA from the Journal of the International Phonetic Association , articles from the Journal of Phonetics , and papers from the Ladefoged/Maddieson Sounds …

  • Pama–Nyungan grandparent systems change with grandchildren, but not cross-cousin terms or social norms

    Open AccessCatherine Sheard, Claire Bowern et al.ARTICLEEvolutionary Human Sciences2021

    [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2020.31.]

  • Gender bias and stereotypes in linguistic example sentences

    Hadas Kotek, Rikker Dockum et al.ARTICLELanguage2021

    This article examines the distribution of gender in arguments in example sentences in contemporary linguistics publications. Prior studies have shown that example sentences in syntax textbooks systematically underrepresent women and perpetuate gender stereotypes (Macaulay & Brice 1994, 1997, Pabst et al. 2018). Here we examine example sentences in articles published over the past twenty years in Language, Linguistic Inquiry , and Natural Language…

  • Gender bias and stereotypes in linguistic example sentences

    Open AccessHadas Kotek, Rikker Dockum et al.ARTICLELanguage2021Cited by: 1

    This article examines the distribution of gender in arguments in example sentences in contemporary linguistics publications. Prior studies have shown that example sentences in syntax textbooks systematically underrepresent women and perpetuate gender stereotypes (Macaulay & Brice 1994, 1997, Pabst et al. 2018). Here we examine example sentences in articles published over the past twenty years in Language , Linguistic Inquiry , and Natural Languag…

  • Gender representation in linguistic example sentences

    Open AccessHadas Kotek, Sarah Babinski et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Linguistic…2020

    Prior studies have shown that example sentences in syntax textbooks systematically under-represent women and perpetuate gender stereotypes (Macaulay & Brice 1994, 1997; Pabst et al. 2018). We examine the articles published over the past 20 years in Language, Linguistic Inquiry, and Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, and find striking similarities to this prior work. Among our findings, we show a stark imbalance of male (N=10807) to female (N=5…

  • Pama–Nyungan grandparent systems change with grandchildren, but not cross-cousin terms or social norms

    Open AccessCatherine Sheard, Claire Bowern et al.ARTICLEEvolutionary Human Sciences2020

  • Phylogeny in Phonology: How Tai Sound Systems Encode Their Past

    Open AccessRikker DockumARTICLEProceedings of the Annual…2018

    The study of sound change is foundational to traditional historical linguistics, particularly the linguistic comparative method. It is well established that the phonology of modern languages encodes useful data for studying the history of those languages, and their genetic relationships to one another. However, phonology has typically been the means to the end, enabling the comparative method, and coding of a comparative lexicon for cognacy. Once…