| Functional syntax and universal grammar WA Foley Cambridge University Press, 2009 | 3800 | 2009 |
| Anthropological linguistics WA Foley The encyclopedia of applied linguistics, 1-6, 2012 | 2439 | 2012 |
| The papuan languages of New Guinea WA Foley Cambridge University Press, 1986 | 1347 | 1986 |
| The Yimas language of New Guinea WA Foley Stanford University Press, 1991 | 674 | 1991 |
| Clausehood and verb serialization WA Foley, M Olson Grammar inside and outside the clause 17, 60, 1985 | 539 | 1985 |
| Information packaging in the clause WA Foley, RD Van Valin Language typology and syntactic description 1, 282-364, 1985 | 375 | 1985 |
| The languages of new guinea WA Foley Annual review of anthropology 29 (1), 357-404, 2000 | 264 | 2000 |
| Role and reference grammar RD Van Valin, WA Foley Current approaches to syntax, 329-352, 1980 | 172 | 1980 |
| Symmetrical voice systems and precategoriality in Philippine languages WA Foley 3rd LFG conference, Brisbane 30, 1998 | 164 | 1998 |
| A typology of information packaging in the clause WA Foley Language typology and syntactic description 1, 362-446, 2007 | 157 | 2007 |
| On the viability of the notion of ‘subject’in universal grammar WA Foley, RD Van Valin Berkeley Linguistics Society 3, 293-320, 1977 | 151 | 1977 |
| Comparative syntax in Austronesian. WA Foley University of California, Berkeley, 1976 | 137 | 1976 |
| Language birth: the processes of pidginization and creolization WA Foley Linguistics: the Cambridge survey 4, 162-183, 1988 | 135 | 1988 |
| The place of Philippine languages in a typology of voice systems WA Foley Voice and grammatical relations in Austronesian languages, 22-44, 2008 | 124 | 2008 |
| Events and serial verb constructions WA Foley Cambridge University Press, 2010 | 101 | 2010 |
| Van Valin, Jr. 1984 WA Foley, D Robert Jr Functional syntax and universal grammar, 41-58, 0 | 93 | |
| Information structure WA Foley The encyclopedia of language and linguistics 3, 1678-1685, 1994 | 82 | 1994 |
| Toward a universal typology of the noun phrase W Foley Studies in Language. International Journal sponsored by the Foundation …, 1980 | 79 | 1980 |
| Van Valin (1984) W Foley, D Robert Jr Functional syntax and universal grammar, 0 | 77 | |
| Genre, register and language documentation in literate and preliterate communities WA Foley Language documentation and description 1, 2003 | 70 | 2003 |
