| The languages of Japan M Shibatani Cambridge University Press, 1990 | 2635 | 1990 |
| Passives and related constructions: A prototype analysis M Shibatani Language, 821-848, 1985 | 1156 | 1985 |
| The grammar of causative constructions: a conspectus M Shibatani Syntax and Semantics 6, 1976 | 945 | 1976 |
| The causative continuum M Shibatani, P Pardeshi Typological studies in language 48, 85-126, 2002 | 622 | 2002 |
| Grammatical relations and surface cases M Shibatani Language, 789-809, 1977 | 433 | 1977 |
| Passive and voice M Shibatani John Benjamins Publishing company, 1988 | 375 | 1988 |
| Nihongo no bunseki M Shibatani Taishukan Publishing Company, 1978 | 356 | 1978 |
| Semantics of Japanese causativization M Shibatani Foundations of language, 327-373, 1973 | 312 | 1973 |
| Syntax and semantics: the grammar of causative constructions M Shibatani Academic Press, 1976 | 262 | 1976 |
| Causativization M Shibatani Japanese generative grammar, 239-294, 1976 | 258 | 1976 |
| The grammar of causation and interpersonal manipulation M Shibatani John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2002 | 247 | 2002 |
| Applicatives and benefactives: A cognitive account S Masayoshi Grammatical constructions, 157-194, 1996 | 237 | 1996 |
| Word formation in a modular theory of grammar: Postsyntactic compounds in Japanese M Shibatani, T Kageyama Language, 451-484, 1988 | 220 | 1988 |
| The role of surface phonetic constraints in generative phonology M Shibatani Language, 87-106, 1973 | 207 | 1973 |
| Voice in Philippine languages M Shibatani Passive and voice 16, 85-142, 1988 | 206 | 1988 |
| Grammaticization of topic into subject M Shibatani Approaches to grammaticalization 2, 93-133, 1991 | 205 | 1991 |
| A linguistics study of causative constructions M Shibatani University of California, Berkeley, 1973 | 194 | 1973 |
| Approaches to language typology M Shibatani, T Bynon Clarendon Press, 1999 | 183 | 1999 |
| Introduction: Some basic issues in the grammar of causation M Shibatani The grammar of causation and interpersonal manipulation, 1-22, 2002 | 169 | 2002 |
| On the conceptual framework for voice phenomena M Shibatani Walter de Gruyter 44 (2), 217-269, 2006 | 164 | 2006 |