--- title: "Abdellah Fourtassi — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Abdellah Fourtassi, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2013–2024), h-index 12 — affiliations…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdellah-fourtassi/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdellah-fourtassi/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Abdellah Fourtassi # Abdellah Fourtassi Abdellah Fourtassi has 2 papers in our library, in 2013–2024, most of them on [Psycholinguistics & language acquisition](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/psycholinguistics/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Alex Warstadt](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-warstadt/), [Benjamin Börschinger](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-borschinger/), [Emmanuel Dupoux](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/emmanuel-dupoux/). 2 papers in our library · 2013–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5091239455) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0279-7730) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5091239455) · [154 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5091239455) · [590 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5091239455&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdellah-fourtassi/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 6 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdellah-fourtassi/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9902](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/100/#star-9902) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Abdellah+Fourtassi) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Abdellah+Fourtassi) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Abdellah+Fourtassi) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Abdellah+Fourtassi) ## Affiliations [🎓**Aix-Marseille Université** Marseille · France 2019–2026 · 61 papersEmployment since 2019 · Assistant Professor, Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/aix-marseille-universite/) · [🔬**Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique** Paris · France 2013–2026 · 42 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique/) · [🔬**Laboratoire d’Informatique et Systèmes** Marseille · France 2020–2026 · 40 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/laboratoire-d-informatique-et-systemes/) · [🎓**Université de Toulon** La Garde · France 2020–2026 · 20 papers*current*](https://ror.org/02m9kbe37) · [🔬**Laboratoire Parole et Langage** Aix-en-Provence · France 2020–2026 · 11 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/laboratoire-parole-et-langage/) · [🔬**École Normale Supérieure - PSL** Paris · France 2013–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/ecole-normale-superieure-psl/) · [🔬**École des hautes études en sciences sociales** Paris · France 2014–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/ecole-des-hautes-etudes-en-sciences-sociales/) · [🎓**Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II** Marseille · France 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/01q1nds63) · [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 2013–2020 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · [🔬**Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique** Paris · France 2014–2019 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/laboratoire-de-sciences-cognitives-et-psycholinguistique/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Psycholinguistics & language acquisition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/psycholinguistics/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Child-directed speech · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/child-directed-speech/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdellah-fourtassi/year/2024/) ### 2010s [**2013** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdellah-fourtassi/year/2013/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Automatic Annotation of Grammaticality in Child-Caregiver Conversations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nikolaus-2024-automatic-annotation-grammaticality-child-caregiver/)** *(2024 · 7 citations)* The authors developed a tool that automatically assesses the grammaticality of children's utterances in naturalistic conversations between children and adults. 2. **[Why is English so easy to segment?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/fourtassi-2013-why-is-english-so-easy/)** *(2013 · 3 citations)* Unsupervised word segmentation systems do much better on English than on other languages. This paper asks whether that gap comes from models being tuned to English or from real properties of the languages. The authors compare English and Japanese, using both child-directed and adult-directed phonemic corpora. They… ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Automatic Annotation of Grammaticality in Child-Caregiver Conversations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nikolaus-2024-automatic-annotation-grammaticality-child-caregiver/) [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/)**Mitja Nikolaus, Abhishek Agrawal, Petros Kaklamanis, et al.*2024 · 7 citations* 2. **[Why is English so easy to segment?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/fourtassi-2013-why-is-english-so-easy/) [Annual Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics (CMCL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/annual-workshop-on-cognitive-modeling-and-computational-linguistics-cmcl/)**Abdellah Fourtassi, Benjamin Börschinger, Mark Johnson, et al.*2013 · 3 citations* 3. **[ChiCA: un corpus de conversations face-à-face vs. Zoom entre enfants et parents ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2024.jeptalnrecital-trad.3/) Actes de la 31ème Conférence sur le Traitement Automatique des Langues Naturelles, volume 2 : traductions d'articles publiès · no summary yet**Dhia Elhak Goumri et al.*2024* ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Alex Warstadt](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-warstadt/) - [Benjamin Börschinger](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-borschinger/) - [Emmanuel Dupoux](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/emmanuel-dupoux/) - [Mark Johnson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mark-johnson/) - [Mitja Nikolaus](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mitja-nikolaus/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics (CMCL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/annual-workshop-on-cognitive-modeling-and-computational-linguistics-cmcl/): [CMCL 2013](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/annual-workshop-on-cognitive-modeling-and-computational-linguistics-cmcl/2013/) - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/): [LREC 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2024/) - Actes de la 31ème Conférence sur le Traitement Automatique des Langues Naturelles, volume 2 : traductions d'articles publiès ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 6 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [5 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdellah-fourtassi/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026