--- title: "Alex Lascarides — author profile and papers" description: "Alex Lascarides, University of Edinburgh: 5 papers on Elamur Research (1991–2004), h-index 34 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-lascarides/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-lascarides/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Alex Lascarides # Alex Lascarides 5 papers on this site · 1991–2004 current affiliation [University of Edinburgh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-edinburgh/), Edinburgh, United Kingdom Alex Lascarides has 5 papers on this site, in 1991–2004, most of them on [Discourse analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/), [Implicature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/), [Text generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/text-generation/); often with [Ann Copestake](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ann-copestake/), [Dan Flickinger](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dan-flickinger/), [Jon Oberlander](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jon-oberlander/). 2 of them are among the papers [Mova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/projects/mova/) reads. [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5083233594) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1704-1864) · [**h-index 34**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5083233594) · [219 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5083233594) · [5 482 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5083233594&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [5 works on this site](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-lascarides/#papers) · [187 citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-lascarides/cited-by/) · 5 more works in our library · [⭐ Paper Star rank #2782](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/28/#star-2782) 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=Alex+Lascarides) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Alex+Lascarides) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Alex+Lascarides) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Alex+Lascarides) ## Affiliations - [University of Edinburgh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-edinburgh/) · Edinburgh, United Kingdom —current · 1985–2026 on 111 papers · education 1985–1988 (Wikidata) · employment from 1998 (Wikidata) - [Stanford University](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · Stanford, United States —1994 on 2 papers From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Topics [Discourse analysis 1](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/) · [Implicature 1](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/) · [Text generation 1](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/text-generation/) ## Works by year ### 2000s [**2004** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lapata-2004-inferring-sentence-internal-temporal-relations/) · [**2003** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lapata-2003-probabilistic-account-logical-metonymy/) · [**2001** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/aclbulk-2001-copestake-algebra-semantic-construction-constraint-based/) ### 1990s [**1992** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/oberlander-1992-preventing-false-temporal-implicatures-interactive/) · [**1991** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lascarides-1991-discourse-relations-defeasible-knowledge/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[An Algebra for Semantic Construction in Constraint-based Grammars](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/aclbulk-2001-copestake-algebra-semantic-construction-constraint-based/)** *(2001 · 180 citations)* The paper offers a framework for semantic construction inside grammars written in typed feature structure logics, including HPSG. 2. **[Discourse Relations and Defeasible Knowledge](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lascarides-1991-discourse-relations-defeasible-knowledge/)** *(1991 · 177 citations)* The paper addresses why short texts with nearly identical syntax get different temporal readings. In "Max stood up. John greeted him" the events follow the order in which they are told. In "Max fell. John pushed him" the second event comes first and causes the first. Since the logical forms are alike, the authors… 3. **[A Probabilistic Account of Logical Metonymy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lapata-2003-probabilistic-account-logical-metonymy/)** *(2003 · 118 citations)* Logical metonymy covers phrases where a verb or adjective needs an event, but the syntax supplies only an entity noun. 4. **[Inferring Sentence-internal Temporal Relations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lapata-2004-inferring-sentence-internal-temporal-relations/)** *(2004 · 83 citations)* Much temporal information in text is implicit. A reader can tell which of two events came first even without an explicit cue. Lapata and Lascarides ask whether such ordering knowledge can be learned without hand-annotated temporal data. They use sentences in which a main clause and a subordinate clause are linked by… 5. **[Preventing False Temporal Implicatures: Interactive Defaults for Text Generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/oberlander-1992-preventing-false-temporal-implicatures-interactive/)** *(1992 · 11 citations)* Readers infer temporal relations between clauses from their order, from causal knowledge and from discourse rules. ## Also in our library 5 more works of theirs are in our library without a page here yet; they will appear as we publish them. ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Ann Copestake](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ann-copestake/) - [Dan Flickinger](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dan-flickinger/) - [Jon Oberlander](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jon-oberlander/) - [Mirella Lapata](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mirella-lapata/) - [Nicholas Asher](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nicholas-asher/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 187 times (of the 140 884 papers whose bibliographies we read); [16 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-lascarides/cited-by/).