--- title: "Amita Misra — author profile and papers · Speech act theory" description: "Amita Misra, Amazon: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2017–2018), h-index 6 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amita-misra/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amita-misra/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Amita Misra # Amita Misra Amita Misra has 2 papers in our library, in 2017–2018, most of them on [Speech act theory](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/), [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/), [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [Ellen Riloff](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ellen-riloff/), [Marilyn Walker](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marilyn-walker/), [Shereen Oraby](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shereen-oraby/). 2 papers in our library · 2017–2018 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5071528389) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4463-071X) · [**h-index 6**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5071528389) · [16 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5071528389) · [157 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5071528389&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amita-misra/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 17 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amita-misra/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5209](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/53/#star-5209) 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=Amita+Misra) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Amita+Misra) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Amita+Misra) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Amita+Misra) ## Affiliations [🏢**Amazon** Seattle · United States 2023 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/amazon/) · [🎓**University of California, Santa Cruz** Santa Cruz · United States 2017–2018 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-santa-cruz/) · [🎓**University of California System** Oakland · United States 2018–2019 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/00pjdza24) · [🔬**IBM Research - Almaden** San Jose · United States 2019–2021 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/ibm-research-almaden/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Sentiment & emotion · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) · [Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Speech act theory · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2018** 1 paper Don't get Lost in Negation: An Effective Negation Handled Dialogue Acts Prediction Algorithm for Twitter Customer Service Conversations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bhuiyan-2018-don-t-get-lost-negation/) · [**2017** 1 paper Are you serious?: Rhetorical Questions and Sarcasm in Social Media Dialog](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/oraby-2017-are-you-serious-rhetorical-questions/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Are you serious?: Rhetorical Questions and Sarcasm in Social Media Dialog](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/oraby-2017-are-you-serious-rhetorical-questions/)** *(2017 · 70 citations)* Rhetorical questions (questions not meant to get an answer) are collected with an intent-based heuristic: a question in the middle of a turn that the same speaker answers at once, without giving up the turn. 2. **[Don't get Lost in Negation: An Effective Negation Handled Dialogue Acts Prediction Algorithm for Twitter Customer Service Conversations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bhuiyan-2018-don-t-get-lost-negation/)** *(2018 · 7 citations)* Companies increasingly handle customer support on Twitter, and virtual agents need to know what each turn is doing: asking, complaining, thanking, and so on. ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Ellen Riloff](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ellen-riloff/) - [Marilyn Walker](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marilyn-walker/) - [Shereen Oraby](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shereen-oraby/) - [Vrindavan Harrison](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/vrindavan-harrison/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial/): [SIGDIAL 2017](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial/2017/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 17 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [5 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amita-misra/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026