--- title: "Arabella Sinclair — author profile and papers · Dialogue systems" description: "Arabella Sinclair, University of Aberdeen: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2026), h-index 7 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/arabella-sinclair/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/arabella-sinclair/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Arabella Sinclair # Arabella Sinclair Arabella Sinclair has 3 papers in our library, in 2022–2026, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/), [Psycholinguistics & language acquisition](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/psycholinguistics/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Jaap Jumelet](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jaap-jumelet/), [Mario Giulianelli](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mario-giulianelli/), [Raquel Fernández](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/raquel-fernandez/). 3 papers in our library · 2022–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5014216707) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1210-7011) · [**h-index 7**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5014216707) · [23 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5014216707) · [231 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5014216707&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/arabella-sinclair/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 76 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/arabella-sinclair/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7252](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/73/#star-7252) 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=Arabella+Sinclair) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Arabella+Sinclair) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Arabella+Sinclair) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Arabella+Sinclair) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Aberdeen** Aberdeen · United Kingdom 2022–2026 · 16 papersEmployment · Lecturer, Computing Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-aberdeen/) · [🎓**University College London** London · United Kingdom 2025–2026 · 6 papersEmployment since 2025 · Lecturer (Assistant Professor) Knowledge, Information and Data Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-college-london/) · [🎓**University of Edinburgh** Edinburgh · United Kingdom 2017–2021 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-edinburgh/) · [🎓**University of Amsterdam** Amsterdam · Netherlands 2020–2024 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-amsterdam/) 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 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Dialogue systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Psycholinguistics & language acquisition · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/psycholinguistics/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/arabella-sinclair/year/2026/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/arabella-sinclair/year/2022/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Structural Persistence in Language Models: Priming as a Window into Abstract Language Representations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sinclair-2022-structural-persistence-language-models-priming/)** *(2022 · 74 citations)* Do neural language models represent sentence structure abstractly, apart from the specific words used? The authors test this with structural priming, a method from psycholinguistics: after a model reads a sentence with a given construction, does it assign higher probability to a follow-up sentence built the same way?… 2. **[Pragmatic Modelling in Language Learning: Caregiver Question-Answer Feedback in Child-Directed Dialogue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bala-2026-pragmatic-modelling-language-learning-caregiver/)** *(2026)* The paper investigates how adult caregivers respond to a child's early attempts to construct question–answer (QA) pairs and whether this response changes as the child's language develops. 3. **[Surprisal Minimisation over Goal-directed Alternatives Predicts Production Choice in Dialogue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/utting-2026-surprisal-minimisation-over-goal-directed/)** *(2026)* Information-theoretic measures such as surprisal and uniform information density (UID) are often used to explain why speakers pick one phrasing over another. ## All works 4 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[State-of-the-art generalisation research in NLP: A taxonomy and review ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-023-00729-y) arXiv:2210.03050 · Nat Mach Intell 5, 1161-1174 (2023) · no summary yet**Dieuwke Hupkes et al.*2022 · 120 citations* 2. **[Structural Persistence in Language Models: Priming as a Window into Abstract Language Representations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sinclair-2022-structural-persistence-language-models-priming/) [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/)**Arabella Sinclair, Jaap Jumelet, Willem Zuidema, et al.*2022 · 74 citations* 3. **[Pragmatic Modelling in Language Learning: Caregiver Question-Answer Feedback in Child-Directed Dialogue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bala-2026-pragmatic-modelling-language-learning-caregiver/) [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/)**Maryam Bala, Johannes Heim, Elspeth Edelstein, et al.*2026* 4. **[Surprisal Minimisation over Goal-directed Alternatives Predicts Production Choice in Dialogue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/utting-2026-surprisal-minimisation-over-goal-directed/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Thomas P. Utting, Mario Giulianelli, Arabella Sinclair*2026* ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Jaap Jumelet](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jaap-jumelet/) - [Mario Giulianelli](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mario-giulianelli/) - [Raquel Fernández](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/raquel-fernandez/) - [Willem Zuidema](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/willem-zuidema/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/): [LREC 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2026/) - [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/): [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2022/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 76 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [12 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/arabella-sinclair/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026