--- title: "Benjamin Spector — author profile and papers · Implicature" description: "Benjamin Spector, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2016–2020), h-index 21 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-spector/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-spector/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Benjamin Spector # Benjamin Spector Benjamin Spector has 2 papers in our library, in 2016–2020, most of them on [Implicature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/). 2 papers in our library · 2016–2020 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5004675499) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0468-5986) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89889802) · [**h-index 21**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5004675499) · [129 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5004675499) · [2,459 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5004675499&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-spector/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 2 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-spector/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5622](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/57/#star-5622) 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=Benjamin+Spector) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Benjamin+Spector) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Benjamin+Spector) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Benjamin+Spector) ## Affiliations [🔬**Institut Jean Nicod** Paris · France 2007–2026 · 39 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/institut-jean-nicod/) · [🔬**Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique** Paris · France 2013–2026 · 22 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique/) · [🔬**École Normale Supérieure - PSL** Paris · France 2013–2026 · 21 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/ecole-normale-superieure-psl/) · [🔬**École des hautes études en sciences sociales** Paris · France 2013–2026 · 21 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/ecole-des-hautes-etudes-en-sciences-sociales/) · [🎓**Université Paris Sciences et Lettres** Paris · France 2015–2026 · 17 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universite-paris-sciences-et-lettres/) · [🎓**Harvard University** Cambridge · United States 2007–2015 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/harvard-university/) 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. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 6 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/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) · [Philosophy · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/philosophy/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Implicature · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2020** 1 paper On the Optimality of Vagueness: "Around", "Between", and the Gricean Maxims](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/egre-2020-optimality-vagueness-around-between-gricean/) ### 2010s [**2016** 1 paper Comparing exhaustivity operators](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/spector-2016-comparing-exhaustivity-operators/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Comparing exhaustivity operators](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/spector-2016-comparing-exhaustivity-operators/)** *(2016 · 24 citations)* Exhaustivity operators model how a sentence is strengthened by its quantity (scalar) implicatures. They take a proposition and a set of alternatives and return a stronger proposition. The simple Krifka-style operator negates every alternative the sentence does not entail, and it breaks down on disjunctions. The… 2. **[On the Optimality of Vagueness: "Around", "Between", and the Gricean Maxims](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/egre-2020-optimality-vagueness-around-between-gricean/)** *(2020 · 1 citation)* The paper asks why ordinary language keeps vague expressions rather than replacing them with precise ones. ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Semantics and Pragmatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/): [Semantics and Pragmatics 2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/2016/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 2 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-spector/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026