--- title: "Bernhard Schwarz — author profile and papers · Implicature" description: "Bernhard Schwarz, McGill University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2016), h-index 13 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bernhard-schwarz/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bernhard-schwarz/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Bernhard Schwarz # Bernhard Schwarz Bernhard Schwarz has 2 papers in our library, in 2016, most of them on [Implicature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/). 2 papers in our library · 2016 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5009236620) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7509-5401) · [**h-index 13**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5009236620) · [49 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5009236620) · [636 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5009236620&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bernhard-schwarz/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 6 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bernhard-schwarz/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5457](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/55/#star-5457) 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=Bernhard+Schwarz) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Bernhard+Schwarz) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Bernhard+Schwarz) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Bernhard+Schwarz) ## Affiliations [🎓**McGill University** Montreal · Canada 2005–2026 · 30 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/mcgill-university/) · [🎓**University of Massachusetts Amherst** Amherst Center · United States 1998–1999 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-massachusetts-amherst/) · [🎓**The University of Texas at Austin** Austin · United States 2004–2005 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-university-of-texas-at-austin/) 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 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 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Implicature · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2016** 2 papers Bernhard Schwarz's papers of 2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bernhard-schwarz/year/2016/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Consistency preservation in Quantity implicature: The case of at least](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/schwarz-2016-consistency-preservation-quantity-implicature-case/)** *(2016 · 36 citations)* The paper asks how a Neo-Gricean theory of Quantity implicature should handle the speaker-ignorance reading of at least. 2. **[At least and ignorance: A reply to Coppock & Brochhagen 2013](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/schwarz-2016-least-ignorance-reply-coppock-brochhagen/)** *(2016 · 5 citations)* This commentary examines how "at least" with a numeral (e.g. "At least two apples fell") signals that the speaker does not know the exact number. Coppock & Brochhagen (2013) explained this in inquisitive semantics. They treat the sentence as denoting a set of propositions and add a new principle, the Maxim of… ## All works 4 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. **[Consistency preservation in Quantity implicature: The case of at least](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/schwarz-2016-consistency-preservation-quantity-implicature-case/) [Semantics and Pragmatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/)**Bernhard Schwarz*2016 · 36 citations* 2. **[At least and ignorance: A reply to Coppock & Brochhagen 2013](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/schwarz-2016-least-ignorance-reply-coppock-brochhagen/) [Semantics and Pragmatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/)**Bernhard Schwarz*2016 · 5 citations* 3. **[Resolving symmetry without constraining alternatives ↗](https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.19.8) Semantics and Pragmatics · no summary yet**Bernhard Schwarz, Michael Wagner*2026* 4. **[Gricean views of exhaustification: A note on Westera (2022) ↗](https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.19.9) Semantics and Pragmatics · no summary yet**William Zumchak, Bernhard Schwarz*2026* ## 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/) ×4: [Semantics and Pragmatics 2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/2016/) ×2 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 6 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bernhard-schwarz/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026