--- title: "Bob van Tiel — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Bob van Tiel, Radboud University Nijmegen: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021), h-index 14 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bob-van-tiel/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bob-van-tiel/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Bob van Tiel # Bob van Tiel Bob van Tiel has 2 papers in our library, in 2021, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Sherry Yong Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sherry-yong-chen/). 2 papers in our library · 2021 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5034615594) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4169-3179) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94957415) · [**h-index 14**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5034615594) · [61 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5034615594) · [754 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5034615594&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bob-van-tiel/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 7 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bob-van-tiel/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5635](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/57/#star-5635) 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=Bob+van+Tiel) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Bob+van+Tiel) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Bob+van+Tiel) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Bob+van+Tiel) ## Affiliations [🎓**Radboud University Nijmegen** Nijmegen · Netherlands 2010–2026 · 22 papersEducationEmployment 2010–2013Employment 2014–2015*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/radboud-university-nijmegen/) · [🔬**Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics** Berlin · Germany 2015–2021 · 6 papersEmployment 2015](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/leibniz-centre-general-linguistics/) · [🔬**Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour** Nijmegen · Netherlands 2020–2021 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/053sba816) · [🎓**Bielefeld University** Bielefeld · Germany 2013–2014Employment 2013–2014](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/bielefeld-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 7 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/) · [Cognitive Neuroscience · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/cognitive-neuroscience/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Neuroscience · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/) · [Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2021** 2 papers Bob van Tiel's papers of 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bob-van-tiel/year/2021/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Adjectival polarity and the processing of scalar inferences](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tiel-2021-adjectival-polarity-processing-scalar-inferences/)** *(2021 · 21 citations)* Bott and Noveck (2004) found that judging "some" as false (the scalar inference "not all") takes longer than judging it true. 2. **[Every ambiguity isn't syntactic in nature: Testing the Rational Speech Act model of scope ambiguity\ensuremath*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2021-every-ambiguity-isn-t-syntactic/)** *(2021 · 3 citations)* The paper asks how much of the ambiguity in sentences like "Every horse didn't jump over the fence" comes from syntax and how much from pragmatics. ## All works 3 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. **[Embedded scalars ↗](https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.6.9) Semantics and Pragmatics · no summary yet**Bart Geurts, Bob van Tiel*2013 · 47 citations* 2. [**Adjectival polarity and the processing of scalar inferences**Bob van Tiel, Elizabeth Pankratz*English · 21 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tiel-2021-adjectival-polarity-processing-scalar-inferences/) 3. **[Every ambiguity isn't syntactic in nature: Testing the Rational Speech Act model of scope ambiguity\ensuremath*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2021-every-ambiguity-isn-t-syntactic/) [Society for Computation in Linguistics (SCiL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/scil/)**Sherry Yong Chen, Bob van Tiel*2021 · 3 citations* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Sherry Yong Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sherry-yong-chen/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Glossa a journal of general linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/glossa-a-journal-of-general-linguistics/): [Glossa a journal of general linguistics 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/glossa-a-journal-of-general-linguistics/2021/) - [Society for Computation in Linguistics (SCiL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/scil/): [SCiL 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/scil/2021/) - Semantics and Pragmatics ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 7 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/bob-van-tiel/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026