--- title: "Christopher Davis — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Christopher Davis: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 12 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-davis/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-davis/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Christopher Davis # Christopher Davis Christopher Davis has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Vision & language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/); often with [Andrew Caines](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-caines/), [Bill Byrne](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bill-byrne/), [Christopher Bryant](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-bryant/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5104356569) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5104356569) · [32 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5104356569) · [820 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5104356569&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-davis/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 34 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-davis/cited-by/) · [5 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7777](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/78/#star-7777) 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=Christopher+Davis) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Christopher+Davis) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Christopher+Davis) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Christopher+Davis) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Massachusetts Amherst** Amherst Center · United States 2007–2022 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-massachusetts-amherst/) · [🎓**University of Cambridge** Cambridge · United Kingdom 2019–2023 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-cambridge/) · [🎓**University of the Ryukyus** Okinawa · Japan 2016–2021 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/02z1n9q24) · [🎓**Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam** Amsterdam · Netherlands 2023 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 4 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## 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 · 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/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Vision & language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-davis/year/2026/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-davis/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[On the application of Large Language Models for language teaching and assessment technology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/caines-2023-application-large-language-models-language/)** *(2023 · 51 citations)* This position paper, from the ALTA Institute at Cambridge and partners, asks how very large language models such as GPT-4 and PaLM could support AI-based systems that teach and assess language learners. 2. **[Benchmarking Deflection and Hallucination in Large Vision-Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/moratelli-2026-benchmarking-deflection-hallucination-large-vision/)** *(2026)* Retrieval-augmented LVLMs are increasingly used for knowledge-based visual question answering (KB-VQA). Existing benchmarks have three gaps. They score only accuracy. They ignore clashes between image and text evidence. They become outdated as models memorize more facts. This paper argues that when retrieved evidence… ## All works 7 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. **[Affective Demonstratives and the Division of Pragmatic Labor ↗](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14287-1_5) Lecture notes in computer science · no summary yet**Christopher Michael Davis, Christopher E. Potts*2010 · 195 citations* 2. **[The Pragmatic Values of Evidential Sentences ↗](https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v17i0.2966) Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory · no summary yet**Christopher Michael Davis, Christopher E. Potts, Margaret Speas*2007 · 154 citations* 3. **[Expressives and Identity Conditions ↗](https://doi.org/10.1162/ling.2009.40.2.356) Linguistic Inquiry · no summary yet**Christopher E. Potts et al.*2009 · 109 citations* 4. [**On the application of Large Language Models for language teaching and assessment technology arXiv:2307.08393**Andrew Caines, Luca Benedetto, Shiva Taslimipoor, et al.*2023 · 51 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/caines-2023-application-large-language-models-language/) 5. **[The pragmatics of expressive content: Evidence from large corpora ↗](https://openalex.org/W2164294052) no summary yet**Noah Constant et al.*2009 · 50 citations* 6. **[The Pragmatic Values of Evidential Sentences ↗](https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v0i0.2966) Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory · no summary yet**Christopher Michael Davis, Christopher E. Potts, Margaret Speas*2015 · 7 citations* 7. **[Benchmarking Deflection and Hallucination in Large Vision-Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/moratelli-2026-benchmarking-deflection-hallucination-large-vision/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Nicholas Moratelli, Christopher Davis, Leonardo F. R. Ribeiro, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 12 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Andrew Caines](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-caines/) - [Bill Byrne](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bill-byrne/) - [Christopher Bryant](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-bryant/) - [Gonzalo Iglesias](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gonzalo-iglesias/) - [Helen Yannakoudakis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/helen-yannakoudakis/) - [Leonardo F. R. Ribeiro](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/leonardo-f-r-ribeiro/) - [Luca Benedetto](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/luca-benedetto/) - [Marek Rei](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marek-rei/) - [Russell Moore](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/russell-moore/) - [Shiva Taslimipoor](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shiva-taslimipoor/) - [Yuan Gao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yuan-gao/) - [Zheng Yuan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zheng-yuan/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory ×2 - [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/) - Lecture notes in computer science - Linguistic Inquiry ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 34 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [4 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-davis/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026