--- title: "Christopher Kennedy — author profile and papers · Implicature" description: "Christopher Kennedy, University of Chicago: 3 papers on Elamur Research (1996–2022), h-index 31 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-kennedy/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-kennedy/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Christopher Kennedy # Christopher Kennedy Christopher Kennedy has 3 papers in our library, in 1996–2022, most of them on [Implicature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/), [Coreference resolution](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/coreference-resolution/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Ming Xiang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ming-xiang/). 3 papers in our library · 1996–2022 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5007504592) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9605-8308) · [**h-index 31**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5007504592) · [78 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5007504592) · [8,211 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5007504592&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-kennedy/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 62 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-kennedy/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4764](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/48/#star-4764) 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+Kennedy) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Christopher+Kennedy) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Christopher+Kennedy) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Christopher+Kennedy) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Chicago** Chicago · United States 2001–2026 · 25 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-chicago/) · [🎓**Northwestern University** Evanston · United States 1997–2004 · 11 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northwestern-university/) · [🎓**University of California, Santa Cruz** Santa Cruz · United States 1995–2015 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-santa-cruz/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## 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 · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Philosophy · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/philosophy/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Implicature · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/) · [Coreference resolution · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/coreference-resolution/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2022** 1 paper Pragmatic reasoning and semantic convention: A case study on gradable adjectives](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xiang-2022-pragmatic-reasoning-semantic-convention-case/) ### 2010s [**2015** 1 paper A "de-Fregean" semantics (and neo-Gricean pragmatics) for modified and unmodified numerals](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kennedy-2015-de-fregean-semantics-neo-gricean/) ### 1990s [**1996** 1 paper Anaphora for Everyone: Pronominal Anaphora Resolution without a Parser](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kennedy-1996-anaphora-everyone-pronominal-anaphora-resolution/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[A "de-Fregean" semantics (and neo-Gricean pragmatics) for modified and unmodified numerals](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kennedy-2015-de-fregean-semantics-neo-gricean/)** *(2015 · 120 citations)* Kennedy asks why numerals with superlative modifiers ("at least six", "at most six") suggest that the speaker does not know the exact number, while comparative ones ("more than six", "fewer than six") do not, even though both only give a bound. 2. **[Anaphora for Everyone: Pronominal Anaphora Resolution without a Parser](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kennedy-1996-anaphora-everyone-pronominal-anaphora-resolution/)** *(1996 · 53 citations)* Kennedy and Boguraev address a practical obstacle to pronoun resolution. The Lappin and Leass (1994) algorithm is accurate but depends on detailed full syntactic parses, which parsers of the time could not reliably produce for arbitrary real-world text. The authors adapt that algorithm to work from shallow input: the… 3. **[Pragmatic reasoning and semantic convention: A case study on gradable adjectives](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xiang-2022-pragmatic-reasoning-semantic-convention-case/)** *(2022 · 4 citations)* The paper asks how listeners handle unmodified gradable adjectives ("long", "empty", "bent"), whose cutoff point is set by context and often uncertain. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Ming Xiang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ming-xiang/) ## 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/) ×2: [Semantics and Pragmatics 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/2022/), [Semantics and Pragmatics 2015](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/2015/) - [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/): [COLING 1996](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/1996/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 62 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [22 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-kennedy/cited-by/). 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