--- title: "Claire Brierley — author profile and papers" description: "Claire Brierley, University of Leeds: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2012–2016), h-index 6 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/claire-brierley/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/claire-brierley/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Claire Brierley # Claire Brierley Claire Brierley has 3 papers in our library, in 2012–2016, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/); often with [Eric Atwell](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/eric-atwell/), [Ayman Alghamdi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ayman-alghamdi/), [Majdi Sawalha](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/majdi-sawalha/). 3 papers in our library · 2012–2016 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5104065063) · [**h-index 6**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5104065063) · [26 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5104065063) · [130 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5104065063&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/claire-brierley/#papers) · [🔗 20 citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/claire-brierley/cited-by/) · [6 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Star rank #4677](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/47/#star-4677) 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=Claire+Brierley) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Claire+Brierley) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Claire+Brierley) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Claire+Brierley) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Leeds** Leeds · United Kingdom 2008–2025 · 14 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-leeds/) · [🎓**University of Greater Manchester** Bolton · United Kingdom 2008–2010 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/01t884y44) · [🎓**University of Jordan** Amman · Jordan 2012–2014 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-jordan/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Topics [Semitic languages (3)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2016** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/claire-brierley/year/2016/) · [**2012** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sawalha-2012-predicting-phrase-breaks-classical-modern/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Predicting Phrase Breaks in Classical and Modern Standard Arabic Text](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sawalha-2012-predicting-phrase-breaks-classical-modern/)** *(2012 · 10 citations)* The paper addresses automatic phrase break prediction for Arabic, a step in text-to-speech that decides where a speaker would pause. 2. **[An Empirical Study of Arabic Formulaic Sequence Extraction Methods](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alghamdi-2016-empirical-study-arabic-formulaic-sequence/)** *(2016 · 5 citations)* The paper looks for the best statistical way to pull frequent, semantically transparent multi-word formulas (formulaic sequences, FSs) for Modern Standard Arabic out of a very large corpus. 3. **[Compilation of an Arabic Children's Corpus](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sulaiti-2016-compilation-arabic-children-s-corpus/)** *(2016 · 3 citations)* The authors address the lack of any corpus of Arabic texts aimed at children. They model their work on the Oxford Children's Corpus and define children's material as texts either written for young readers or chosen for them by adults. Over three months, two native speakers located about 70 websites, including… ## Also in our library 6 more works of theirs are in our library without a page here yet; they will appear as we publish them. ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Eric Atwell](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/eric-atwell/) ×3 - [Ayman Alghamdi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ayman-alghamdi/) ×2 - [Majdi Sawalha](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/majdi-sawalha/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 20 times (of the 140,884 papers whose bibliographies we read); [3 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/claire-brierley/cited-by/).