--- title: "Debora Field · University of Oxford — author profile and papers" description: "Debora Field, University of Oxford: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2006–2009), h-index 9 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/debora-field/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/debora-field/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Debora Field # Debora Field Debora Field has 2 papers in our library, in 2006–2009, most of them on [Speech act theory](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Allan Ramsay](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allan-ramsay/). 2 papers in our library · 2006–2009 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5089805127) · [**h-index 9**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5089805127) · [29 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5089805127) · [213 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5089805127&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/debora-field/#papers) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10694](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/107/#star-10694) 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=Debora+Field) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Debora+Field) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Debora+Field) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Debora+Field) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Oxford** Oxford · United Kingdom 2013–2018 · 7 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-oxford/) · [🎓**University of Sheffield** Sheffield · United Kingdom 2008–2012 · 8 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-sheffield/) · [🎓**The Open University** Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2013 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-open-university/) · [🎓**University of Liverpool** Liverpool · United Kingdom 2004–2007 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-liverpool/) 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. ## 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).[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/) · [Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/) · [Molecular Biology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/molecular-biology/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Speech act theory · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2000s [**2009** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/debora-field/year/2009/) · [**2006** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/debora-field/year/2006/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[How to change a person's mind: Understanding the difference between the effects and consequences of speech acts](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/field-2006-how-change-person-s-mind/)** *(2006 · 4 citations)* The paper tackles a core difficulty in planning communication. A speaker cannot directly change what a hearer believes. Whatever an utterance achieves depends on the hearer's own beliefs and inferences, so its outcome cannot be read off a fixed list of action effects. Field and Ramsay present a fully implemented… 2. **[Using English for commonsense knowledge](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ramsay-2009-english-commonsense-knowledge/)** *(2009)* The paper argues for writing commonsense rules as English sentences, for example "eating fruit which contains vitamin C is good for X if X has scurvy", and for translating them into logical forms with a compositional grammar. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Allan Ramsay](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allan-ramsay/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [International Workshop on Inference in Computational Semantics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/international-workshop-on-inference-in-computational-semantics/): [International Workshop on Inference in Computational Semantics 2006](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/international-workshop-on-inference-in-computational-semantics/2006/) - [International Conference on Computational Semantics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/iwcs/): [International Conference on Computational Semantics 2009](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/iwcs/2009/) Updated 30 October 2026