--- title: "Elizabeth Hinkelman — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Elizabeth Hinkelman: 2 papers on Elamur Research (1989), h-index 8 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elizabeth-hinkelman/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elizabeth-hinkelman/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Elizabeth Hinkelman # Elizabeth Hinkelman Elizabeth Hinkelman has 2 papers in our library, in 1989, most of them on [Speech act theory](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/); often with [James F. Allen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/james-f-allen/). 2 papers in our library · 1989 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5089741377) · [**h-index 8**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5089741377) · [32 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5089741377) · [478 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5089741377&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elizabeth-hinkelman/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 11 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elizabeth-hinkelman/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7476](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/75/#star-7476) 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=Elizabeth+Hinkelman) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Elizabeth+Hinkelman) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Elizabeth+Hinkelman) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Elizabeth+Hinkelman) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Rochester** Rochester · United States 1987–1992 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-rochester/) · [🔬**German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence** Kaiserslautern · Germany 1992–2000 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/german-research-centre-for-artificial-intelligence/) · [🎓**University of Chicago** Chicago · United States 1991–1992 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-chicago/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 4 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/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Speech act theory · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/) ## Works by year ### 1980s [**1989** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elizabeth-hinkelman/year/1989/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Two Constraints on Speech Act Ambiguity](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hinkelman-1989-two-constraints-speech-act-ambiguity/)** *(1989 · 60 citations)* The paper addresses how a dialogue system can work out what act a speaker performs with an utterance (asking, requesting, offering, and so on). 2. **[Using Structural Constraints for Speech Act Interpretation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/allen-1989-structural-constraints-speech-act-interpretation/)** *(1989 · 3 citations)* Allen and Hinkelman challenge the literal meaning hypothesis. That hypothesis holds that sentence structure fixes one context-free "literal" speech act, and that any indirect meaning is reached later by plan reasoning from that starting point. The authors argue this approach cannot capture phrasing subtleties. For… ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [James F. Allen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/james-f-allen/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 1989](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/1989/) - [DARPA Workshop on Speech and Natural Language (HLT)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/darpa-workshop-on-speech-and-natural-language-hlt/): [HLT 1989](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/darpa-workshop-on-speech-and-natural-language-hlt/1989/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 11 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elizabeth-hinkelman/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026