--- title: "Itai Bassi — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Itai Bassi, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2024), h-index 4 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/itai-bassi/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/itai-bassi/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Itai Bassi # Itai Bassi Itai Bassi has 2 papers in our library, in 2021–2024, most of them on [Implicature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/); often with [Guillermo Del Pinal](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/guillermo-del-pinal/), [Uli Sauerland](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/uli-sauerland/). 2 papers in our library · 2021–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5061139274) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8523-5797) · [**h-index 4**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5061139274) · [45 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5061139274) · [82 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5061139274&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/itai-bassi/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 6 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/itai-bassi/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8314](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/84/#star-8314) 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=Itai+Bassi) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Itai+Bassi) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Itai+Bassi) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Itai+Bassi) ## Affiliations [🔬**Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics** Berlin · Germany 2022–2026 · 11 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/leibniz-centre-general-linguistics/) · [🎓**Ben-Gurion University of the Negev** Beersheba · Israel 2024–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/ben-gurion-university-of-the-negev/) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 2018–2025 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 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 5 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/) · [Philosophy · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/philosophy/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Implicature · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/itai-bassi/year/2024/) · [**2021** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/itai-bassi/year/2021/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Presuppositional exhaustification](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bassi-2021-presuppositional-exhaustification/)** *(2021 · 27 citations)* Grammatical theories of scalar implicatures (SIs) place a silent operator, exh, in Logical Form. Exh asserts its prejacent together with the denial of relevant excludable alternatives. Bassi, Del Pinal and Sauerland propose replacing it with pex. Pex keeps the prejacent as asserted content but makes the negated… 2. **[Free choice and presuppositional exhaustification](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pinal-2024-free-choice-presuppositional-exhaustification/)** *(2024 · 7 citations)* The paper tackles free choice (FC): why Olivia can take Logic or Algebra is understood as granting both options, even though classical modal logic only yields a disjunction of possibilities. ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Guillermo Del Pinal](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/guillermo-del-pinal/) ×2 - [Uli Sauerland](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/uli-sauerland/) ×2 ## 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 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/2024/), [Semantics and Pragmatics 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/2021/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 6 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/itai-bassi/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026