--- title: "Joan Bresnan · Stanford University — author profile and papers" description: "Joan Bresnan, Stanford University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2004–2017), h-index 39 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joan-bresnan/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joan-bresnan/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Joan Bresnan # Joan Bresnan Joan Bresnan has 2 papers in our library, in 2004–2017, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/), [Syntax & grammar formalisms](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/syntax-grammar/); often with [Anette Rosenbach](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/anette-rosenbach/), [Annie Zaenen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/annie-zaenen/), [Jean Carletta](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jean-carletta/). 2 papers in our library · 2004–2017 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5056065211) · [**h-index 39**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5056065211) · [120 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5056065211) · [12,040 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5056065211&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joan-bresnan/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 42 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joan-bresnan/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5749](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/58/#star-5749) 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=Joan+Bresnan) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Joan+Bresnan) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Joan+Bresnan) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Joan+Bresnan) ## Affiliations [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 1990–2023 · 49 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · [🔬**Palo Alto Research Center** Palo Alto · United States 1990–1992 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/palo-alto-research-center/) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 1977–1983 · 3 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. 3 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 6 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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Syntax & grammar formalisms · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/syntax-grammar/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2017** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joan-bresnan/year/2017/) ### 2000s [**2004** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joan-bresnan/year/2004/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Animacy Encoding in English: Why and How](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zaenen-2004-animacy-encoding-english-why-how/)** *(2004 · 187 citations)* The paper argues that animacy, meaning whether a referent is human, another living or agent-like being, or inanimate, matters for practical NLP and especially for generation and translation. 2. **[Spoken syntax in a comparative perspective: The dative and genitive alternation in varieties of English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/szmrecsanyi-2017-spoken-syntax-comparative-perspective-dative/)** *(2017 · 89 citations)* The paper presents a new, freely downloadable resource for comparing syntactic variation in speech across regional Englishes. ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Soft Constraints Mirror Hard Constraints: Voice and Person in English and Lummi ↗](https://openalex.org/W1775483483) no summary yet**Joan W. Bresnan et al.*2001 · 240 citations* 2. **[Animacy Encoding in English: Why and How](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zaenen-2004-animacy-encoding-english-why-how/) [Workshop on Discourse Annotation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-discourse-annotation/)**Annie Zaenen, Jean Carletta, Gregory Garretson, et al.*2004 · 187 citations* 3. **[Spoken syntax in a comparative perspective: The dative and genitive alternation in varieties of English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/szmrecsanyi-2017-spoken-syntax-comparative-perspective-dative/) [Glossa a journal of general linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/glossa-a-journal-of-general-linguistics/)**Benedikt Szmrecsanyi, Jason Grafmiller, Joan Bresnan, et al.*2017 · 89 citations* ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Anette Rosenbach](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/anette-rosenbach/) - [Annie Zaenen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/annie-zaenen/) - [Jean Carletta](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jean-carletta/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Glossa a journal of general linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/glossa-a-journal-of-general-linguistics/): [Glossa a journal of general linguistics 2017](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/glossa-a-journal-of-general-linguistics/2017/) - [Workshop on Discourse Annotation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-discourse-annotation/): [Workshop on Discourse Annotation 2004](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-discourse-annotation/2004/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 42 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [5 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joan-bresnan/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026