--- title: "Jonathan Webster — author profile and papers · English" description: "Jonathan Webster, City University of Hong Kong: 2 papers on Elamur Research (1992–2018), h-index 16 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jonathan-webster/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jonathan-webster/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Jonathan Webster # Jonathan Webster Jonathan Webster has 2 papers in our library, in 1992–2018, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/), [Tokenization & segmentation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/tokenization/); often with [Chunyu Kit](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chunyu-kit/), [John Sie Yuen Lee](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-sie-yuen-lee/). 2 papers in our library · 1992–2018 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5031246043) · [**h-index 16**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5031246043) · [123 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5031246043) · [1,684 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5031246043&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jonathan-webster/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 23 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jonathan-webster/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4417](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/45/#star-4417) 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=Jonathan+Webster) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Jonathan+Webster) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Jonathan+Webster) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Jonathan+Webster) ## Affiliations [🎓**City University of Hong Kong** Hong Kong · China 1995–2026 · 70 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/city-university-of-hong-kong/) 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 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/) · [Literature and Literary Theory · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/literature-and-literary-theory/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Tokenization & segmentation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/tokenization/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2018** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jonathan-webster/year/2018/) ### 1990s [**1992** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jonathan-webster/year/1992/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Tokenization as the Initial Phase in NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/webster-1992-tokenization-as-initial-phase-nlp/)** *(1992 · 382 citations)* The paper argues that tokenization, the first step of NLP, is a real problem with its own definitions. It defines the notions of word and token from two points of view, that of the lexicographer and that of a working implementation. Automatic segmentation of Chinese words serves as the main illustration. For English… 2. **[Assisted Nominalization for Academic English Writing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lee-2018-assisted-nominalization-academic-english-writing/)** *(2018 · 8 citations)* Non-native university students often struggle with the formal style of academic English. A key feature of that style is nominalization, which recasts events as nouns. The authors propose a writing assistant that moves a sentence along Halliday's cline of metaphoricity. It turns a complex clause, such as a main clause… ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Chunyu Kit](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chunyu-kit/) - [John Sie Yuen Lee](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-sie-yuen-lee/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/): [COLING 1992](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/1992/) - Proceedings of the Workshop on Intelligent Interactive Systems and Language Generation (2IS&NLG) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 23 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [4 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jonathan-webster/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026