--- title: "Maria Lapata — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Maria Lapata: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2002–2003), h-index 12 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-lapata/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-lapata/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Maria Lapata # Maria Lapata Maria Lapata has 2 papers in our library, in 2002–2003; often with [Alex Lascarides](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-lascarides/). 2 papers in our library · 2002–2003 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5036055337) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5036055337) · [23 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5036055337) · [645 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5036055337&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-lapata/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 51 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-lapata/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5290](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/53/#star-5290) 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=Maria+Lapata) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Maria+Lapata) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Maria+Lapata) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Maria+Lapata) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Edinburgh** Edinburgh · United Kingdom 1999–2003 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-edinburgh/) · [🎓**Saarland University** Saarbrücken · Germany 2001 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/saarland-university/) 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 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/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Cognitive linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/cognitive-linguistics/) ## Works by year ### 2000s [**2003** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-lapata/year/2003/) · [**2002** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-lapata/year/2002/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[The Disambiguation of Nominalizations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lapata-2002-disambiguation-nominalizations/)** *(2002 · 133 citations)* The article addresses the automatic interpretation of nominalizations. These are noun compounds in which the head noun comes from a verb and the modifier fills one of that verb's argument slots, as in car lover . Lapata reduces the task to a binary choice: is the modifier the underlying subject or the direct object… 2. **[A Probabilistic Account of Logical Metonymy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lapata-2003-probabilistic-account-logical-metonymy/)** *(2003 · 118 citations)* Logical metonymy covers phrases where a verb or adjective needs an event, but the syntax supplies only an entity noun. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Alex Lascarides](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-lascarides/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/) ×2: [Computational Linguistics 2003](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/2003/), [Computational Linguistics 2002](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/2002/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 51 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/maria-lapata/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026