--- title: "Martha Lewis — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Martha Lewis, University of Amsterdam: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 12 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-lewis/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-lewis/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Martha Lewis # Martha Lewis Martha Lewis has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Idioms & multiword expressions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multiword-expressions/); often with [Edwin Simpson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/edwin-simpson/), [Ekaterina Shutova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ekaterina-shutova/), [Rochelle Choenni](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rochelle-choenni/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5064148683) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9951-9413) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5064148683) · [53 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5064148683) · [370 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5064148683&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-lewis/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 1,290 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-lewis/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9116](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/92/#star-9116) 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=Martha+Lewis) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Martha+Lewis) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Martha+Lewis) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Martha+Lewis) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Amsterdam** Amsterdam · Netherlands 2017–2026 · 26 papersEmployment since 2017 · Research Associate, Logic and Language (ILLC, FNWI/FGw)Employment 2017–2021 · Postdoctoral Research, ILLCEmployment since 2024 · Academic, Assistant Professor, ILLC (FNWI)Employment since 2024 · Academic, Assistant Professor, Language & Music Cognition (ILLC, FNWI/FGw)*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-amsterdam/) · [🎓**University of Bristol** Bristol · United Kingdom 2014–2024 · 13 papersEmployment since 2020 · Lecturer, Engineering Maths](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-bristol/) · [🎓**University of Oxford** Oxford · United Kingdom 2014–2018 · 9 papersEmployment 2014–2017 · Postdoc, Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-oxford/) · [🔬**Santa Fe Institute** Santa Fe · United States 2024 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/santa-fe-institute/) 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 6 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/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Idioms & multiword expressions · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multiword-expressions/) · [Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) 💡 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 ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-lewis/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-lewis/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Metaphor Understanding Challenge Dataset for LLMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tong-2024-metaphor-understanding-challenge-dataset-llms/)** *(2024 · 47 citations)* Metaphor is common in everyday language, yet it is unclear whether LLMs actually interpret it or just rely on surface word similarity. 2. **[As Easy as Rocket Science: Assessing the Ability of Large Language Models to Interpret Negation in Figurative Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/owers-2026-as-easy-as-rocket-science/)** *(2026)* The paper asks whether current language models can correctly read sentences that are both figurative and negated, for example a simile that conveys the opposite of its adjective. ## All works 4 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. **[Modelling the interplay of metaphor and emotion through multitask learning ↗](https://aclanthology.org/D19-1227/) Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing and the 9th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (EMNLP-IJCNLP) · no summary yet**Verna Dankers et al.*2019 · 95 citations* 2. **[Metaphor Understanding Challenge Dataset for LLMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tong-2024-metaphor-understanding-challenge-dataset-llms/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Xiaoyu Tong, Rochelle Choenni, Martha Lewis, et al.*2024 · 47 citations* 3. **[Does CLIP Bind Concepts? Probing Compositionality in Large Image Models ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2024.findings-eacl.101/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EACL 2024 · no summary yet**Martha Lewis et al.*2024 · 28 citations* 4. **[As Easy as Rocket Science: Assessing the Ability of Large Language Models to Interpret Negation in Figurative Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/owers-2026-as-easy-as-rocket-science/) [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/)**Jasmine Owers, Edwin Simpson, Martha Lewis*2026* ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Edwin Simpson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/edwin-simpson/) - [Ekaterina Shutova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ekaterina-shutova/) - [Rochelle Choenni](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rochelle-choenni/) - [Xiaoyu Tong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyu-tong/) ## 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 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2024/) - [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/): [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2026/) - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EACL 2024 - Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing and the 9th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (EMNLP-IJCNLP) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1,290 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [363 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-lewis/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026