--- title: "Michael Wagner — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Michael Wagner, Australian National University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2012–2018), h-index 33 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-wagner/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-wagner/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Michael Wagner # Michael Wagner Michael Wagner has 2 papers in our library, in 2012–2018, most of them on [Speech & spoken language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Daniel Goodhue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/daniel-goodhue/). 2 papers in our library · 2012–2018 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5071848456) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-6440) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115601572) · [**h-index 33**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5071848456) · [138 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5071848456) · [4,368 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5071848456&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-wagner/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 11 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-wagner/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4575](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/46/#star-4575) 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=Michael+Wagner) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Michael+Wagner) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Michael+Wagner) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Michael+Wagner) ## Affiliations [🎓**Australian National University** Canberra · Australia 1996–2024 · 18 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/australian-national-university/) · [🎓**University of Canberra** Canberra · Australia 1997–2023 · 68 papers](https://ror.org/04s1nv328) · [🎓**McGill University** Montreal · Canada 2010–2018 · 18 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/mcgill-university/) · [🎓**Cornell University** Ithaca · United States 2006 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/cornell-university/) 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. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 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/) · [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.[English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Speech & spoken language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2018** 1 paper Intonation, \yes\ and \no\](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/goodhue-2018-intonation-i-yes-i-i/) · [**2012** 1 paper Contrastive topics decomposed](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wagner-2012-contrastive-topics-decomposed/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Contrastive topics decomposed](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wagner-2012-contrastive-topics-decomposed/)** *(2012 · 183 citations)* The paper revisits how contrastive topics (CTs) should be analysed. The standard account by Büring (1997b, 2003) marks a CT feature and a FOC feature. A special non-compositional rule then builds a "topic semantic value", a set of question-sets. Under that rule, CT and focus could appear in any structural relation to… 2. **[Intonation, \yes\ and \no\](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/goodhue-2018-intonation-i-yes-i-i/)** *(2018 · 36 citations)* In English, yes and no can swap roles when someone responds to a negative question such as "Is Jane not coming?": either particle can confirm or deny. ## 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. **[Contrastive topics decomposed](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wagner-2012-contrastive-topics-decomposed/) [Semantics and Pragmatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/)**Michael Wagner*2012 · 183 citations* 2. **[Intonation, \yes\ and \no\](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/goodhue-2018-intonation-i-yes-i-i/) [Glossa a journal of general linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/glossa-a-journal-of-general-linguistics/)**Daniel Goodhue, Michael Wagner*2018 · 36 citations* 3. **[Reconstructing the syntax of focus operators](https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.11.6) Semantics and Pragmatics · original ↗ · no summary yet**Liz Smeets, Michael Wagner*2018 · 24 citations* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Daniel Goodhue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/daniel-goodhue/) ## 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 2012](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/2012/) - [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 2018](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/glossa-a-journal-of-general-linguistics/2018/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 11 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-wagner/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026