--- title: "Patrick Blackburn — author profile and papers · Implicature" description: "Patrick Blackburn, Roskilde University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (1991–2010), h-index 29 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/patrick-blackburn/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/patrick-blackburn/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Patrick Blackburn # Patrick Blackburn Patrick Blackburn has 2 papers in our library, in 1991–2010, most of them on [Implicature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/), [Morphology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/morphology/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/); often with [Luciana Benotti](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/luciana-benotti/), [Steven Bird](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/steven-bird/). 2 papers in our library · 1991–2010 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5044128824) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9345-552X) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62415953) · [**h-index 29**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5044128824) · [261 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5044128824) · [7,817 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5044128824&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/patrick-blackburn/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 4 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/patrick-blackburn/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8825](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/89/#star-8825) 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=Patrick+Blackburn) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Patrick+Blackburn) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Patrick+Blackburn) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Patrick+Blackburn) ## Affiliations [🎓**Roskilde University** Roskilde · Denmark 2011–2026 · 44 papersEmployment since 2011 · Professor of Formal Philosophy, Section for Philosophy and Science Studies, IKHEmployment since 2011 · VIP, Science StudiesEmployment since 2011 · VIP, Professor, Department of Communication and ArtsEmployment 2011–2015 · VIP, Professor, The Department of Culture and IdentityEmployment 2022–2026 · VIP, Experience LabEmployment since 2023 · VIP, Centre for Digital CitizenshipEmployment since 2024 · VIP, Digital Publics and TrustEmployment 2024 · VIP, Digital Publics and Trust*current*](https://ror.org/014axpa37) · [🔬**Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique** Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt · France 2001–2011 · 25 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/institut-national-de-recherche-en-sciences-et-technologies-du-numerique/) · [🎓**Saarland University** Saarbrücken · Germany 1994–2001 · 20 papersEmployment 1994–2000 · Lecturer, Department of Computional Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/saarland-university/) · [🔬**Centre Inria de l'Université de Lorraine** Villers-lès-Nancy · France 2000–2011 · 18 papersEmployment 2000–2011](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/centre-inria-de-l-universite-de-lorraine/) · [🎓**University of Amsterdam** Amsterdam · Netherlands 1991–2001 · 13 papersEmployment 1991–1992 · SERC (UK) Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-amsterdam/) · [🎓**Utrecht University** Utrecht · Netherlands 1992–1994 · 8 papersEmployment 1992–1994 · Research Associate, Department of Philosophy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/utrecht-university/) · [🎓**University of Edinburgh** Edinburgh · United Kingdom 1986–1991 · 1 paperEducationEmployment 1986–1990 · PhD student, Center for Cognitive Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-edinburgh/) 🏛️**Inria Centre de Recherche Nancy Grand Est** Villers-les-Nancy · [France](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/france/) 2000–2011Employment 2000–2011 · Director of Research, INRIA [🎓**University of Sussex** Brighton · United Kingdom 1985–1986Employment 1985–1986 · MSc student, Department of Logic and Scientific Method](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-sussex/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 4 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/) · [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/) · [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/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Morphology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/morphology/) · [Semitic languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Implicature · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2010** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/patrick-blackburn/year/2010/) ### 1990s [**1991** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/patrick-blackburn/year/1991/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[A Logical Approach to Arabic Phonology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bird-1991-logical-approach-arabic-phonology/)** *(1991 · 22 citations)* Feature-structure grammars have usually treated a word's sound shape as a flat string, much like spelling. 2. **[Negotiating causal implicatures](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/benotti-2010-negotiating-causal-implicatures/)** *(2010 · 2 citations)* The paper tackles causal implicatures: things a speaker leaves unsaid but expects the hearer to infer from cause-and-effect relations in a task domain. ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Luciana Benotti](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/luciana-benotti/) - [Steven Bird](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/steven-bird/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/): [EACL 1991](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/1991/) - [SIGDIAL Conference](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial-conference/): [SIGDIAL Conference 2010](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial-conference/2010/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 4 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/patrick-blackburn/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026