--- title: "Paul Portner — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Paul Portner, Georgetown University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2026), h-index 28 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paul-portner/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paul-portner/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Paul Portner # Paul Portner Paul Portner has 2 papers in our library, in 2021–2026, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Aynat Rubinstein](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aynat-rubinstein/), [Reut Tsarfaty](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/reut-tsarfaty/), [Shoval Sadde](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shoval-sadde/). 2 papers in our library · 2021–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5031609548) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3788-0315) · [**h-index 28**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5031609548) · [92 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5031609548) · [5,644 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5031609548&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paul-portner/#papers) · 🔗 Cited 12 times in our library · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10242](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/103/#star-10242) 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=Paul+Portner) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Paul+Portner) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Paul+Portner) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Paul+Portner) ## Affiliations [🎓**Georgetown University** Washington · United States 1995–2026 · 39 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/georgetown-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 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/) · [Communication · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/communication/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paul-portner/year/2026/) · [**2021** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paul-portner/year/2021/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[The Possible, the Plausible, and the Desirable: Event-Based Modality Detection for Language Processing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pyatkin-2021-possible-plausible-desirable-event-based/)** *(2021 · 21 citations)* The paper defines event-based modality detection: find every modal trigger in a sentence, of any part of speech (should, plan, prefers, probably, necessary, able), give it a sense, and link it to the head of the event it modifies. 2. **[The semantics of profane quasi-verbs: Social relations in a dynamic framework](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/portner-2026-semantics-profane-quasi-verbs-social/)** *(2026)* Formal semantics has largely ignored profane imprecations such as Fuck you! or To hell with X . Portner asks what these "quasi-verb imprecatives" (qv-imprecatives, after Quang 1971) mean and how they work in conversation. He first tests the standard expressive account, which uses Potts-style expressive indices… ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Aynat Rubinstein](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aynat-rubinstein/) - [Reut Tsarfaty](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/reut-tsarfaty/) - [Shoval Sadde](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shoval-sadde/) - [Valentina Pyatkin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/valentina-pyatkin/) ## 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 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2021/) - [Semantics and Pragmatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/): [Semantics and Pragmatics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 12 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read). Updated 30 October 2026