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# Philip Edmonds

Philip Edmonds has 2 papers in our library, in 1998–2002, most of them on [Machine translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/), [Lexical semantics & word embeddings](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/lexical-semantics/); often with [Graeme Hirst](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/graeme-hirst/).

2 papers in our library · 1998–2002

[OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5103531667) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5103531667) · [21 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5103531667) · [1,417 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5103531667&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14

[📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/philip-edmonds/#papers) · [🔗 43 citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/philip-edmonds/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Star rank #3479](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/35/#star-3479)

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=Philip+Edmonds) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Philip+Edmonds) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Philip+Edmonds) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Philip+Edmonds)

## Affiliations

[🏢**Sharp Laboratories of Europe** Oxford · United Kingdom 2002–2007 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/sharp-laboratories-of-europe/) · [🎓**University of Toronto** Toronto · Canada 1994–1998 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-toronto/)

From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine.

## Topics

[Machine translation (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/) · [Lexical semantics & word embeddings (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/lexical-semantics/)

## Works by year

### 2000s

[**2002** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/edmonds-2002-near-synonymy-lexical-choice/)

### 1990s

[**1998** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/edmonds-1998-translating-near-synonyms-possibilities-preferences/)

## Papers

The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library).

1. **[Near-Synonymy and Lexical Choice](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/edmonds-2002-near-synonymy-lexical-choice/)** *(2002 · 300 citations)* Edmonds and Hirst address how a computer can pick the most fitting word among near-synonyms such as error , mistake , blunder and slip.
2. **[Translating near-synonyms: Possibilities and preferences in the interlingua](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/edmonds-1998-translating-near-synonyms-possibilities-preferences/)** *(1998 · 14 citations)* The paper argues that an interlingual representation must mark some parts of a situation's meaning as possibilities, or preferences, and not only as necessary constraints.

## Co-authors here

1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first.

- [Graeme Hirst](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/graeme-hirst/)

## Cited by

Papers of our library cite their works 43 times (of the 140,884 papers whose bibliographies we read); [3 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/philip-edmonds/cited-by/).