--- title: "Ryan Walter Smith — author profile and papers · Implicature" description: "Ryan Walter Smith, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024), h-index 6 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ryan-walter-smith/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ryan-walter-smith/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Ryan Walter Smith # Ryan Walter Smith Ryan Walter Smith has 2 papers in our library, in 2024, most of them on [Implicature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Jianrong Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jianrong-yu/). 2 papers in our library · 2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5011166604) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5627-3833) · [**h-index 6**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5011166604) · [18 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5011166604) · [63 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5011166604&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ryan-walter-smith/#papers) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10989](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/110/#star-10989) 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=Ryan+Walter+Smith) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Ryan+Walter+Smith) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Ryan+Walter+Smith) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Ryan+Walter+Smith) ## Affiliations [🎓**Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey** New Brunswick · United States 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/rutgers-the-state-university-of-new-jersey/) · [🎓**University of Manchester** Manchester · United Kingdom 2023–2024 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-manchester/) · [🎓**University of Arizona** Tucson · United States 2018–2020 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-arizona/) · [🎓**The Ohio State University** Columbus · United States 2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-ohio-state-university/) · [🎓**The University of Texas at El Paso** El Paso · United States 2021 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-university-of-texas-at-el-paso/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 7 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/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Cognitive Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/cognitive-neuroscience/) · [Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Implicature · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ryan-walter-smith/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Introducing agents by binding indices: Implications for subjectless presuppositions and agent entailments.](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/smith-2024-introducing-agents-binding-indices-implications/)** *(2024 · 3 citations)* The paper revisits a debate in formal semantics about whether a verb's agent is a true argument of the verb or is added by a separate functional head (Voice, following Kratzer 1996). 2. **[On the expression of resultativity in English: The view from multiple resultatives](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ausensi-2024-expression-resultativity-english-view-multiple/)** *(2024)* This theoretical semantics paper examines English clauses in which a single entity receives two result phrases, such as Cappelle's example of a guard shooting someone dead and off a horse. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Jianrong Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jianrong-yu/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Glossa a journal of general linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/glossa-a-journal-of-general-linguistics/) ×2: [Glossa a journal of general linguistics 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/glossa-a-journal-of-general-linguistics/2024/) ×2 Updated 30 October 2026