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# Semantics and Pragmatics 2012 — papers

The works of Semantics and Pragmatics published in 2012 that our library holds (publisher: Linguistic Society of America): 5 works, listed below with the most cited first; each has a page with our summary, its key points and its references.

[**8** works that year](#all) · [**5** works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/2012/#works) · [**2,457** citations of these works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/2012/#works)

## Most cited papers

By their OpenAlex citations; a paper with our summary links to its page here, the others to the original.

1. **[Information structure in discourse: Towards an integrated formal theory of pragmatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/roberts-2012-information-structure-discourse-towards-integrated/)**Craige Roberts*1,919 citations · our summary*
2. **[Contrastive topics decomposed](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wagner-2012-contrastive-topics-decomposed/)**Michael Wagner*178 citations · our summary*
3. **[The meaning of plural definites: A decision-theoretic approach](https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.5.3)**Sophia A. Malamud*168 citations*
4. **[Embedding epistemic modals in English: A corpus-based study](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hacquard-2012-embedding-epistemic-modals-english-corpus/)**Valentine Hacquard, Alexis Wellwood*105 citations · our summary*
5. **[Information Structure: Afterword](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/roberts-2012-information-structure-afterword/)**Craige Roberts*98 citations · our summary*
6. **[Counterfactual attitudes and multi-centered worlds](https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.5.5)**Dilip Ninan*65 citations*
7. **[Two types of class B numeral modifiers: A reply to Nouwen 2010](https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.5.1)**Bernhard Schwarz, Brian Buccola, Michael David Hamilton*50 citations*
8. **[Presuppositions, provisos, and probability](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lassiter-2012-presuppositions-provisos-probability/)**Daniel Lassiter*34 citations · our summary*

## All works of the year (8)

The most cited first; 5 with our summary link to their page here, the others to the original.

1. **[Information structure in discourse: Towards an integrated formal theory of pragmatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/roberts-2012-information-structure-discourse-towards-integrated/)**Craige Roberts*1,919 citations · our summary*
2. **[Contrastive topics decomposed](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wagner-2012-contrastive-topics-decomposed/)**Michael Wagner*178 citations · our summary*
3. **[The meaning of plural definites: A decision-theoretic approach](https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.5.3)**Sophia A. Malamud*168 citations*
4. **[Embedding epistemic modals in English: A corpus-based study](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hacquard-2012-embedding-epistemic-modals-english-corpus/)**Valentine Hacquard, Alexis Wellwood*105 citations · our summary*
5. **[Information Structure: Afterword](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/roberts-2012-information-structure-afterword/)**Craige Roberts*98 citations · our summary*
6. **[Counterfactual attitudes and multi-centered worlds](https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.5.5)**Dilip Ninan*65 citations*
7. **[Two types of class B numeral modifiers: A reply to Nouwen 2010](https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.5.1)**Bernhard Schwarz, Brian Buccola, Michael David Hamilton*50 citations*
8. **[Presuppositions, provisos, and probability](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lassiter-2012-presuppositions-provisos-probability/)**Daniel Lassiter*34 citations · our summary*

## Works with our summary in our library (5)

The most cited first (OpenAlex citations plus our library's).

1. [**Information structure in discourse: Towards an integrated formal theory of pragmatics**Craige Roberts*2012 · 2,020 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/roberts-2012-information-structure-discourse-towards-integrated/)
2. **[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*
3. **[Embedding epistemic modals in English: A corpus-based study](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hacquard-2012-embedding-epistemic-modals-english-corpus/) [Semantics and Pragmatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/)**Valentine Hacquard, Alexis Wellwood*2012 · 115 citations*
4. **[Information Structure: Afterword](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/roberts-2012-information-structure-afterword/) [Semantics and Pragmatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/)**Craige Roberts*2012 · 101 citations*
5. **[Presuppositions, provisos, and probability](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lassiter-2012-presuppositions-provisos-probability/) [Semantics and Pragmatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/)**Daniel Lassiter*2012 · 38 citations*

## Top topics

Topics of its works in our library, with the number of works on each.

[English (2)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Discourse analysis (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/) · [Implicature (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/)

## Fields

[Arts and Humanities (5)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science (3)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/)

## Top authors

Authors with a page who published here most often: their works here, and the citations of those works.

[🧑‍🔬**Craige Roberts**2 works here · 2,121 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/craige-roberts/) · [🧑‍🔬**Michael Wagner**1 work here · 183 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-wagner/)

## Top institutions

Institutions on the bylines of its works here, by the number of works.

[🎓**The Ohio State University** Columbus · United States 2 works here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-ohio-state-university/) · [🎓**McGill University** Montreal · Canada 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/mcgill-university/) · [🎓**New York University** New York · United States 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/new-york-university/) · [🎓**University of Maryland, College Park** College Park · United States 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-maryland-college-park/) · [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/)

works and citations from OpenAlex and our library.

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