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# Theoretical Issues in Natural Language Processing (TINLAP)

Conference series

- [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/venues/tinlap/)

[**3** works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tinlap/#works) · [**125** citations of these works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tinlap/#works) · [**17** citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tinlap/#works) · [**1978–1987** years of the works here](#years)

## Works by year

Works in our library by year 3 dated works from 1978 to 1987; the busiest year is 1987 with 2.

**The numbers**

| Year | Works |
| --- | --- |
| 1987 | 2 |
| 1978 | 1 |

## Editions

Each year with works in our library has its page: the place and dates where known, its works, topics, authors and institutions.

### 1980s

[**1987** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tinlap/1987/)

### 1970s

[**1978** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tinlap/1978/)

## Top topics

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

[Speech act theory (2)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/) · [Discourse analysis (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/) · [Text generation (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/text-generation/) · [Dialogue systems (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/)

## Fields

[Arts and Humanities (3)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science (2)](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.

[🧑‍🔬**C. Raymond Perrault**1 work here · 66 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/c-raymond-perrault/) · [🧑‍🔬**James F. Allen**1 work here · 66 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/james-f-allen/) · [🧑‍🔬**Douglas Appelt**1 work here · 59 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/douglas-appelt/) · [🧑‍🔬**Barbara J. Grosz**1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/barbara-j-grosz/)

## Top institutions

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

[🔬**SRI International** Menlo Park · United States 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/sri-international/) · [🎓**Harvard University** Cambridge · United States 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/harvard-university/) · [🎓**University of Toronto** Toronto · Canada 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-toronto/)

## Works in our library (3)

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

1. **[Speech Acts as a Basis for Understanding Dialogue Coherence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/perrault-1978-speech-acts-as-basis-understanding/) Theoretical Issues in Natural Language Processing (TINLAP)**C. Raymond Perrault, James F. Allen*1978 · 66 citations*
2. **[Bidirectional Grammars and the Design of Natural Language Generation Systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/appelt-1987-bidirectional-grammars-design-natural-language/) Theoretical Issues in Natural Language Processing (TINLAP)**Douglas E. Appelt*1987 · 59 citations*
3. **[Whither Discourse and Speech Acts?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/grosz-1987-whither-discourse-speech-acts/) Theoretical Issues in Natural Language Processing (TINLAP)**Barbara J. Grosz*1987*

Venues, publishers and identifiers from OpenAlex (2026-10-14) and the ACL Anthology; yearly proceedings are counted as one series.