Manfred Krifka

11.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Manfred Krifka is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfred Krifka has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Language and Linguistics, 37 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 14 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Manfred Krifka's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (40 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (30 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (9 papers). Manfred Krifka is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (40 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (30 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (9 papers). Manfred Krifka collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Israel. Manfred Krifka's co-authors include Gennaro Chierchia, Gregory A. Carlson, Francis Jeffry Pelletier, Godehard Link, Alice Ter Meulen, Ariel Cohen, Caroline Féry, Gisbert Fanselow, Renate Musan and Chungmin Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Language and Journal of Pragmatics.

In The Last Decade

Manfred Krifka

66 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Basic notions of information structure
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Manfred Krifka Germany 23 2.4k 1.2k 995 540 481 72 2.9k
Paul Pörtner United States 19 1.8k 0.8× 805 0.7× 834 0.8× 359 0.7× 528 1.1× 49 2.4k
Robert Freidin United States 8 2.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 913 0.9× 527 1.0× 310 0.6× 26 2.7k
Barbara H. Partee United States 22 1.8k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 786 0.8× 300 0.6× 447 0.9× 60 2.6k
Tanya Reinhart Israel 20 2.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 929 0.9× 515 1.0× 463 1.0× 27 3.2k
Paul M. Postal United States 24 2.0k 0.8× 983 0.8× 764 0.8× 604 1.1× 318 0.7× 53 2.6k
Liliane Haegeman Belgium 32 3.3k 1.4× 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 1.2k 2.3× 414 0.9× 114 3.8k
Anastasia Giannakidou United States 22 1.6k 0.7× 612 0.5× 574 0.6× 410 0.8× 312 0.6× 61 1.9k
Carol L. Tenny United States 13 1.7k 0.7× 1.5k 1.3× 819 0.8× 343 0.6× 253 0.5× 20 2.9k
Mark C. Baker United States 25 3.8k 1.6× 1.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 2.2× 567 1.2× 61 4.3k
Howard Lasnik United States 28 3.0k 1.3× 1.5k 1.3× 829 0.8× 821 1.5× 461 1.0× 54 3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manfred Krifka

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All Works

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Krifka, Manfred, et al.. (2025). Number Agreement of Coordinated Subjects: Competing Syntactic and Semantic Rules. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory. 646–665.
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Krifka, Manfred. (2024). Performative updates and the modeling of speech acts. Synthese. 203(1). 31–31. 2 indexed citations
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Krifka, Manfred, et al.. (2022). Irrealis is Real. Language. 98(2). 221–249. 7 indexed citations
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Krifka, Manfred, et al.. (2020). Focus and contrastive topic in questions and answers, with particular reference to Turkish. Theoretical Linguistics. 46(1-2). 1–71. 8 indexed citations
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Krifka, Manfred, et al.. (2019). Reconstruction effects in relative clauses. De Gruyter eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Krifka, Manfred, et al.. (2019). Mapping Irreality: Storyboards for Eliciting TAM Contexts. Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen. 2 indexed citations
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Repp, Sophie, et al.. (2015). Particle responses to negated assertions: Preference patterns for German ja and nein. Kölner Universitäts PublikationsServer (Universität zu Köln). 2 indexed citations
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Krifka, Manfred. (2015). Pragmatic Strengthening in Plural Predications and Donkey Sentences. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory. 136–136. 2 indexed citations
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Krifka, Manfred. (2010). Before and After without coercion: comment on the paper by Cleo Condoravdi. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 28(4). 911–929. 8 indexed citations
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Skopeteas, Stavros, Ines Fiedler, Anne Schwarz, et al.. (2006). Questionnaire on Information Structure (QUIS): reference manual. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 4. 19 indexed citations
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Krifka, Manfred. (2004). Semantic and Pragmatic Conditions for the Dative Alternation. 4(1). 1–31. 46 indexed citations
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Krifka, Manfred. (2003). Quantifiers in Questions. 3(4). 499–526. 8 indexed citations
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Krifka, Manfred. (2000). Alternatives for Aspectual Particles: Semantics of still and already. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. 26(1). 401–401. 34 indexed citations
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Krifka, Manfred. (1999). Quantifying into Question Acts. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory. 9. 181–181. 12 indexed citations
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Krifka, Manfred. (1992). Definite NPs Aren't Quantifiers. Linguistic Inquiry. 23(1). 156–163. 23 indexed citations
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Krifka, Manfred. (1992). A Framework for Focus-Sensitive Quantification. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory. 2. 215–215. 34 indexed citations
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Krifka, Manfred, et al.. (1987). Computerfibel für die Geisteswissenschaften : Einsatzmöglichkeiten des Personal Computers und Beispiele aus der Praxis. C.H.Beck eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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