| Semantic theory JJ Katz | 2533* | 1972 |
| Presupposition and the Delimitation of Semantics RM Kempson Cambridge University Press, 1975 | 1006 | 1975 |
| Dynamic syntax: The flow of language understanding R Kempson, W Meyer-Viol, DM Gabbay Wiley-Blackwell, 2000 | 607 | 2000 |
| The dynamics of language: An introduction R Cann, RM Kempson, L Marten Elsevier, 2005 | 363 | 2005 |
| Mental Representations-the Interface Between Language and Reality R Kempson | 201 | 1988 |
| Ambiguity and quantification RM Kempson, A Cormack Linguistics and Philosophy 4 (2), 259-309, 1981 | 193 | 1981 |
| Incrementality and intention-recognition in utterance processing E Gregoromichelaki, R Kempson, M Purver, GJ Mills, R Cann, ... Dialogue & Discourse 2 (1), 199-233, 2011 | 172 | 2011 |
| Grammars as parsers: Meeting the dialogue challenge M Purver, R Cann, R Kempson Research on Language and Computation 4 (2-3), 289-326, 2006 | 146 | 2006 |
| Grammar and conversational principles R Kempson Linguistics: the Cambridge survey 2, 139-163, 1988 | 137 | 1988 |
| Ambiguity and the semantics-pragmatics distinction R Kempson | 130 | 1986 |
| Language as mechanisms for interaction R Kempson, R Cann, E Gregoromichelaki, S Chatzikyriakidis Theoretical linguistics 42 (3-4), 203-276, 2016 | 95 | 2016 |
| On making syntax dynamic E Gregoromichelaki, R Kempson, C Howes, A Eshghi Alignment in communication: Towards a new theory of communication, 57-86, 2013 | 86 | 2013 |
| Meaning, form, and use in context: Linguistic applications Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (35th: 1984 ... Georgetown University Press, 1984 | 80* | 1984 |
| Semantics, pragmatics, and natural-language interpretation RM Kempson | 74 | 1996 |
| Context and well-formedness: the dynamics of ellipsis R Cann, R Kempson, M Purver Research on Language and Computation 5 (3), 333-358, 2007 | 71 | 2007 |
| Semantics: An introduction to meaning in language R Cann, R Kempson, E Gregoromichelaki | 67 | 2009 |
| Multiple long-distance scrambling: Syntax as reflections of processing R Kempson, J Kiaer Journal of Linguistics, 127-192, 2010 | 63 | 2010 |
| The dynamics of lexical interfaces RM Kempson, E Gregoromichelaki, C Howes CSLI Publications/Center for the Study of Language and Information, 2011 | 62 | 2011 |
| Data at the grammar-pragmatics interface: the case of resumptive pronouns in English R Cann, T Kaplan, R Kempson Lingua 115 (11), 1551-1577, 2005 | 62 | 2005 |
| Presupposition, opacity, and ambiguity RM Kempson Presupposition, 283-297, 1979 | 59 | 1979 |
