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Processing strategies for scalar implicatures

open access: yes, 2014
This dissertation investigates the processing of scalar implicatures. I report results from a series of studies using different scalar expressions (modals and quantifiers), which show that (a) scalar implicatures are generally accessed rapidly; and (b ...
Atanassov, Dimka
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The trouble with quantifiers: Exploring children’s deficits in scalar implicature

open access: yes, 2017
Adults routinely use the context of utterances to infer a meaning beyond the literal semantics of their words (e.g., inferring from “She ate some of the cookies” that she ate some, but not all).
Michael C. Frank
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Speaker contribution to scalar implicature priming: a study on autistic adults

open access: yes
This study aims to assess the role of speaker knowledge and cooperative intentions in the implicature derivation process for autistic people, building upon the theoretical assumption that the interpretation of implicatures critically involves mind ...
Anna Teresa Porrini
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