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GAME THEORY AND SCALAR IMPLICATURES [PDF]
Philosophical Perspectives, 2013 Much of philosophy of language and linguistics is concerned with showing what is special about language. One of Grice’s (1967/1989) contributions, against this tendency, was to treat speech as a form of rational activity, subject to the same sorts of norms and expectations that apply to all such activity.
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How speaker cooperation and knowledge prime scalar implicatures
Language and CognitionPragmatic theories generally agree that the derivation of implicit meaning depends on the assumption that the speaker is cooperative and knowledgeable, as well as the contextual relevance of the implicature.
Anna Teresa Porrini +2 more
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Complexity vs. salience of alternatives in implicature: A cross-linguistic investigation
Glossa Psycholinguistics, 2022 Scalar implicature depends on the activation of alternatives. For instance, in English, finger implicates 'not thumb', suggesting that thumb is an activated alternative. Is this because it is more specific (Quantity) and equally short (Manner)?
Danielle Dionne, Elizabeth Coppock
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Asymmetries Between Direct and Indirect Scalar Implicatures in Second Language Acquisition
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 A direct scalar implicature (DSI) arises when a sentence with a weaker term like sometimes implies the negation of the stronger alternative always (e.g., John sometimes (∼ not always) drinks coffee).
Shuo Feng, Jacee Cho
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A closer look at the sources of variability in scalar implicature derivation: a review
Frontiers in Communication, 2023 For more than 20 years, studies in experimental pragmatics have provided invaluable insights into the cognitive processes involved in deriving scalar implicatures and achieving inferential comprehension.
Ahmed Khorsheed, Nicole Gotzner
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, 2019 AbstractThis chapter reviews recent experimental research into questions about how language and other functions of the mind are integrated when humans communicate. It posits a Gricean system that serves this purpose and discusses how recent developmental and ethological research provides evidence for such a system’s existence.
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Evoking context with contrastive stress: effects on pragmatic enrichment
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 Although it is widely acknowledged that context influences a variety of pragmatic phenomena, it is not clear how best to articulate this notion of context and thereby explain the nature of its influence.
Chris eCummins, Hannah eRohde
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Differentiating scalar implicature from exclusion inferences in language acquisition
, 2018 When acquiring language, children must not only learn the meanings of words, but also how to interpret them in context. For example, children must learn both the logical semantics of the scalar quantifier some and its pragmatically enriched meaning ...
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Implicit Theory of Mind (ToM) plays a key role in pragmatic reasoning of scalar implicatures
Acta PsychologicaObjective: This study assessed the effect of explicit and implicit Theory of Mind (ToM) on pragmatic reasoning, specifically scalar implicature interpretation, in adult participants.
Renato Zambrano-Cruz +2 more
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Comprehension of Scalar Implicature in 3-7 Mono-Lingual Persian-Speaking Children [PDF]
̒Ilm-i ZabānSimile understanding requires two distinct pragmatic skills: understanding the intended similarity and deriving a scalar implicature (e.g., “Nina is like a rabbit” normally implies that “Nina is not a rabbit”).
Arezoo Khani +2 more
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