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Scalar Implicatures with Alternative Semantics [PDF]

Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 2006
No abstract.
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Truth‐Value Judgment Tasks in Second Language Research

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 19, Issue 5, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper provides a focused review of truth‐value judgment tasks (TVJTs) as a method for eliciting interpretations in adult second language learners. We present the historical perspectives, the rationale for their use, the nature of the knowledge they target, and critical design considerations. Additionally, we discuss their effectiveness in
Shaohua Fang, Elaine J. Francis
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Action, passion, power

Noûs, Volume 59, Issue 3, Page 567-584, September 2025.
Abstract The active/passive distinction, once a hallmark of classical metaphysics, has largely been discarded from contemporary thought. The revival of powers theory has not seen an equally vigorous rehabilitation of the real distinction between active and passive powers. I begin an analysis and vindication with a critique of E.J. Lowe's discussion.
David S. Oderberg
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Eye Movement Evidence for Context-Sensitive Derivation of Scalar Inferences

Collabra: Psychology, 2018
A scalar expression like some can optionally have an enriched interpretation (approximately meaning “some, but not all”) depending on the context in which it appears.
Stephen Politzer-Ahles, E. Matthew Husband   +1 more
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How do you assert a graph? Towards an account of depictions in scientific testimony

Noûs, Volume 59, Issue 3, Page 678-699, September 2025.
Abstract I extend the literature on norms of assertion to the ubiquitous use of graphs in scientific papers and presentations, which I term “graphical testimony.” On my account, the testimonial presentation of a graph involves commitment to both (a) the in‐context reliability of the graph's framing devices and (b) the perspective‐relative accuracy of ...
Corey Dethier
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Conjoined Comparison and Variation in Degree Semantics

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 19, Issue 4, July/August 2025.
ABSTRACT Conjoined comparisons, consisting of two clauses containing antonymous or positive‐negative predicate pairs, are among the most common comparison construction types in the world's languages. As research on degree constructions from a cross‐linguistic perspective has increased, so too has the number of studies focused on conjoined comparisons ...
M. Ryan Bochnak
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Assertoric mindreading

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 111, Issue 1, Page 173-194, July 2025.
Abstract This essay offers an explanation of how assertions express that the speaker has a propositional attitude toward what's asserted. The explanation is that this feature of assertion is owed to a hearer's spontaneous mindreading. I call this the assertoric mindreading hypothesis.
Peter van Elswyk
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What a jerk!

European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 458-474, June 2025.
Abstract I argue that “general pejoratives” such as “jerk” or “bastard” differ crucially from items such as “that damn N”. While items such as the latter typically serve to give vent to one's attitudes, general pejoratives essentially involve judgments about a person's behaviour or character.
Thorsten Sander
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Raising and resolving issues with scalar modifiers

Semantics and Pragmatics, 2013
We argue that the superlative modifiers at least and at most quantify over a scale of answers to the current question under discussion (and in this sense, resolve issues), and that they draw attention to the individual possibilities along the scale (and ...
Elizabeth Coppock, Thomas Brochhagen
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The Style Game: Control, Cues, and Anchors in Real Time Speech Accommodation

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 210-222, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Theories of speech accommodation and audience design have tended to focus on social identity functions of convergence and divergence in interaction. In this article, I focus on additional interactional phenomena that are under‐studied but systematic.
Devyani Sharma
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