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A Review of Cognitive Model: Experiments of Scalar Implicature [PDF]
, 2014 Experimental pragmatic studies focus on the cognitive processing models of scalar implicature (a general conversational implicature). The “[neo]-Gricean,” Levinson, infers that the cognitive processing model of general conversational implicature is a ...
LIU, Huangmei, LIU, Si
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Visual Components to Interpretation—Formal Approaches to Visible Meaning
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 5, September/October 2026.ABSTRACT Visual components of communication interact with the core linguistic system at all levels and make an important contribution to the meaning of the utterance expressed. This does not only apply to sign languages, which exclusively rely on the visual channel, but also co‐speech gestures and emojis, which are visual means that accompany and ...
Cornelia Ebert +2 more
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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, August 2026.Abstract This article examines how openness is interpreted in human–LLM interaction through an ethnographic study of a robotics experiment. Focusing on an episode in which a robot produced an unexpected utterance, I analyze how engineers classify the output as inconsequential noise.
Raffaele Andrea Buono
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Experimental Paradigms on Scalar Implicature Estimation [PDF]
Experimental research on the processing of Scalar Implicatures (SIs) relies on behavioral tasks that purport to measure the rate at which scalar implicatures are computed within an experimental paradigm. Two paradigms, the Truth Value Judgment Task (TVJT)
Jasbi, Masoud +3 more
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The Role of Working Memory in Scalar Implicature Comprehension in ADHD and Neurotypical Adults
, 2023 This study investigates the real-time processing of sentences that can give rise to a phenomenon called “scalar implicature” in the psycholinguistics literature.
Simge Topaloglu +2 more
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A Link Between Local Enrichment and Scalar Diversity
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Several recent studies have shown that different scalar terms are liable to give rise to scalar inferences at different rates (Doran et al., 2009, 2012; van Tiel et al., 2016).
Chao Sun +3 more
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Metaethics and the Functions of Moral Language
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 113, Issue 1, Page 74-87, July 2026.ABSTRACT Metaethics has long included debates about the function of moral discourse. Some have argued that moral statements express our attitudes, others that they serve as prescriptions for how to act, still others that they describe moral facts or properties.
Amie L. Thomasson
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 This study evaluates the comprehension of generalized conversational implicatures (GCI) in children with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD), using a GCI test constructed based on the Levinson model, which distinguishes between three types of ...
Gemma Pastor-Cerezuela +4 more
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Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 123-134, April 2026.ABSTRACT This article responds to recent debates in this journal surrounding raciolinguistics and potential pitfalls of siloing of race and reproducing essentialism in the scholarship of language and race. Using Stuart Hall's theory of articulation, it provides an anti‐essentialist linguistic ethnographic analysis of identity construction in a UK ...
Steve Dixon‐Smith
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What are particularistic pejoratives?
Mind &Language, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 261-281, April 2026.Particularistic pejoratives (PPs) mock individuals based on their personal attributes yet lack a precise definition. This paper seeks to refine our understanding of PPs by examining their derogatory profiles across three dimensions: descriptiveness, intensity, and slurring potential.
Víctor Carranza‐Pinedo
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