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Child Development, Volume 96, Issue 5, Page 1807-1824, September/October 2025.ABSTRACT To see whether communicative‐based multimodal skills (compared to non‐communicative motor skills) predicted complex language skills, this study examined the predictive power of multimodal and motor skills on narrative and expressive pragmatic abilities across two groups. Participants were children with typical development (N = 88, Mage = 5.34,
Júlia Florit‐Pons +4 more
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Bare Numerals and Scalar Implicatures
Language and Linguistics Compass, 2013 Abstract Bare numerals present an interesting challenge to formal semantics and pragmatics: they seem to be compatible between various readings (‘at least’, ‘exactly’, and ‘at most’ readings), and the choice of a particular reading seems to depend on complex interactions between contextual factors and linguistic ...
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On the Variability of Scalar Implicature Computation: Evidence from L2 English Adults
, 2021 When we say that Some people have lungs, we implicate that not all people have lungs. This scalar implicature arises when we produce a weaker expression instead of a stronger one.
Lee Geok Imm +4 more
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Language Learning, Volume 75, Issue 3, Page 898-929, September 2025.Abstract A handful of second language (L2) studies have explored bidirectional pragmatic transfer: forward pragmatic transfer—the influence of learners' first language (L1) on their L2—and reverse pragmatic transfer—the impact of learners' L2 on their L1.
Ying Zhang (she/her)
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Scalar implicatures as implicatures of compatibility
, 2022 Las implicaciones de escalado se definen tradicionalmente como interpretaciones de límite superior de términos de escala débiles, en las que asumen la fuerza de información máxima de sus escalas, negando términos más informativos (por ejemplo, "solo unos pocos pero no todos") por el trabajo de la primera cantidad de grice submáxima.
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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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The Development of Simile Comprehension: From Similarity to Scalar Implicature [PDF]
, 2020 Similes require two different pragmatic skills: appreciating the intended similarity and deriving a scalar implicature (e.g., “Lucy is like a parrot” normally implies that Lucy is not a parrot), but previous studies overlooked this second skill.
Long, Madeleine +9 more
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Against Grammatical Computation of Scalar Implicatures [PDF]
Journal of Semantics, 2006 Recently, several authors have argued that Gricean theories of scalar implicature computation are inadequate, and, as an alternative, one author has proposed a grammatical system for computing scalar implicatures. The present paper provides arguments, counter to the'claims of these authors, that Gricean reasoning can account for the implicatures of ...
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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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, 2014 Recent investigations of different types of scalar implicature have reported variable strength in comprehenders’ commitment to their implicated meanings, perhaps related to the different properties each scale type has.
Husband, Matthew
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