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Scalar implicatures as implicatures of compatibility

open access: yes, 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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PERFORMING ANAPHORA IN MODERN GREEK: A NEO-GRICEAN PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The paper addresses the problem of interpreting anaphoric NPs in Modern Greek. It includes a proposal of a novel analysis based on the systematic interaction of the neo- Gricean pragmatic principles of communication, which provides a neat and elegant ...
Anagnostopoulou   +118 more
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Bare Numerals and Scalar Implicatures

open access: yesLanguage 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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Raising and resolving issues with scalar modifiers

open access: yesSemantics 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
doaj   +1 more source

Maintaining Context or Reacting to It? Cognitive Control Strategy and Awareness of the “Question Under Discussion” in Scalar Implicature Derivation

open access: yesQuaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
This experimental study examines whether the Question Under Discussion (QUD) modulates the comprehension of pragmatic implicatures in context. Using brief two-sentence communicative exchanges, participants are asked to judge the acceptability of a target
Glenn Starr
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Strategic Conversation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
International audienceModels of conversation that rely on a strong notion of cooperation don’t apply to strategic conversation — that is, to conversation where the agents’ motives don’t align, such as courtroom cross examination and political debate.
Asher, Nicholas, Lascarides, Alex
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Theory of mind in utterance interpretation: the case from clinical pragmatics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The cognitive basis of utterance interpretation is an area that continues to provoke intense theoretical debate among pragmatists. That utterance interpretation involves some type of mind-reading or theory of mind (ToM) is indisputable.
Adams   +75 more
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