‘Some’ Effects of Age, Task, Task Content and Working Memory on Scalar Implicature Processing

In three experiments, we investigated the effect of age, task, task content and working memory (WM) on scalar implicature processing. We found that three-year-olds still often interpret the scalar term ‘some’ logically (some being compatible with all), but five-year-olds and especially seven-year-ol...

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Main Authors: Leen Janssens, Iris Fabry, Walter Schaeken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2014-09-01
Series:Psychologica Belgica
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Online Access:http://www.psychologicabelgica.com/articles/215