Eye Movement Evidence for Context-Sensitive Derivation of Scalar Inferences

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. Numerous experiments using the self-paced reading method have found evidence that context has an online effect on the interpretation...

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Main Authors: Stephen Politzer-Ahles, E. Matthew Husband
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Press 2018-01-01
Series:Collabra: Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.collabra.org/articles/100