Scalar Implicature is Sensitive to Contextual Alternatives

The quantifier "some" often elicits a scalar implicature during comprehension: "Some of today's letters have checks inside" is often interpreted to mean that not all of today's letters have checks inside. In previous work, Goodman and Stuhlmüller (G&S) proposed a mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhang, Zheng, Bergen, Leon, Paunov, Alexander, Ryskin, Rachel, Gibson, Edward
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148053