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