Language comprehension involves not only constructing the literal meaning of a sentence but also going beyond the literal meaning to infer what was meant but not said. One widely studied test case is scalar implicature: The inference that, e.g., Sally ate some of the cookies implies she did not eat all of them. Research is mixed on whether this is due to a rote, grammaticalised procedure or instead a complex, contextualised inference. We find that in sentences like If Sally ate some of the cookies, then the rest are on the counter, that the rest triggers a late, sustained positivity relative to Sally ate some of the cookies, and the rest are on the counter. This is consistent with behavioural results and linguistic theory suggesting that th...
We investigate the interaction of structural and contextual constraints on the on-line generation of...
We investigate the interaction of structural and contextual constraints on the on-line generation of...
Scalar inferences are commonly generated when a speaker uses a weaker expression rather than a stron...
What psychological and linguistic processes allow one to go beyond the literal meaning of a sentence...
Scalar implicatures are traditionally viewed as pragmatic inferences which result from a reasoning a...
Most previous neurolinguistic experiments on scalar implicature have focused on the <some,all>...
Scalar implicatures often incur a processing cost in sentence comprehension tasks. We used a novel m...
Recent investigations of different types of scalar implicature have reported variable strength in co...
The present study examines the representation and composition of meaning in scalar implicatures. Sca...
The quantifier "some" often elicits a scalar implicature during comprehension: "Some of today's lett...
Implicatures like ‘Some politicians are smart’ (interpreted as ‘Some but not all politicians are sma...
Processing scalar implicature: What can individual differences tell us? There is much current debate...
There is much current debate about processing scalar implicature, but a considerable body of empiric...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Dept. of Linguis...
Papafragou, AnnaUtterances like "Megan ate some of the cupcakes" are typically interpreted as "Megan...
We investigate the interaction of structural and contextual constraints on the on-line generation of...
We investigate the interaction of structural and contextual constraints on the on-line generation of...
Scalar inferences are commonly generated when a speaker uses a weaker expression rather than a stron...
What psychological and linguistic processes allow one to go beyond the literal meaning of a sentence...
Scalar implicatures are traditionally viewed as pragmatic inferences which result from a reasoning a...
Most previous neurolinguistic experiments on scalar implicature have focused on the <some,all>...
Scalar implicatures often incur a processing cost in sentence comprehension tasks. We used a novel m...
Recent investigations of different types of scalar implicature have reported variable strength in co...
The present study examines the representation and composition of meaning in scalar implicatures. Sca...
The quantifier "some" often elicits a scalar implicature during comprehension: "Some of today's lett...
Implicatures like ‘Some politicians are smart’ (interpreted as ‘Some but not all politicians are sma...
Processing scalar implicature: What can individual differences tell us? There is much current debate...
There is much current debate about processing scalar implicature, but a considerable body of empiric...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Dept. of Linguis...
Papafragou, AnnaUtterances like "Megan ate some of the cupcakes" are typically interpreted as "Megan...
We investigate the interaction of structural and contextual constraints on the on-line generation of...
We investigate the interaction of structural and contextual constraints on the on-line generation of...
Scalar inferences are commonly generated when a speaker uses a weaker expression rather than a stron...