Conference item
Do scalar implicatures prime? The case of exclusive 'or'
- Abstract:
- Understanding language requires comprehenders to understand not only what speakers say, but what speakers might imply. Scalar items (e.g. some, numerals) often invite comprehenders to compute scalar implicatures, pragmatically strengthening the semantic meaning of scalar items by negating their stronger alternatives. Recent priming evidence suggests that scalar implicatures may share underlying mechanisms, priming both within and between implicature types. We report two experiments designed to extend these finding to or, which has an inclusive meaning that can be strengthened to an exclusive meaning, potentially via scalar implicature. Experiment 1 investigated or alongside some and numerals, holding the number of visual symbols constant. Experiment 2 reduced the visual complexity of Experiment 1. Both experiments found robust within-category priming, but failed to fully replicate or extend between-category priming effects. We discuss implications of these results with respect to visual manipulations and the potential fragility of priming across different categories of scalar implicature.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publication website:
- https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0cm0j081
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- Publisher:
- Cognitive Science Society
- Journal:
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society More from this journal
- Volume:
- 43
- Pages:
- 2149-2155
- Publication date:
- 2021-07-19
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-05-11
- Event title:
- 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
- Event location:
- Virtual event
- Event website:
- https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2021/
- Event start date:
- 2021-07-26
- Event end date:
- 2021-07-29
- EISSN:
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1069-7977
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1242346
- Local pid:
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pubs:1242346
- Deposit date:
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2022-03-04
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- Copyright holder:
- Husband and Patson
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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