Generating and Selecting Alternatives for Scalar Implicature Computation : The Alternative Activation Account and Other Theories

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-76676-3_2" target="_blank" >http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-76676-3_2</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76676-3_2" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-031-76676-3_2</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Generating and Selecting Alternatives for Scalar Implicature Computation : The Alternative Activation Account and Other Theories

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper discusses the connection between the generation and selection of alternatives in the domain of focus and scalar implicature. We argue that the mechanism for constructing alternatives needs to be separated from the inferential process itself. Taking inspiration from the work on the activation of focus alternatives (e.g., Gotzner, 2017), we propose an analogous Alternative Activation Account for scalar implicature. We review experimental evidence suggesting that initially a broad cohort of elements is activated for focus and scalar alternatives. Crucially, non-entailed alternatives are included in this initial as a result of how our brain organizes information in semantic networks. Later during incremental sentence comprehension, the initial set is narrowed down to those alternatives that are relevant for inference computation. We discuss whether the same kinds of alternatives feature in the case of focus and different scalar expressions such as quantifiers and gradable adjectives. Finally, we point out key test cases for future research to tackle the nature of alternatives and the mechanisms underlying scalar implicature computation.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Generating and Selecting Alternatives for Scalar Implicature Computation : The Alternative Activation Account and Other Theories

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper discusses the connection between the generation and selection of alternatives in the domain of focus and scalar implicature. We argue that the mechanism for constructing alternatives needs to be separated from the inferential process itself. Taking inspiration from the work on the activation of focus alternatives (e.g., Gotzner, 2017), we propose an analogous Alternative Activation Account for scalar implicature. We review experimental evidence suggesting that initially a broad cohort of elements is activated for focus and scalar alternatives. Crucially, non-entailed alternatives are included in this initial as a result of how our brain organizes information in semantic networks. Later during incremental sentence comprehension, the initial set is narrowed down to those alternatives that are relevant for inference computation. We discuss whether the same kinds of alternatives feature in the case of focus and different scalar expressions such as quantifiers and gradable adjectives. Finally, we point out key test cases for future research to tackle the nature of alternatives and the mechanisms underlying scalar implicature computation.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Alternatives in Grammar and Cognition

ISBN

9783031766756

Počet stran výsledku

26

Strana od-do

13-38

Počet stran knihy

309

Název nakladatele

Palgrave Macmillan

Místo vydání

Cham (Switzerland)

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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