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The Neural Computation of Scalar Implicature
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Hartshorne JK
; Snedeker J
; Azar SY
; Kim AE
Lang Cogn Neurosci
2015[Jun]; 30
(5
): 620-634
PMID25914890
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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, grammaticalized procedure or instead a
complex, contextualized 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 behavioral results and
linguistic theory suggesting that the former sentence does not trigger a scalar
implicature. This motivates a view on which scalar implicature is contextualized
but dependent on grammatical structure.