Processing of Scalar Inferences by Mandarin Learners of English: An Online Measure.
Scalar inferences represent the condition when a speaker uses a weaker expression such as some in a pragmatic scale like <some, all>, and s/he has the intention to reject the stronger use of the other word like all in the utterance. Considerable disagreement has arisen concerning how interlocu...
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| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4709112?pdf=render |