Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10459759 Journal of Memory and Language 2012 20 Pages PDF
Abstract
► We investigated why scalar implicatures are costly to process. ► We compared accuracy as a function of time to sentences with and without implicatures. ► Delayed implicatures are not due to retrieval probabilities or semantic complexity. ► Implicatures are costly to derive and interpret.
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