| Title: | Scalar diversity and second-language processing of scalar inferences : a cross-linguistic analysis |
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| Authors: | ID Mazzaggio, Greta (Author)
ID Longo, Federica (Author)
ID Stateva, Penka (Author)
ID Van Tiel, Bob (Author) |
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| Files: |  scalar-diversity-and-second-language-processing-of-scalar-inferences-a-cross-linguistic-analysis.pdf (986,44 KB)
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 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bilingualism-language-and-cognition/article/scalar-diversity-and-secondlanguage-processing-of-scalar-inferences-a-crosslinguistic-analysis/5A9AFE3EB596B3A9A654BC358A70126C
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Unknown |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | UNG - University of Nova Gorica
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| Abstract: | We investigate the processing of scalar inferences in first language (L1) and second language (L2). Expanding beyond the common focus on the scalar inference from ‘some’ to ‘not all’, we examine six scalar expressions: ‘low’, ‘scarce’, ‘might’, ‘some’, ‘most’ and ‘try’. An online sentence-picture verification task was used to measure the frequency and time course of scalar inferences for these expressions. Participants included native English speakers, native Slovenian speakers and Slovenian speakers who spoke English as their L2. The first two groups were tested in their L1, while the third group was tested in their L2. Results showed that the English-L2 group resembled the Slovenian-L1 group more than the English-L1 group in terms of inference frequency. The time course for scalar inference computation was similar across all groups. These findings suggest subtle pragmatic transfer effects from L1 to L2, varying across different scalar expressions. |
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| Keywords: | scalar inference, conversational implicature, scalar diversity, second language, linguistic transfer, pragmatics, Slovenian |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | 13 str. |
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| Numbering: | 2025 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUNG-10022  |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 235024643 |
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| UDC: | 81 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1469-1841 |
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| DOI: | 10.1017/S1366728925000392 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UNG:REP:F9U1XPWO |
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| Publication date in RUNG: | 07.05.2025 |
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