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Abstract
Priming of pragmatic enrichment has been found in behavioural studies. We extend this by examining the neural correlates of priming for two implicature categories, quantifiers and disjunctions. Participants engaged in a primed sentence-picture matching task where they were presented with a sentence (e.g., “some of the letters are Bs”) followed by a picture. In prime trials the pictures were either consistent with an enriched interpretation (some but not all) or a basic interpretation (some and possibly all) of the sentence. The pictures in target trials were always consistent with the enriched interpretation. Using ERPs, we found a priming effect on the picture reflected in a reduced positivity for quantifiers when the preceding trial had an enriched interpretation, and no effect for disjunction. The pragmatic priming effect can be dissociated from expectation-based processes. It suggests that abstract derivation processes are primed during pragmatic alignment.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 134435 |
Journal | Neuroscience Letters |
Volume | 712 |
Early online date | 16 Aug 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2019 |
Keywords
- alignment
- ERP
- experimental pragmatics
- P600
- priming
- scalar implicature
- adult
- article
- controlled study
- dissociation
- event related potential
- evoked response
- expectation
- female
- human
- human experiment
- male
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Experimental Pragmatics 2019
Alice Rees (Speaker), L. Bott (Speaker) & P. Schumacher (Speaker)
Jun 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Event related potentials of pragmatic priming
Alice Rees (Invited speaker)
May 2018Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Alice Rees
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences - Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
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