Denić, M;
Rothschild, D;
Homer, V;
Chemla, E;
(2021)
The influence of polarity items on inferential judgments.
Cognition
, 215
, Article 104791. 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104791.
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Abstract
Polarity items are linguistic expressions such as any, at all, some, which are acceptable in some linguistic environments but not others. Crucially, whether a polarity item is acceptable in a given environment is argued to depend on the inferences (in the reasoning sense) that this environment allows. We show that the inferential judgments reported for a given environment are modified in the presence of polarity items. Hence, there is a two-way influence between linguistic and reasoning abilities: the linguistic acceptability of polarity items is dependent on reasoning facts and, conversely, reasoning judgments can be altered by the mere addition of seemingly innocuous polarity items.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The influence of polarity items on inferential judgments |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104791 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104791 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Modularity, Polarity, Monotonicity, Intuitions, Reasoning |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10129900 |
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