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Peer reviewedNoveck, Ira A. – Cognition, 2001
Three experiments examined understanding of scalar implicature, specifically understanding that use of a term (e.g., some) indicates the speaker had reasons not to use a more informative term (e.g., all). Results reveal consistent ordering in which representations of weak scalar terms tend to be treated logically by young competent participants…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Communication Skills
