Word learning tasks as a window into the triggering problem for presuppositions

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4881880
AutoresNadine Bade (0000-0001-9506-3984, University of Potsdam, autor correspondente), Philippe Schlenker (0000-0001-9489-9325, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Emmanuel Chemla (0000-0002-8423-5880, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Ano2024
Volume32
Fascículo4
Páginas473-503
Data de publicação2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNatural Language Semantics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0925-854X • E-ISSN: 1572-865X
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11050-024-09224-5
PMID39512440
OpenAlexW4403393880
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas24

In this paper, we show that native speakers spontaneously divide the complex meaning of a new word into a presuppositional component and an assertive component. These results argue for the existence of a productive triggering algorithm for presuppositions, one that is not based on alternative lexical items nor on contextual salience. On a methodological level, the proposed learning paradigm can be used to test further theories concerned with the interaction of lexical properties and conceptual biases

Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Lexical item · Linguistics · Metaphysics · Philosophy of language · Presupposition · Child and Animal Learning Development · Computer Science · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation