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- Researchers explored how priming affects understanding of two types of implicature: quantifiers and disjunctions, using a sentence-picture matching task.
- Participants saw sentences followed by pictures that either aligned with a basic interpretation or an enriched one, with target trials always depicting the enriched meaning.
- ERP measurements indicated that there was a notable priming effect for quantifiers but not for disjunctions, suggesting that the brain’s processing of pragmatics is influenced by prior interpretations, distinct from mere expectation-based effects.
Article 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.
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