@inproceedings{c44aefbd7bd7444e81ec79ef5c71e5b0,
title = "Pragmatic effects of 'more than' and 'at least' in incremental interpretation",
abstract = "We investigate the incremental interpretation of comparative and superlative numeral modifiers by manipulating the speaker{\textquoteright}s epistemic state in an eye-tracking reading experiment. The results reveal a different processing profile for two types of numeral modifiers. We take this difference to point to a difference in the source and nature of the attested effects (e.g., Quantity- vs. Manner-based pragmatic reasoning). Our findings inform the existing theoretical landscape, invalidating a number of accounts of speaker ignorance effects with numeral modifiers and giving support to Quantity-based accounts of such effects with superlative modifiers.",
keywords = "numeral modifiers, speaker ignorance effects, reading eye-tracking, implicature",
author = "S. Alexandropoulou and J. Dotlacil and R.W.F. Nouwen",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.3765/salt.v27i0.4186",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory",
publisher = "LSA",
pages = "680--699",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 27th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference",
}