{"pk":29819,"title":"Understanding scalar implicature without scale markers SOME and ALL inJapanese preschoolers and adults","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Understanding Some girls have bags is difficult for preschoolers, because they may not properly calculate scalar implica-ture. In this study, we examined whether preschoolers and adults guess scalar information without scale markers (some,all) using negative/positive Japanese sentences in picture selection task. This task consisted of three cards, e.g., SOMEcard illustrated two persons with a bag and four persons without a bag. The results were that the positive expression,Baggu wo motte-iru hito ga imasu (there are persons with a bag), was guessed as meaning of ALL (all persons have a bag)by children, while guessed as SOME by adults. Interestingly, the negative expression, Baggu wo motte-inai hito ga imasu(there are persons without a bag), was guessed as NONE by children, but guessed as SOME by adults. The results suggestchildren may not utilize the combination of existence and agents state information to guess scalar implicature.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Poster Session 2","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0jp7w39q","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Tetsuya","middle_name":"","last_name":"Yasuda","name_suffix":"","institution":"Tokyo Denki University","department":""},{"first_name":"Harumi","middle_name":"","last_name":"Kobayashi","name_suffix":"","institution":"Tokyo Denki University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2020-01-01T13:00:00-05:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/29819/galley/19673/download/"}]}