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    "pk": 50168,
    "title": "Processing non-maximal readings of sentences with plural definites",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "Sentences with plural definites like ‘the circles' are usually\ninterpreted akin to universally quantified sentences (maximal\nreading). In some circumstances, however, they also allow\nfor non-maximal readings, i.e imprecise readings that allow\nfor exceptions. We report two mouse-tracking experiments\nthat investigate the online derivation of these non-maximal in-\nterpretations of plural definites. Our results show that non-\nmaximal readings are harder to process than maximal interpre-\ntations. This difficulty seems to be associated to hesitation in\nthe decision-process rather than to a truly two-step derivation.\nInterestingly, we also find that experimental setup plays an im-\nportant role in the availability and difficulty linked to these\nreadings.",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
        "name": "",
        "short_name": "",
        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Linguistics; Language Comprehension; Natural Language Processing; Pragmatics; Semantics of language"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Abstracts with Poster Presentation (accepted as Abstracts)",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0538r54s",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Ang�le",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Bernard",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Nantes UniversitŽ/CNRS",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Mora",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Maldonado",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "CNRS/Nantes UniversitŽ",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2025-01-01T10:00:00-08:00",
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