{"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":"2025-01-01T19:00:00+01:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/50168/galley/38130/download/"}]}