Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft Leibniz-Gemeinschaft

Semantics Circle: Word learning tasks as a window into the Triggering Problem for presuppositions

Vortragende(r) Nadine Bade (joint work with Emmanuel Chemla and Philippe Schlenker)
Institution(en) Universität Potsdam
Datum 06.04.2023, 12:30
Uhrzeit 12:30 Uhr
Ort Room 403, Schützenstr. 18, 10117 Berlin and online (see below)

Abstract

We show that native speakers spontaneously separate the complex meaning of a new word into a presuppositional component and an assertive component. These results argue for the existence of a productive triggering algorithm for presuppositions, one that is not based on alternative lexical items nor on contextual saliency. On a more methodological aspect, the proposed learning paradigm can be used to test further theories concerned with the interaction of lexical properties and conceptual biases.

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8440941017