This project is a continuation of SIGames 1 - Experimental Game Theory and Scalar Implicatures.
Pragmatics is about language in use, and, in particular, about the emergence of meaning in interaction between speaker and audience. It is in keeping with the philosophy behind this discipline to test for pragmatic phenomena in interactive and task-based scenarios. We have successfully developed an experimental paradigm in which pragmatic interpretations are inferred from action choices based on a game theoretic model of the experimental situation.
In this project, we further develop our methodology and widen its empirical coverage. Our core topic is one of the most complex and controversial phenomena studied in pragmatics today: scalar implicature in logically complex sentences. In the first funding period, we demonstrated that there are natural scenarios in which controversial implicatures are drawn reliably. We concentrated on situations with competent speakers and the all-some scale. In the new funding period, we intend (A) to extend our research to a larger variety of scales (adjectival scales), (B) study violations of the competence assumption (i.e. partial knowledge, uncertainty), and (C) investigate the relevance of the principle of cooperativity in contexts with opposing interests of speaker and hearer.
The debate on complex sentences started out with the issue of whether or not implicature can be embedded in compositional semantics. This has been a hotly debated topic for which diverse theoretical models with conflicting claims have been developed, prominently among them feature structural accounts, and game theoretic accounts. Recently, Bayesian models have been proposed that learn production and interpretation strategies directly from experimental data. The advantage of game theoretic and Bayesian models is that they are able to link their theories to interactive experimental settings. In particular, they make predictions for both utterance production and interpretation. In accompanying theoretical work, we will therefore further these theories and develop detailed game theoretic and probabilistic models for all planned experiments.
Publikation 01.02.2023
Bleotu, Adina Camelia, Anton Benz & Roxana Pătrunjel
Publikation 22.12.2022
Bleotu, Adina Camelia, Anton Benz & Nicole Gotzner
Publikation 22.12.2022
Gotzner, Nicole & Anton Benz
Publikation 05.10.2022
Bleotu, Adina Camelia, Anton Benz & Gabriela Brozbǎ
Publikation 12.04.2021
Mazzarella, Diana & Nicole Gotzner
Publikation 19.11.2020
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner
Publikation 04.03.2020
Gotzner, Nicole, Jacopo Romoli & Paolo Santorio
Publikation 22.12.2019
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner
Publikation 22.12.2019
Gotzner, Nicole
Publikation 18.05.2019
Gotzner, Nicole
Publikation 21.02.2019
Gotzner, Nicole & Katharina Spalek
Publikation 21.01.2019
Leffel, Timothy, Alexandre Cremers, Nicole Gotzner & Jacopo Romoli
Publikation 04.11.2018
Gotzner, Nicole, Stephanie Solt & Anton Benz
Publikation 03.10.2018
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner
Publikation 12.09.2018
Gotzner, Nicole, Stephanie Solt & Anton Benz
Publikation 18.07.2018
Benz, Anton, Carla Bombi & Nicole Gotzner
Publikation 18.07.2018
Benz, Anton, Nicole Gotzner & Lisa Raithel
Publikation 21.02.2018
Gotzner, Nicole & Jacopo Romoli
Publikation 12.01.2018
Gotzner, Nicole & Anton Benz
Publikation 11.07.2017
Tomlinson, John Michael Jr., Nicole Gotzner & Lewis Bott
Publikation 04.05.2017
Gotzner, Nicole & Katharina Spalek
Publikation 01.02.2017
Gotzner, Nicole
Publikation 02.06.2016
Benz, Anton
Publikation 29.02.2016
Gotzner, Nicole & Katharina Spalek
Publikation 22.01.2016
Gotzner, Nicole, Katharina Spalek & Isabell Wartenburger
Publikation 01.07.2015
Nicole Gotzner
Publikation 11.08.2014
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner
Publikation 11.08.2014
Gotzner, Nicole & Katharina Spalek
Benz, Anton & Adina Camelia Bleotu 20. - 22.09.2023
Bleotu, Adina Camelia & Anton Benz 05. - 08.09.2023
Bleotu, Adina Camelia, Anton Benz & Gabriela Brozbǎ 12.05.2023 - 14.05.2023
Bleotu, Adina Camelia, Anton Benz & Gabriela Brozba 30.11.2022 - 02.12.2022
Bleotu, Adina Camelia, Rudmila Rodica Ivan, Gabriela Bîlbîie, Monica Casa, Mara Panaitescu, Andreea Nicolae, Anton Benz & Lyn Tieu 25.11.2022
Bleotu, Adina Camelia, Anton Benz & Gabriela Brozba 06.10.2022 - 08.10.2022
Bleotu, Adina Camelia, Anton Benz & Nicole Gotzner 01.10.2021 - 02.10.2021
Gotzner, Nicole & Anton Benz 08.09.2021 - 10.09.2021
Bleotu, Adina Camelia, Anton Benz & Nicole Gotzner 08.09.2021 - 10.09.2021
Bleotu, Adina Camelia, Anton Benz & Nicole Gotzner 08.07.2021 - 09.07.2021
Bleotu, Camelia Adina, Anton Benz & Nicole Gotzner 26.09.2020 - 27.09.2020
Bleotu, Camelia Adina, Anton Benz & Nicole Gotzner 26.09.2020 - 27.09.2020
Bleotu, Camelia Adina, Anton Benz & Nicole Gotzner 16.09.2020 - 18.09.2020
Bleotu, Camelia Adina, Anton Benz & Nicole Gotzner 16.09.2020 - 18.09.2020
Gotzner, Nicole 26.06.2020
Gotzner, Nicole 25.06.2020 - 26.06.2020
Breheny, Richard, Chao Sun, Nicole Gotzner & Anton Benz 05.03.2020 - 06.03.2020
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 13.02.2020 - 15.02.2020
Conference 20.11.2019
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 20.11.2019 - 21.11.2019
Sun, Chao, Anton Benz, Nicole Gotzner & Richard Breheny 20.11.2019 - 21.11.2019
Workshop/AG 25.09.2019 - 26.09.2019
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 19.09.2019 - 20.09.2019
Jördens, Kim A., Nicole Gotzner & Katharina Spalek 04.09.2019 - 07.09.2019
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 19.06.2019 - 21.06.2019
Gotzner, Nicole & Diana Mazzarella 19.6.2019 - 21.6.2019
Sun, Chao, Richard Breheny, Nicole Gotzner & Anton Benz 19.06.2019 - 21.06.2019
Gotzner, Nicole, Stephanie Solt & Anton Benz 23.05.2019-24.05.2019
Workshop/AG 23.05.2019 - 24.05.2019
Workshop/AG 27.03.2019 – 28.03.2019
Gotzner, Nicole & Diana Mazzarella 20.03.2019 – 21.03.2019
Mazzarella, Diana & Nicole Gotzner 16.01.2019 - 17.01.2019
Gotzner, Nicole 29.11.2018 – 30.11.2018
Gotzner, Nicole, Jacopo Romoli & Paolo Santorio 23.11.2018
Gotzner, Nicole, Jacopo Romoli & Paolo Santorio 22.11.2018
Hesse, Christoph 01.11.2018
Gotzner, Nicole, Stephanie Solt & Anton Benz 31.10.2018
Gotzner, Nicole, Jacopo Romoli & Paolo Santorio 31.10.2018
Hesse, Christoph 26.09.2018 – 28.09.2018
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 26.09.2018 – 28.09.2018
Hesse, Christoph & Anton Benz 19.09.2018 - 21.09.2018
Hesse, Christoph & Anton Benz 06.09.2018 - 08.09.2018
Benz, Anton 21.08.2018 - 23.08.2018
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 06.06.2018 - 07.06.2018
Gotzner, Nicole, Stephanie Solt & Anton Benz 18.05.2018 - 20.05.2018
Gotzner, Nicole, Jacopo Romoli & Paolo Santorio 18.05.2018 - 20.05.2018
Gotzner, Nicole 20.03.2018
Gotzner, Nicole, Anton Benz & Lisa Raithel 15.03.2018 - 17.03.2018
Benz, Anton 07.03.2018 - 09.03.2018
Gotzner, Nicole & Katharina Spalek 07.03.2018 - 09.03.2018
Hesse, Christoph & Anton Benz 10.01.2018
Gotzner, Nicole 22.10.2017 - 26.10.2017
Gotzner, Nicole 12.10.2017
Benz, Anton, Carla Bombi Ferrer & Nicole Gotzner 07.09.2017 - 10.09.2017
Benz, Anton, Lisa Raithel & Nicole Gotzner 07.09.2017 - 10.09.2017
Spalek, Katharina, Nicole Gotzner & Beate Bergmann 26.06.2017 - 27.06.2017
Benz, Anton, Nicole Gotzner & Lisa Raithel 21.06.2017 - 23.06.2017
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 22.03.2017
Benz, Anton, Nicole Gotzner & Lisa Raithel 13.03.2017
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 04.09.2016 - 06.09.2016
Gotzner, Nicole & Jacopo Romoli 04.09.2016 - 06.09.2016
Benz, Anton & Maria Spychalska 20.06.2016 - 21.06.2016
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 20.06.2016 - 21.06.2016
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 02.06.2016 - 03.06.2016
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 25.05.2016 - 27.05.2016
Timothy Leffell, Alexandre Cremers, Jacopo Romoli & Nicole Gotzner 07.01.2016 - 10.01.2016
Gotzner, Nicole & Anton Benz 03.09.2015 - 05.09.2015
Gotzner, Nicole, David Barner & Stephen Crain 03.09.2015 - 05.09.2015
Gotzner, Nicole, David Barner & Stephen Crain 03.09.2015 - 05.09.2015
Gotzner, Nicole & Anton Benz 02.09.2015 - 05.09.2015
Gotzner, Nicole & Jacopo Romoli 16.07.2015 - 18.07.2015
Gotzner, Nicole, David Barner & Stephen Crain 16.07.2015 - 18.07.2015
Gotzner, Nicole 14.07.2015
Gotzner, Nicole & Anton Benz 26.06.2015 - 27.06.2015
Benz, Anton & Maria Spychalska 26.06.2015 - 27.06.2015
Gotzner, Nicole, Judith Degen & Noah Goodman 26.06.2015 - 27.06.2015
Gotzner, Nicole & Anton Benz 01.06.2015 - 03.06.2015
Gotzner, Nicole 19.03.2015 - 20.03.2015
Gotzner, Nicole, John M. Tomlinson & Katharina Spalek 19.03.2015 - 21.03.2015
Gotzner, Nicole 10.12.2014
Benz, Anton 14.10.2014 - 15.10.2014
Gotzner, Nicole 15.09.2014 - 17.09.2014
Gotzner, Nicole, Katharina Spalek & Isabell Wartenburger 03.09.2014 - 06.09.2014
Benz, Anton 26.08.2014
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 11.08.2014 - 15.08.2014
Gotzner, Nicole & Katharina Spalek 11.08.2014 - 22.08.2014
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 08.05.2014
Benz, Anton & Nicole Gotzner 21.02.2014 - 24.02.2014
Gotzner, Nicole 07.02.2014
Benz, Anton 18.11.2010 - 20.11.2010