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@article{SMP94, abstract = {In this paper we present a summary review of recent psychological studies which make a contribution to an understanding of how quantifiers are used. Until relatively recently, the contribution which psychology has made has been somewhat restricted. For example, the approach which has enjoyed the greatest popularity in psychology is explaining quantifiers as expressions which have fuzzy or vague projections on to mental scales of amount. Following Moxey \& Sanford (1993a), this view is questioned. Experimental work is summarized showing that quantifiers may be differentiated in terms of the patterns of focus which they produce, which we take as a reflection of the patterns of inference which they induce. Other work suggests that when a speaker uses certain quantifiers it is possible for a listener to draw inferences about what the speaker's prior expectations were, including what the speaker is taken to have believed the listener to expect. These findings are discussed in relation to how quantifiers are selected, and in terms of a possible psychological basis for certain logico-linguistic judgements about quantifiers. 10.1093/jos/11.3.153}, author = {Sanford, Anthony J. and Moxey, Linda M. and Paterson, Kevin}, citeulike-article-id = {3179149}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jos/11.3.153}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jos.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/11/3/153}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1093/jos/11.3.153}, journal = {Journal of Semantics}, keywords = {cognitive, generalized, psychology, quantifiers, reasoning}, month = {March}, number = {3}, pages = {153--170}, posted-at = {2008-09-01 13:57:00}, priority = {0}, title = {Psychological Studies of Quantifiers}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jos/11.3.153}, volume = {11}, year = {1994} }

TY - JOUR ID - SMP94 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3179149 N2 - In this paper we present a summary review of recent psychological studies which make a contribution to an understanding of how quantifiers are used. Until relatively recently, the contribution which psychology has made has been somewhat restricted. For example, the approach which has enjoyed the greatest popularity in psychology is explaining quantifiers as expressions which have fuzzy or vague projections on to mental scales of amount. Following Moxey & Sanford (1993a), this view is questioned. Experimental work is summarized showing that quantifiers may be differentiated in terms of the patterns of focus which they produce, which we take as a reflection of the patterns of inference which they induce. Other work suggests that when a speaker uses certain quantifiers it is possible for a listener to draw inferences about what the speaker's prior expectations were, including what the speaker is taken to have believed the listener to expect. These findings are discussed in relation to how quantifiers are selected, and in terms of a possible psychological basis for certain logico-linguistic judgements about quantifiers. 10.1093/jos/11.3.153 IS - 3 JF - Journal of Semantics EP - 170 TI - Psychological Studies of Quantifiers VL - 11 SP - 153 KW - cognitive KW - generalized KW - psychology KW - quantifiers KW - reasoning AU - Sanford, Anthony AU - Moxey, Linda AU - Paterson, Kevin PY - 1994/03/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jos/11.3.153 ER -