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Thomas P Urbach¹, Katherine A DeLong¹, Marta Kutas²

¹Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego.

Journal of Memory and Language

|May 26, 2015

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Quantifier interpretation can be immediate, but context matters. Discourse and task demands influence how quickly and fully we process quantifiers like "most" or "few".

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Science
Psycholinguistics
Neuroscience

Background:

Incremental language interpretation is a common assumption.
Previous research indicated partial, not full, immediate quantifier interpretation using N400 event-related potentials (ERPs).

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate immediate quantifier interpretation in discourse contexts.
To examine the influence of pragmatic and task variables on quantifier processing speed and depth.

Main Methods:

ERP recordings during plausibility judgments (Experiment 1) and reading for comprehension (Experiment 2) with quantifier expressions in discourse.
Control experiments (3A, 3B) without discourse contexts.
Analysis of N400 amplitudes and offline measures (plausibility ratings, cloze probabilities).

Main Results:

Quantifiers consistently modulated N400 amplitudes, reflecting typicality effects.
Real-time N400 effects in Experiment 2 (comprehension) mirrored offline crossover interactions.
Offline measures showed quantifier and typicality crossover interactions.

Conclusions:

Quantifier expressions can be interpreted fully and immediately.
Pragmatic context and task demands significantly impact the speed and depth of quantifier interpretation.