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  • Linguistics
  • Cognitive Science
  • Psycholinguistics

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  • Experimental pragmatics frequently uses "implicature rate" to investigate pragmatic phenomena.
  • Implicature rate is typically measured by "pragmatic" judgments in truth value judgment tasks.
  • The link between implicature rate and behavioral responses has not been thoroughly examined.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of response quantity and judgment definitions on implicature rate.
  • To challenge the foundational assumptions of experimental pragmatics regarding the mapping of theoretical notions to measurable behaviors.
  • To propose an alternative linking hypothesis for truth value judgment tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of truth value judgment tasks in experimental pragmatics.
  • Examination of the influence of the number of responses provided to participants.
  • Evaluation of different linking hypotheses for "pragmatic" judgments.

Main Results:

  • The inferred "implicature rate" is significantly influenced by the number of responses.
  • The definition of a "pragmatic" judgment critically affects the calculated implicature rate.
  • Existing methods may not accurately reflect theoretical pragmatic concepts.

Conclusions:

  • Foundational assumptions in experimental pragmatics require re-evaluation.
  • The quantification of implicature rate needs careful consideration of methodological factors.
  • An alternative linking hypothesis based on probabilistic utterance expectations is proposed for truth value judgment tasks.