First and Second Language Processing of Scalar Implicatures:From a Pragmatic Tolerance Perspective
From the perspective of pragmatic tolerance,this study investigates L1-Mandarin Chi-nese L2-English speakers'derivation of scalar implicatures,with a focus on L2 speakers'pragmatic tolerance when facing a violation of pragmatic principle.Results from a graded judgment task show that L2 speakers have native-like pragmatic tolerance of underinformative sentences.More important-ly,this pragmatic tolerance does not differ between L2 speakers'native and second languages.This study aims to provide insight for experimental design in semantics-pragmatics research,as well as for second language acquisition of scalar implicatures.
pragmatic tolerancescalar implicaturesfirst language processingsecond language processing
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