A series of experiments looking at scalar implicature
Studies from Pysch130
Preliminary literal listener study - we present a star rating and scalar target and ask how compatibiliyt the target is with the rating on a 5pt likert.
Pragmatic listener study. We present respondents with a scalar target and ask them how many stars are appropriate.
Star prior elicitation attempt - respondents are given several scenarios and asked to give us the number of stars they think are appropriate.
Literal listener experiment with binary DV. We're moving from the 5-pt likert compatibility DV to see if we can get better differentiation between scalar items
Experiment to elicit salient alternative. Basic framework taken from van Tiel Scalar Diversity study. For each scalar item we ask respondents to give us 3 alternatives words that could have been used "if the speaker had felt differently".
Literal listener binary var study with top two alts taken from e9
Pragmatic listener study with alternatives scalar (from e9) included.
Experimental items here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kTQykSxeZVpdrWmh1vJ_pB_BfAr4JzNnq69H7Z-7iGI/edit#gid=0
To preview exp e5a and e6 with start-ratings use: http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://cdn.rawgit.com/langcog/scalar_implicature/master/implicatures_e5a.html (or replace implicatures_e5a.html with implicatures_e6.html)