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Marty, Romoli, Sudo & Breheny 2023
Scalar diversity and inference task
Ronai & Xiang 2021: Experiment 2
43 scales from Van Tiel et al.'s 2016 Experiment 2
QuD modulation
Strong
:
Is the student brilliant?
Weak
:
Is the student intelligent?
Asymmetry between
Strong
and
Weak
Strong
:
Sue:
Is the student brilliant?
Mary:
She is INTELLIGENT
F
.
Weak
:
Sue:
Is the student intelligent?
Mary:
She is
intelligent
.
or
She IS
F
intelligent.
Two experiments
Other ways of asking Weak questions:
Experiment A
:
Antonym
Sue:
Is the student unintelligent?
Mary:
She is INTELLIGENT
F
.
Experiment B
:
Or-not
Sue:
Is the student intelligent or not?
Mary:
She is INTELLIGENT
F
.
or
She IS
F
intelligent