Asymmetric inference towards the antonym: Experiments into the polarity and morphology of negated adjectives
Asymmetric inference towards the antonym: Experiments into the polarity and morphology of negated adjectives
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DOI：
10.5334/gjgl.151
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发表时间：
2017-10-20
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通讯作者：
Spector, Benjamin
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作者：
Ruytenbeek, Nicolas;Verheyen, Steven;Spector, Benjamin
本文探讨了否定反义词的解释。像彼得不高这样的句子可以理解为彼得在法庭上不高，或者彼得相当矮（对反义词的推断；ITA）。我们提出了两个实验的结果，其中我们测试了两个理论预测。首先，根据Krifka（2007）的研究，我们有理由期待积极形容词与消极形容词之间有更强的ITA效应。其次，根据Krifka（2007）的研究，我们预计形态反义词对的ITA强度不对称性大于非形态反义词对。在第一个实验中，通过让参与者判断包含否定形容词及其反义词的句子的语用可接受性来隐性评估ITA强度。在第二个实验中，我们收集了明确的推理判断。两个实验的结果都支持这两个预测。我们还讨论了有关极性不同概念的理论和方法问题。
In this paper, we investigate the interpretation of negated antonyms. A sentence such as Peter is not tall can be understood as meaning either that Peter is not tall tout court or that Peter is rather short (inference towards the antonym; ITA). We present the results of two experiments, in which we test two theoretical predictions. First, according to Krifka (2007), it is reasonable to expect a stronger ITA effect for positive versus negative adjectives. Second, elaborating on Krifka (2007), we expect ITA strength asymmetry to be greater for morphological antonymic pairs than for non-morphological pairs. In the first experiment, ITA strength was assessed implicitly by having participants judge the pragmatic acceptability of sentences involving a negated adjective and its antonym. In the second experiment, we collected explicit inferential judgments. The results of both experiments support the two predictions. We also discuss theoretical and methodological issues concerning the different notions of polarity.