Some implicatures are conversational, but others are conventional: a developmental implicature study

15 INTRODUCTION 16 EXPERIMENT 1 18 METHOD 19 RESULTS 21 DISCUSSION 22 EXPERIMENT 2 23 METHOD 23 RESULTS 24 DISCUSSION 26 EXPERIMENT 3 27 METHOD 27 RESULTS 28 GENERAL DISCUSSION 29 REFERENCES 33 CHAPTER 3 ‘BUT’ HOW DO WE REASON WITH IT: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPLICATURE STEMMING FROM ‘BUT’ 35 ABSTRACT 35 INTRODUCTION 36 EXPERIMENT 1 44 METHOD 4435 INTRODUCTION 36 EXPERIMENT 1 44 METHOD 44 RESULTS 46 DISCUSSION 47 EXPERIMENT 2 49 METHOD 49 RESULTS 50 GENERAL DISCUSSION 52 REFERENCES 55 CHAPTER 4 BUT: DO AGE AND WORKING MEMORY INFLUENCE CONVENTIONAL IMPLICATURE PROCESSING? 69 ABSTRACT 69 INTRODUCTION 70 METHOD 75 PARTICIPANTS 75 WORKING MEMORY TASK 75 IMPLICATURE TASK 76 PROCEDURE 78 RESULTS 78 GENERAL DISCUSSION 81 REFERENCES 8569 INTRODUCTION 70 METHOD 75 PARTICIPANTS 75 WORKING MEMORY TASK 75 IMPLICATURE TASK 76 PROCEDURE 78 RESULTS 78 GENERAL DISCUSSION 81 REFERENCES 85 CHAPTER 5 ‘BUT’ HOW DO CHILDREN JUDGE IT ON A SCALE? 87 ABSTRACT 87 INTRODUCTION 88 EXPERIMENT 1 93 METHOD 93 RESULTS 95 DISCUSSION 96 EXPERIMENT 2 97 METHOD 97 RESULTS 97 GENERAL DISCUSSION 98 REFERENCES 10187 INTRODUCTION 88 EXPERIMENT 1 93 METHOD 93 RESULTS 95 DISCUSSION 96 EXPERIMENT 2 97 METHOD 97 RESULTS 97 GENERAL DISCUSSION 98 REFERENCES 101 CHAPTER 6 ‘BUT’ LOAD DOESN’T MATTER: THE AUTOMATICITY OF PROCESSING CONVENTIONAL IMPLICATURES 103 ABSTRACT 103 INTRODUCTION 104 EXPERIMENT 109 METHOD 109 RESULTS 111103 INTRODUCTION 104 EXPERIMENT 109 METHOD 109 RESULTS 111 GENERAL DISCUSSION 116 REFERENCES 120 CHAPTER 7 IT’S MAYBE SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT BUT I UNDERSTAND IT! 123 ABSTRACT 123 INTRODUCTION 124 EXPERIMENT 130 METHOD 130 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 131 GENERAL DISCUSSION 132 REFERENCES 134123 INTRODUCTION 124 EXPERIMENT 130 METHOD 130 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 131 GENERAL DISCUSSION 132 REFERENCES 134 CHAPTER 8 SUMMARY AND FINAL DISCUSSION 137 SUMMARY OF THE EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS 137 CHAPTER 2 137 CHAPTER 3 139 CHAPTER 4 139 CHAPTER 5 140 CHAPTER 6 140 CHAPTER 7 141 FINAL DISCUSSION 141 TASK CHARACTERISTICS 141 DEVELOPMENT 144 WORKING MEMORY 149 REFERENCES 157