Online pragmatic interpretations of scalar adjectives are affected by perceived speaker reliability.

PLoS One · 2021 · PMC7895354 · PMID 33606683

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In both of these conditions, the effect of contrast exhibited a numerical trend in the direction opposite from the reliable-speaker condition.

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