Fachbereichskolloquium: On the role of experience and evidence: Experimental investigations
Wann
Donnerstag, 20. Oktober 2022
11:45 bis 13:15 Uhr
Wo
Y 311
Veranstaltet von
Fachbereich Linguistik
Vortragende Person/Vortragende Personen:
Elsi Kaiser (University of Southern California)
It has been noted that some subjective expressions trigger an Acquaintance Inference, i.e., that the speaker has direct firsthand experience with the object of predication. So, if someone says ‘This cake is delicious,’ we infer that they have tasted the cake. Our work explores three facets of the Acquaintance Inference, with the aim of exploring how it interfaces with other linguistic and cognitive phenomena.