Kids compute scalar implicatures at a younger age than previously found, when they can form their own interpretation first before we present them with irrelevant alternatives!
Another case of task pragmatics masking kids’ early competence 🤔
Khuyen Le
New preprint w/ @drbarner.bsky.social, and probably the most fun project I've worked on!!
Past studies find kids fail to compute scalar implicatures. Do those tasks test spontaneous interpretation, or do they proffer worlds kids would never consider? 🧵 osf.io/preprints/ps...
