Triviality and interrogative embedding: context sensitivity, factivity, and neg-raising
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DOI: 10.1007/s11050-019-09153-8
Abstract: Why do predicates like know embed both declarative and interrogative clauses, whereas closely related ones like believe only embed the former? The standard approach following Grimshaw (Linguist Inq 10:279–326, 1979) to this issue has been… read more here.
Keywords: embedding context; interrogative embedding; context sensitivity; triviality ... See more keywords
Context-sensitivity and the Preface Paradox for credence
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-021-03115-6
Abstract: It’s intuitively plausible to suppose that there are many things that we can be rationally certain of, at least in many contexts. The present paper argues that, given this principle of Abundancy, there is a… read more here.
Keywords: credence; preface; context sensitivity; preface paradox ... See more keywords
Context as a Dynamic Construct and the Problem of Context Sensitivity
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DOI: 10.1111/stul.12115
Abstract: This paper is concerned with different aspects of the concept of context, predominantly from the perspective of contemporary pragmatically‐oriented linguistics. As it is frequently claimed that the precise meaning of an utterance may be determined… read more here.
Keywords: context dynamic; context sensitivity; context; dynamic construct ... See more keywords
Saccade suppression of displacements, but not of contrast, depends on context
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DOI: 10.1167/jov.22.10.10
Abstract: Saccades let the visual scene sweep with high speed across the retina, thus producing a massive motion stimulus. Yet, in natural vision, we never perceive motion that is produced by saccades. The absence of perisaccadic… read more here.
Keywords: saccade suppression; context sensitivity; motion; suppression ... See more keywords
Context-Sensitivity Influences German and Chinese Preschoolers’ Comprehension of Indirect Communication
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DOI: 10.1177/00220221221104952
Abstract: Making inferences in communication is a highly context-dependent endeavor. Previous research found cultural variations for context-sensitivity as well as for communication comprehension. However, the relative impact of culture and context-sensitivity on communication comprehension has not… read more here.
Keywords: year; context sensitivity; indirect communication; communication ... See more keywords
Development of a ‘real-world’ logic model through testing the feasibility of a complex healthcare intervention: the challenge of reconciling scalability and context-sensitivity
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DOI: 10.1177/13563890211068869
Abstract: Logic models feature prominently in intervention research yet there is increasing debate about their ability to express how interventions work in the real-world. ‘Real-world’ logic models are a new proposition which express complex interventions in… read more here.
Keywords: intervention; context sensitivity; world logic; real world ... See more keywords
Social Preferences and Context Sensitivity
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DOI: 10.3390/g8040043
Abstract: This paper is a partial review of the literature on ‘social preferences'. There are empirical findings that convincingly demonstrate the existence of social preferences, but there are also studies that indicate their fragility. So how… read more here.
Keywords: context sensitivity; social preferences; preferences context; literature ... See more keywords