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 November-2017-CoSaQ-Galit-Agmon
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SUMMARY:CoSaQ, Galit Agmon
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Galit Agmon (Jerusalem)
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20171116T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20171116T130000
LOCATION:Room 6.05, PC Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 134, 
 Amsterdam
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: “A small number of circles a
 re blue” and “few circles are blue” seem to convey
  the same meaning – that the quantity of blue circ
 les is below some contextual criterion. Moreover, 
 both contain a negative degree element ("few" as t
 he negative of "many"; "small" as the negative of 
 "large"). However, "few" is downward monotone whil
 e "a small number" is not. Downward Monotonicity i
 s a formal logical property of certain linguistic 
 expressions, but is it also cognitively relevant f
 or language processing? In this talk I will presen
 t evidence for cognitive correlates of downward mo
 notonicity, by presenting results of RT and fMRI e
 xperiments that compare e.g. "few" to "a small num
 ber", and argue that the cognitive complexity of d
 ownward monotonicity is part of the mental represe
 ntation of the sentence.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n  <p>Abstract: “A s
 mall number of circles are blue” and “few circles 
 are blue” seem to convey the same meaning – that t
 he quantity of blue circles is below some contextu
 al criterion. Moreover, both contain a negative de
 gree element (&quot;few&quot; as the negative of &
 quot;many&quot;; &quot;small&quot; as the negative
  of &quot;large&quot;). However, &quot;few&quot; i
 s downward monotone while &quot;a small number&quo
 t; is not. Downward Monotonicity is a formal logic
 al property of certain linguistic expressions, but
  is it also cognitively relevant for language proc
 essing? In this talk I will present evidence for c
 ognitive correlates of downward monotonicity, by p
 resenting results of RT and fMRI experiments that 
 compare e.g. &quot;few&quot; to &quot;a small numb
 er&quot;, and argue that the cognitive complexity 
 of downward monotonicity is part of the mental rep
 resentation of the sentence.</p>\n
URL:http://www.jakubszymanik.com/CoSaQ/seminar/
CONTACT:Jakub Szymanik at jakub.szymanik at gmail.
 com
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