@inproceedings{80a79be9d6d542e78367687b78c7238b,
title = "Presupposition projection from the scope of None: universal, existential, or both?",
abstract = "The nature of presupposition projection from the scope of quantificational expressions, particularly negative ones, continues to be both theoretically and empirically controversial. We experimentally investigate the interpretation of sentences like None of the bears won the race, which could in principle be associated with three projection options, giving rise to: an existential reading, on which at least one of the bears participated and none won; a universal reading, on which all of the bears participated and none won; and a presuppositionless reading on which none of the bears both participated and won. We used a covered box task to investigate English-speaking adults{\textquoteright} and children{\textquoteright}s interpretations of such sentences. The results from the adult participants provide empirical evidence for all three readings; the results from the child participants, however, reveal no evidence for the existential reading. We discuss our results in light of competing theoretical accounts, focusing on options for reconciling the theories with the experimental data from both adults and children.",
keywords = "presupposition, presupposition projection, quantification, experimental pragmatics, covered box, truth value judgment task",
author = "J{\'e}r{\'e}my Zehr and Cory Bill and Lyn Tieu and Jacopo Romoli and Florian Schwarz",
year = "2016",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SALT",
pages = "754--774",
editor = "Mary Moroney and Carol-Rose Little and Jacob Collard and Dan Burgdorf",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 26th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference",
note = "Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference (26th : 2016), SALT 26 ; Conference date: 12-05-2016 Through 15-05-2016",
}