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The neural computation of scalar implicature

Joshua K. Hartshorne Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA02139, USA; Department of Psychology, Harvard University , 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA02138, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jesse Snedeker Department of Psychology, Harvard University , 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA02138, USAView further author information
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Stephanie Yen-Mun Liem Azar Department of Psychology, Harvard University , 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA02138, USAView further author information
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Albert E. Kim Institute of Cognitive Science and the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Colorado , Boulder, CO80390, USAView further author information
Pages 620-634 | Received 19 Apr 2014, Accepted 22 Aug 2014, Published online: 24 Dec 2014

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