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@ARTICLE{Tan:1007516,
author = {Tan, I-An and Kugler-Etinger, Nitsan and Grodzinsky, Yosef},
title = {{D}o two negatives make a positive? {L}anguage and logic in
language processing},
journal = {Language, cognition and neuroscience},
volume = {38},
number = {7},
issn = {2327-3798},
address = {Abingdon},
publisher = {Routledge, Taylor $\&$ Francis Group},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-02099},
pages = {1027-1043},
year = {2023},
abstract = {This study focuses on a factor known to increase sentence
processing complexity – negation. We sought to distill out
of negation a logical property – Inference Reversal – to
see whether it, and not an actual negation word, determines
this complexity. First, we tested a negation-less pair of
polar operators (at most, at least) in Hebrew. We found that
processing time for sentences containing the Inference
Reversing at most lagged behind those with at least. Second,
we compared the processing of sentences containing two
Inference Reversing operators (not less) to sentences with
zero (ø, more) and one (not more, less). Since two
Inference Reversing Operators annul Inference Reversal
(“two negatives make a positive”), we asked whether
their processing cost is annulled, or rather cumulative.
Surprisingly, RTnot less was shorter than RTnot more. These
findings lead to the conclusion that even when covert,
Inference Reversal is an important determinant of processing
complexity.},
cin = {INM-1},
ddc = {400},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-1-20090406},
pnm = {5251 - Multilevel Brain Organization and Variability
(POF4-525) / HBP SGA3 - Human Brain Project Specific Grant
Agreement 3 (945539)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5251 / G:(EU-Grant)945539},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000976980100001},
doi = {10.1080/23273798.2023.2190134},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1007516},
}