2024
2023
- Evaluating a century of progress on the cognitive science of adjective ordering. W. Dyer, C. Torres, G. Scontras & R. Futrell. Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics 11, 1185–1200.
- Lexical entrainment in bilingual language use. Y. Song, K. Canales, Y. Gu, J. Jin, J. Meng, Y. Zhang, J. Kroll & G. Scontras. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2296–3002.
- Chinese words shorten in more predictive contexts. Y. Li, G. Scontras & R. Futrell. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 1286–1291.
- Gender-inclusive language as a Rational Speech Act in Spanish. J. Yeaton, M. Muelas-Gil & G. Scontras. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 8, 5529.
- Active iterative social inference in multi-trial signaling games. A. Achimova, G. Scontras, E. Eisemann & M. V. Butz. Open Mind 7, 111–129.
- Corpus evidence for the role of world knowledge in ambiguity reduction: Using high positive expectations to inform quantifier scope. N. Attali, L. Pearl & G. Scontras. Proceedings of ELM 2, 13–23.
- How to frame bilingualism in context: Putting people and places in mind. J. F. Kroll, A. Chan., A. Cheng & G. Scontras. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 26, 17–19.
- Adjective ordering across languages. G. Scontras. Annual Review of Linguistics 9, 357–376.
2022
- The efficiency of dropping vowels in Romanised Arabic script. Z. Kachakeche, G. Scontras & R. Futrell. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 1505–1511.
- Adjusting the use of generalizations based on audience expertise. J. Coon, A. Etz, G. Scontras & B. Sarnecka. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 1827–1833.
- On the semantics of number morphology. G. Scontras. Linguistics and Philosophy 45, 1165–1196.
- Learning about others: Modeling social inference through ambiguity resolution. A. Achimova, G. Scontras, C. Stegemann-Philipps, J. Lohmann & M. V. Butz. Cognition 218, 104862.
- On the status of post-nominal Q superlatives in Romanian. A. C. Nicolae & G. Scontras. In Measurements, Numerals and Scales, 211–229.
2021
- On the many dimensions of complexity in heritage languages. O. Laleko & G. Scontras. Heritage Language Journal 18(2), 1–37.
- When pragmatics matters more for truth-value judgments: An investigation of quantifier scope ambiguity. G Scontras & L. Pearl. Glossa 6: 110, 1–37.
- Measure phrases. G. Scontras. In The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Semantics.
- Every quantifier isn't the same: Informativity matters for ambiguity resolution in quantifier-negation sentences. N. Attali, G. Scontras & L. Pearl. Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics 4, article 44.
- Pragmatic factors can explain variation in interpretation preferences for quantifier-negation utterances: A computational approach. N. Attali, G. Scontras & L. Pearl. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 917–923.
- Word order affects the frequency of adjective use across languages. Z. Kachakeche, R. Futrell & G. Scontras. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 3006–3012.
- Experts interpret generalizations differently than novices. J. Coon, A. Etz, G. Scontras & B. Sarnecka. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 3109–3115.
- Cross-linguistic scope ambiguity: An investigation of English, Spanish, and Mandarin. Y. Song, A. Hernandez Jimenez & G. Scontras. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 6, 572–586.
- Predicting cross-linguistic adjective order with information gain. W. Dyer, R. Futrell, Z. Liu & G. Scontras. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 957–967.
2020
- Lesser-studied heritage languages: An appeal to the dyad. G. Scontras & M. T. Putnam. Heritage Language Journal 17, 152–155.
- Incremental semantic restriction and subjectivity-based adjective ordering. G. Scontras, G. Bar-Sever, Z. Kachakeche, C. M. Rosales Jr. & S. Samonte. Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 24, 253–270.
- What determines the order of adjectives in English? Comparing efficiency-based theories using dependency treebanks. R. Futrell, W. Dyer & G. Scontras. Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 2003–2012.
- Understanding heritage languages. M. Polinsky & G. Scontras. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 23, 4–20.
- A roadmap for heritage language research. M. Polinsky & G. Scontras. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 23, 50–55.
- Mandarin has subjectivity-based adjective ordering preferences in the presence of 'de'. Y. Shi & G. Scontras. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 5, 410–418.
- Adjective ordering in Arabic: Post-nominal structure and subjectivity-based preferences. Z. Kachakeche & G. Scontras. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 5, 419–430.
2019
- On the grammatical source of adjective ordering preferences. G. Scontras, J. Degen & N. D. Goodman. Semantics and Pragmatics 12, 7.
- The pragmatics of semantic change: Modeling the progressive-to-imperfective shift. G. Lund, R. Jarvis & G. Scontras. In Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 23, 73–90.
- Subjectivity-based adjective ordering maximizes communicative success. M. Franke, G. Scontras & M. Simonič. In Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 344–350.
- Adjective ordering in Tagalog: A cross-linguistic comparison of subjectivity-based preferences. S. Samonte & G. Scontras. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 4, 33:1–13.
- On the role of conjunction in adjective ordering preferences. C. M. Rosales Jr. & G. Scontras. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 4, 32:1–12.
- Definitely, maybe: A new experimental paradigm for investigating the pragmatics of evidential devices across languages. J. Degen, A. Trotzke, G. Scontras, E. Wittenberg & N. D. Goodman. Journal of Pragmatics 140, 33–48.
2018
2017
- Subjectivity predicts adjective ordering preferences. G. Scontras, J. Degen & N. D. Goodman. Open Mind 1, 53–65.
- A new kind of degree. G. Scontras. Linguistics and Philosophy 40, 165–205.
- Cross-linguistic scope ambiguity: When two systems meet. G. Scontras, M. Polinsky, C.-Y. E. Tsai & K. Mai. Glossa: A journal of general linguistics 2, 36.
- Resolving uncertainty in plural predication. G. Scontras & N. D. Goodman. Cognition 168, 294–311.
- Syntactic complexity effects in sentence production: A reply to MacDonald et al. (2016). G. Scontras, W. Badecker & E. Fedorenko. Cognitive Science 41, 2280–2287.
- Who has more? The influence of linguistic form on quantity judgments. G. Scontras, K. Davidson, A. R. Deal & S. E. Murray. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 2, 41:1–15.
- Modeling scope ambiguity resolution as pragmatic inference: Formalizing differences in child and adult behavior. K. J. Savinelli, G. Scontras & L. Pearl. In Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 3064–3069.
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