How hard are hard triggers?

Jacques Jayez (1) , Valeria Mongelli (2)

1 L2C2 - Laboratoire sur le langage, le cerveau et la cognition
2 ICM - Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle Epinière = Brain and Spine Institute

We study Abusch's (2002; 2010) distinction between hard and soft triggers from an experimental point of view. We show that there are apparent counterexamples to the distinction, discuss their status and describe future experiments aiming at clarifying the processing issues that form the core of the problem.

Mots clés: presupposition; accommodation; strong trigger

Domaines: Linguistique

Jacques Jayez, Valeria Mongelli. How hard are hard triggers?. Sinn und Bedeutung 17, Oct 2012, Paris, France. pp.307-324. ⟨hal-01073508⟩