Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Amélie, Beck, Sarah R. and Vallee-Tourangeau, Gaelle (2017) Children’s interpretation of verbal probabilities: use of directionality and pragmatic cues. In: International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS) 2017; 23-25 Mar 2017, Vienna, Austria. (Unpublished)

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We propose a cognitive demands account of children’s understanding of verbal probabilities (It is likely). We show that children’s interpretation of verbal probabilities relies on directionality and speakers’ intention. We further suggest that this joint use of directionality and speakers’ intentions supports the pragmatic account of directionality in verbal probabilities.

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