This research programme focuses on the pragmatic processes involved in communicating uncertainties, quantities and in logical reasoning. It includes experimental studies examining pragmatic influences on how people interpret verbal probabilities and quantifiers and how they draw inferences.
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Experimental pragmatics, uncertainty, and reasoning
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Experimental pragmatics, uncertainty, and reasoning
Gaëlle Vallée-Tourangeau
Professor of Behavioural Science
Publications
Marie Juanchich, Miroslav Sirota, Tzur M. Karelitz, Gaëlle Villejoubert
(2013).
Can membership-functions capture the directionality of verbal probabilities?.
In Thinking & Reasoning.
Marie Juanchich, Karl Teigen, Gaëlle Villejoubert
(2010).
Is guilt ‘likely’ or ‘not certain’?: Contrast with previous probabilities determines choice of verbal terms.
In Interaction Studies.
Jean-François Bonnefon, Aidan Feeney, Gaëlle Villejoubert
(2009).
When some is actually all: Scalar inferences in face-threatening contexts.
In Cognition.
Gaëlle Villejoubert, Louise Almond, Laurence Alison
(2009).
Interpreting claims in offender profiles: the role of probability phrases, base‐rates and perceived dangerousness.
In Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Jean-François Bonnefon, Gaëlle Villejoubert
(2007).
Modus Tollens, Modus Shmollens: Contrapositive reasoning and the pragmatics of negation.
In Thinking & Reasoning.
Jean-François Bonnefon, Gaëlle Villejoubert
(2006).
Tactful or doubtful?: Expectations of politeness explain the severity bias in the interpretation of probability phrases.
In Psychological Science.
Denis Hilton, Gaëlle Villejoubert, Jean-François Bonnefon
(2005).
How to do things with logical expressions: Creating collective value through co-ordinated reasoning.
In Interaction Studies.