Framing effects as a semantic puzzle: Putting the alignment-assumption account to a test

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksProceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 23, Vol. 1
Herausgeber/-innenM.Teresa Espinal, Elena Castroviejo, Manuel Leonetti, Louise McNally, Cristina Real-Puigdollers
Seiten249-266
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 20 Juli 2019
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Framing effects are effects of linguistic variation (e.g. stating the amount of lives saved vs. lives lost) on judgments and decisions. This paper deals with a semantic-pragmatic account of framing effects as offered by Geurts’ (2013) alignment-assumption account. The account radically differs from extant accounts by explaining framing effects in terms of coun-terfactual alternatives and alignment of scales. I report two experiments that tested predic-tions derived from the alignment-assumption account and that related to the effect of upward- vs. downward entailing comparative quantifiers. The results provide preliminary experi-mental support for the alignment-assumption account and pose challenges for other accounts of framing effects.

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Framing effects as a semantic puzzle: Putting the alignment-assumption account to a test. / Claus, Berry.
Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 23, Vol. 1. Hrsg. / M.Teresa Espinal; Elena Castroviejo; Manuel Leonetti; Louise McNally; Cristina Real-Puigdollers. 2019. S. 249-266.

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandBeitrag in Buch/SammelwerkForschungPeer-Review

Claus, B 2019, Framing effects as a semantic puzzle: Putting the alignment-assumption account to a test. in MT Espinal, E Castroviejo, M Leonetti, L McNally & C Real-Puigdollers (Hrsg.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 23, Vol. 1. S. 249-266. https://doi.org/10.18148/SUB/2019.V23I1.514
Claus, B. (2019). Framing effects as a semantic puzzle: Putting the alignment-assumption account to a test. In M. T. Espinal, E. Castroviejo, M. Leonetti, L. McNally, & C. Real-Puigdollers (Hrsg.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 23, Vol. 1 (S. 249-266) https://doi.org/10.18148/SUB/2019.V23I1.514
Claus B. Framing effects as a semantic puzzle: Putting the alignment-assumption account to a test. in Espinal MT, Castroviejo E, Leonetti M, McNally L, Real-Puigdollers C, Hrsg., Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 23, Vol. 1. 2019. S. 249-266 doi: 10.18148/SUB/2019.V23I1.514
Claus, Berry. / Framing effects as a semantic puzzle: Putting the alignment-assumption account to a test. Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 23, Vol. 1. Hrsg. / M.Teresa Espinal ; Elena Castroviejo ; Manuel Leonetti ; Louise McNally ; Cristina Real-Puigdollers. 2019. S. 249-266
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