Publications
Papers
- Degen, J. and Jaeger, T.F. (in preparation). Meaning and processing
pressures are some (of the) reasons for choosing the partitive.
- Degen, J. and Tanenhaus, M.K. (resubmitted - comments welcome!). Naturalness of
alternatives and the processing of scalar implicatures: a visual world
eye-tracking study.
- Degen, J. and Tanenhaus, M.K.
(resubmitted - comments welcome!). Scalar implicature
processing: a Constraint-Based approach.
- Degen, J. and Franke, M. (2012). Optimal reasoning about
referential expressions. In S. Brown-Schmidt, J. Ginzburg, and S.
Larsson (Eds.), Proceedings of The
16th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue, pp. 2
- 11.
- Degen, J. and Tanenhaus, M.K.
(2011). Making Inferences: The
Case of Scalar Implicature Processing. In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher,
& T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings
of the 33rd Annual Conference of
the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 3299 - 3304.
- Degen,
J. (2007). Processing
Scalar Implicatures: What Role Does the Question of Default Play for
the Debate Between (Neo-)Griceanism and Relevance Theory? Publications
of the Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück,
Volume
3-2007.
- Bauer,
D., Degen, J., Deng, X., Herger, P., Gasthaus, J., Giesbrecht,
E., Jansen, L., Kalina, C., Krüger, T., Märtin, R., Schmidt, M.,
Scholler, S., Steger, J., Stemle, E., and Evert, S.
(2007). Filtering
the Internet by Automatic Subtree
Classification, Osnabrück. In Proceedings
of the Third Web as Corpus Workshop (WAC3), CLEANEVAL Session,
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Posters
and Presentations
- Degen, J. and Franke, M. (2012). Optimal reasoning about
referential expressions. SeineDial,
Paris,
Sep 19 - 21.
- Degen, J.
and Jaeger, T.F. (2012). Meaning
and production pressures in speakers' choices: partitive 'some'. Poster presented
at AMLaP
2012, Riva del Garda, Sep 6-8.
- Degen, J., Franke., M., and Jäger,
G. (2012). Optimal reasoning
about referential expressions. Euro-Xprag Oslo Workshop, Oslo,
June 8-9.
- Degen, J.
and Tanenhaus, M.K. (2012). Naturalness of lexical
alternative predicts time course of scalar implicature processing. Poster presented at CUNY 2012, NYC, March 16-18.
- Degen, J.
and Breheny, R. (2011). The
role of lexical alternatives in different forms of pragmatic processing. Euro-XPrag
Pisa Workshop, Pisa, September 30 - October 2.
- Degen, J.
and Jaeger, T.F. (2011). Speakers
sacrifice some (of the)
precision in conveyed meaning to accommodate robust communication. Experimental
Pragmatics
2011, Barcelona, June 2-4.
- Degen, J.
and Tanenhaus, M.K. (2011). A
constraint-based
approach to scalar implicature processing. Poster presented at Experimental
Pragmatics
2011, Barcelona, June 2-4.
- Degen, J.
and Jaeger, T.F. (2011). Trading
off precision in
conveyed meaning for robust communication. Poster presented at CUNY
2011, Stanford, January 24-26.
- Degen, J.
and Jaeger, T.F. (2011). Speakers sacrifice some (of the)
precision in conveyed meaning to accommodate robust communication. LSA
2011, Pittsburgh, January 6-9.
- Degen, J.
and Tanenhaus, M.K. (2010). Naturalness
of Lexical Alternatives Influences Interpretation of 'some'. Poster presented at CUNY 2010, NYU, March 18-20.
- Degen,
J. and Tanenhaus, M.K. (2010). When
Contrast Is Salient, Pragmatic 'some' Precedes Logical 'some'.
Poster presented at CUNY 2010,
NYU, March 18-20.
- Cieschinger, M., Degen, J., Ebert,
C.,
and Schütze, M. (2010). Are
Intermediate Scope Readings Dependent on Embedding Operators? Linguistic
Evidence 2010,
Tübingen, February 11-13.
- Degen,
J., Reeder, P.A., Carbary, K., and Tanenhaus, M.K. (2009). Using a Novel Experimental
Paradigm to Investigate the Processing of Scalar Implicatures. Experimental
Pragmatics 2009,
Lyon, April 23-25.
- Degen,
J., Reeder, P.A., Carbary, K., and Tanenhaus, M.K. (2009). Using a Novel Experimental
Paradigm to Investigate the Processing of Scalar Implicatures. Poster presented at CUNY 2009, UC Davis, March 26-28.
- Degen, J. (2007). Scalar implicatures
experimentally: some theoretical implications, Poster presented at Experimental Pragmatics 2007,
Berlin, December 13-16.
Invited
Talks
- Degen, J. (2013). Reasoning about referential expressions. Workshop Experimental Pragmatics Meets Game Theory, University of Tübingen,
January 14.
- Degen, J. (2013). Frequency and distribution of some (but
not all) scalar implicatures.
Talk given to the Semantikzirkel at
the Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin,
January 7.
- Degen, J. (2011). Scalar implicature
processing. Guest lecture in
"Introduction to Psycholinguistics" (taught by Shari Speer), Ohio State University,
January 10.
- Degen,
J. (2010). Linguistic and extra-linguistic factors in scalar
implicature processing. Talk given to the Pragmatics reading group at
UCL, December 8.
- Degen,
J. (2009). Scalar implicatures - a
view from processing. Semantic
Theory and Empirical Evidence Workshop. University of
Osnabrück, September 18-19.
Unpublished
Output
Code
- Here is some pyjamas code I wrote
to
set up a Mechanical Turk study that combines timed image presentation,
playing audio files with HTML5, and recording naturalness ratings. See
a demo here.
The tgz file contains all the files
to make it work. Read the README included in the tgz to get
started. Read the HLPlab
blog entry for more information.
