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Contextualising generic and universal generalisations: quantifier domain restriction and the generic overgeneralisation effect
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019-10-14)
Generic generalisations (e.g. ‘tigers have stripes’, ‘ducks lay eggs’) refer to a
characteristic property of a kind. Recently, the generics-as-default view has posited
that we have a bias towards interpreting universally ...
Generic and Universal Generalisations: Contextualising the 'Generic Overgeneralisation' Effect.
(cognitivesciencesociety.org, 2017)
A new look at the ‘Generic Overgeneralisation’ effect
(Routledge, 2017-07-06)
While generic generalisations have been studied by linguists and philosophers for decades, they have only recently become the focus of concentrated interest by cognitive and developmental psychologists, who propose the ...