none 10.1075/lald.71.07sta John Benjamins Publishing Company John Benjamins Publishing Company 1757 193717626 8848225 1420287 202605262119000028 10.1075 2026-05-26T19:20:17Z 2026-04-22T14:15:48Z 0 0925-0123 10.1075/lald https://benjamins.com/ catalog/lald Tania Ionin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign https://ror.org/047426m28 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4360-8644 Silvina Montrul University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign https://ror.org/047426m28 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6011-5959 Selected Proceedings of the 17th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA-17) Conference This volume contains a representative sample of studies presented at the 17th meeting of the Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition conference (GASLA-17). The chapters explore new frontiers, and make connections between second language acquisition, bilingualism, psycholinguistic methods, and computational methods. The chapters ask theoretically informed questions about the underlying grammars of language learners and bilinguals, use experimental methods to arrive at answers to those questions, and consider the value of using ‘big data’ to address questions in generative second language acquisition. This volume is intended for scholars and students of generative second language acquisition and related fields. It builds on prior literature by addressing the acquisition of a variety of phenomena (in syntax, semantics, pragmatics and phonology), by a variety of populations, and using a variety of data collection methods. 71 4 21 2026 4 21 2026 9789027234179 9789027243874 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam 10.1075/lald.71 http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027243874 https://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/9789027243874.pdf https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1075/lald.71/html Glenn Starr University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee https://ror.org/031q21x57 Inhibitory control predicts L2 sensitivity to QUD Abstract This study investigates how second language (L2) learners and native speakers interpret pragmatically underinformative responses involving the quantifier some , and how their interpretations are influenced by the preceding question under discussion (QUD). Specifically, it examines how QUD cues containing all or any shape expectations for scalar implicatures. While all primes an upper-bound (not all) interpretation, any supports a lower-bound (at least some) reading. Both L2 learners and native speakers showed sensitivity to these contextual cues, adjusting their interpretation of some accordingly. However, only L2 learners’ sensitivity to the QUD was modulated by individual differences in inhibitory control. These findings suggest that aspects of executive function facilitate learners’ ability to integrate contextual information, thereby supporting L2 comprehension of pragmatic inferences. 4 21 2026 4 21 2026 153 175 10.1075/lald.71.07sta https://benjamins.com/catalog/lald.71.07sta https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1075/lald.71.07sta/html 10.3102/0034654310368803 LSO Working Papers in Linguistics: Proceedings of WIGL An 1 2007 Korean tul and English all 10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011718-011820 10.1017/S014271640300002X 10.1037/0278-7393.34.4.859 10.1177/1529100610387084 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.10.012 10.1017/S1366728913000564 10.1016/j.jml.2004.05.006 10.1016/j.cognition.2005.07.003 10.1093/oso/9780195171976.003.0003 Ordinal: Regression models for ordinal data Christensen 2023 10.1177/0956797614557866 10.1027/1618-3169.54.2.128 10.1111/cogs.12171 Handbook of Bilingualism: Psycholinguistic Approaches Dijkstra 2009 10.1093/oso/9780195151770.003.0011 Bilingual Visual Word Recognition and Lexical Access 10.1075/lab.17017.dup 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.02.002 Proceedings of the 2009 Mind/Context Divide Workshop Gil 40 2010 Semantics before syntax: L2 knowledge of anyone by Korean speaking learners 10.1017/S1366728998000133 Studies in the way of words Grice 1989 10.1017/S1366728909990010 10.1002/9780470756959.ch1 10.1037/0096-3445.132.1.47 10.1017/S1366728922000761 10.7551/mitpress/5526.001.0001 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00636 10.1017/S1366728903001068 10.1016/j.pragma.2020.10.005 10.1080/20445911.2014.891597 10.1037/a0035224 10.1371/journal.pone.0063943 10.1017/CBO9780511541681.005 E-Prime Go [Software] Psychology Software Tools 2020 10.1002/9780470756959.ch9 10.3765/plsa.v6i1.5001 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00557 10.1017/S0272263115000327 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00322 10.1016/j.lingua.2009.06.005 Relevance: Communication and cognition Sperber 1995 10.36253/qulso-2421-7220-18664 10.1080/10489223.2021.1990930 10.1037/h0054651 10.1017/S1366728918000342 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00123 10.1017/S1366728912000077 10.3390/bs9030027 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01998 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01720 10.3758/s13423-015-0981-6