Glenn Starr

List of John Benjamins publications in which Glenn Starr is involved.

Articles

Starr, Glenn 2026 Understanding some in context: Inhibitory control predicts L2 sensitivity to QUD New Frontiers and Connections in Second Language Acquisition: Selected Proceedings of the 17th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA-17) Conference, Ionin, Tania and Silvina Montrul (eds.), pp. 153–175 | Chapter

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… read more

Destruel Johnson, Emilie and Glenn Starr 2025 Scalar diversity in L2 French speakers: Pragmatic inferences in adjective scales Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 15:6, pp. 843–871 | Article

While scalar inferences associated with some have featured in most of the past investigations into L2 implicature derivation, this study examines acquisition of pragmatic inferences licensed by adjective pairs (e.g., <intelligent, brilliant>, <dirty, filthy>). Previous work has focused mainly on… read more