Research on the effect of face-orientation on scalar implicatures has claimed that face-threatening contexts are one type of context in which scalar implicatures are not warranted. However, that research has been based on the two staples of scalar implicature research, some and or. Given research on scalar diversity has shown that these terms are rather exceptional in inducing high rates of scalar implicatures, we believe it is time for a reassessment. We explored the relationship between scalar implicatures and face concerns by means of an experiment involving eight types of scalar terms in face-boosting and face-threatening contexts. While our results showed that some and or reliably tended to induce scalar implicatures in both types of contexts, confirming the findings of scalar diversity research in this respect, we failed to replicate previous findings that face-threatening contexts do not induce scalar implicatures. We discuss reasons for these findings and how face concerns should be implemented for future experimentation in this vein.

关于面部取向对标量含义的影响的研究声称，威胁面部的上下文是其中不需要标量含义的上下文的一种类型。但是，该研究是基于标量隐含研究的两个主食，一些和/或。鉴于对标量多样性的研究表明，这些术语在引发高比例标量含义时是相当例外的，我们认为现在是重新评估的时候了。我们通过涉及在面部增强和面部威胁环境中的八种类型的标量项的实验，探索了标量含义与面部关注之间的关系。虽然我们的结果表明，有些和或可靠地倾向于在两种类型的情境中诱发标量含意，证实了在这方面的标量多样性研究的结果，我们未能复制先前的发现，即有威胁脸的情境不会诱发标量含意。我们讨论了这些发现的原因，以及应该如何面对这种担忧，以便在将来进行这种实验。