to appear

• Projection without lexically-specified presupposition: A model for know. G. Scontras & J. Tonhauser. To appear in Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 29.

2025

• Syntax in Uncharted Territories: Essays in Honor of Maria Polinsky. L. Clemens, V. Gribanova & G. Scontras (eds.). eScholarship.

2024

• A multi-generational analysis of heritage language complexity. A. Varatharaj, G. Scontras & N. Nagy. In Formal approaches to complexity in heritage languages, 133–152.
• On the compatibility of models with experiments. G. Scontras. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 14, 96–98.
• Explaining gender: Lessons from Heritage Spanish. Z. Fuchs, M. Polinsky & G. Scontras. In Multifaceted Multilingualism, 292–326.
• On the role of loopholes in polite communication: Linking subjectivity and pragmatic inferences. N. Gotzner & G. Scontras. Open Mind 8, 500–510.
• Esports as a cultural microcosm for studying psycholinguistics. J. Coon, A. Etz, G. Scontras & B. Sarnecka. Games and Culture 19, 357–372.

2023

• Evaluating a century of progress on the cognitive science of adjective ordering. W. Dyer, C. Torres, G. Scontras & R. Futrell. Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics 11, 1185–1200.
• Lexical entrainment in bilingual language use. Y. Song, K. Canales, Y. Gu, J. Jin, J. Meng, Y. Zhang, J. Kroll & G. Scontras. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2296–3002.
• Chinese words shorten in more predictive contexts. Y. Li, G. Scontras & R. Futrell. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 1286–1291.
• Gender-inclusive language as a Rational Speech Act in Spanish. J. Yeaton, M. Muelas-Gil & G. Scontras. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 8, 5529.
• Active iterative social inference in multi-trial signaling games. A. Achimova, G. Scontras, E. Eisemann & M. V. Butz. Open Mind 7, 111–129.
• Corpus evidence for the role of world knowledge in ambiguity reduction: Using high positive expectations to inform quantifier scope. N. Attali, L. Pearl & G. Scontras. Proceedings of ELM 2, 13–23.
• How to frame bilingualism in context: Putting people and places in mind. J. F. Kroll, A. Chan., A. Cheng & G. Scontras. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 26, 17–19.
• Adjective ordering across languages. G. Scontras. Annual Review of Linguistics 9, 357–376.

2022

• The efficiency of dropping vowels in Romanised Arabic script. Z. Kachakeche, G. Scontras & R. Futrell. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 1505–1511.
• Adjusting the use of generalizations based on audience expertise. J. Coon, A. Etz, G. Scontras & B. Sarnecka. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 1827–1833.
• On the semantics of number morphology. G. Scontras. Linguistics and Philosophy 45, 1165–1196.
• Learning about others: Modeling social inference through ambiguity resolution. A. Achimova, G. Scontras, C. Stegemann-Philipps, J. Lohmann & M. V. Butz. Cognition 218, 104862.
• On the status of post-nominal Q superlatives in Romanian. A. C. Nicolae & G. Scontras. In Measurements, Numerals and Scales, 211–229.

2021

• On the many dimensions of complexity in heritage languages. O. Laleko & G. Scontras. Heritage Language Journal 18(2), 1–37.
• When pragmatics matters more for truth-value judgments: An investigation of quantifier scope ambiguity. G Scontras & L. Pearl. Glossa 6: 110, 1–37.
• Measure phrases. G. Scontras. In The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Semantics.
• Every quantifier isn't the same: Informativity matters for ambiguity resolution in quantifier-negation sentences. N. Attali, G. Scontras & L. Pearl. Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics 4, article 44.
• Pragmatic factors can explain variation in interpretation preferences for quantifier-negation utterances: A computational approach. N. Attali, G. Scontras & L. Pearl. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 917–923.
• Word order affects the frequency of adjective use across languages. Z. Kachakeche, R. Futrell & G. Scontras. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 3006–3012.
• Experts interpret generalizations differently than novices. J. Coon, A. Etz, G. Scontras & B. Sarnecka. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 3109–3115.
• Cross-linguistic scope ambiguity: An investigation of English, Spanish, and Mandarin. Y. Song, A. Hernandez Jimenez & G. Scontras. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 6, 572–586.
• Predicting cross-linguistic adjective order with information gain. W. Dyer, R. Futrell, Z. Liu & G. Scontras. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 957–967.

2020

• Lesser-studied heritage languages: An appeal to the dyad. G. Scontras & M. T. Putnam. Heritage Language Journal 17, 152–155.
• Incremental semantic restriction and subjectivity-based adjective ordering. G. Scontras, G. Bar-Sever, Z. Kachakeche, C. M. Rosales Jr. & S. Samonte. Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 24, 253–270.
• What determines the order of adjectives in English? Comparing efficiency-based theories using dependency treebanks. R. Futrell, W. Dyer & G. Scontras. Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 2003–2012.
• Understanding heritage languages. M. Polinsky & G. Scontras. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 23, 4–20.
• A roadmap for heritage language research. M. Polinsky & G. Scontras. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 23, 50–55.
• Mandarin has subjectivity-based adjective ordering preferences in the presence of 'de'. Y. Shi & G. Scontras. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 5, 410–418.
• Adjective ordering in Arabic: Post-nominal structure and subjectivity-based preferences. Z. Kachakeche & G. Scontras. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 5, 419–430.

2019

• On the grammatical source of adjective ordering preferences. G. Scontras, J. Degen & N. D. Goodman. Semantics and Pragmatics 12, 7.
• The pragmatics of semantic change: Modeling the progressive-to-imperfective shift. G. Lund, R. Jarvis & G. Scontras. In Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 23, 73–90.
• Subjectivity-based adjective ordering maximizes communicative success. M. Franke, G. Scontras & M. Simonič. In Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 344–350.
• Adjective ordering in Tagalog: A cross-linguistic comparison of subjectivity-based preferences. S. Samonte & G. Scontras. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 4, 33:1–13.
• On the role of conjunction in adjective ordering preferences. C. M. Rosales Jr. & G. Scontras. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 4, 32:1–12.
• Definitely, maybe: A new experimental paradigm for investigating the pragmatics of evidential devices across languages. J. Degen, A. Trotzke, G. Scontras, E. Wittenberg & N. D. Goodman. Journal of Pragmatics 140, 33–48.

2018

• Little lexical learners: Quantitatively assessing the development of adjective ordering preferences. G. Bar-Sever, R. Lee, G. Scontras & L. Pearl. In Proceedings of the 42nd annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 58–71.
• In support of representational economy: Agreement in heritage Spanish. G. Scontras, M. Polinsky & Z. Fuchs. Glossa: A journal of general linguistics 3, 1.
• Exactly two things to learn from modeling scope ambiguity resolution: Developmental continuity and numeral semantics. K. J. Savinelli, G. Scontras & L. Pearl. In Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics (CMCL 2018), 67–75.

2017

• Subjectivity predicts adjective ordering preferences. G. Scontras, J. Degen & N. D. Goodman. Open Mind 1, 53–65.
• A new kind of degree. G. Scontras. Linguistics and Philosophy 40, 165–205.
• Cross-linguistic scope ambiguity: When two systems meet. G. Scontras, M. Polinsky, C.-Y. E. Tsai & K. Mai. Glossa: A journal of general linguistics 2, 36.
• Resolving uncertainty in plural predication. G. Scontras & N. D. Goodman. Cognition 168, 294–311.
• Syntactic complexity effects in sentence production: A reply to MacDonald et al. (2016). G. Scontras, W. Badecker & E. Fedorenko. Cognitive Science 41, 2280–2287.
• Who has more? The influence of linguistic form on quantity judgments. G. Scontras, K. Davidson, A. R. Deal & S. E. Murray. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 2, 41:1–15.
• Modeling scope ambiguity resolution as pragmatic inference: Formalizing differences in child and adult behavior. K. J. Savinelli, G. Scontras & L. Pearl. In Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 3064–3069.

2015

• The differential representation of number and gender in Spanish. Z. Fuchs, G. Scontras & M. Polinsky. The Linguistic Review 32, 703–737.
• Heritage Language and Linguistic Theory. G. Scontras, Z. Fuchs & M. Polinsky. Frontiers in Psychology 6, 1545.
• Syntactic Complexity Effects in Sentence Production. G. Scontras, W. Badecker, L. Shank, E. Lim & E. Fedorenko. Cognitive Science 39, 559–583.
• The progression of gender from Latin to Romanian. A. C. Nicolae & G. Scontras. In Harvard Working Papers in Linguistics 13, 81–99.

2014

• Saturating syntax: Linkers and modification in Tagalog. G. Scontras & A. C. Nicolae. Lingua 149, 17–33.
• Chinese scope: An experimental investigation. G. Scontras, C.-Y. E. Tsai, K. Mai & M. Polinsky. In Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 18, 396–414.
• Amount semantics. G. Scontras. In Proceedings of SALT 24, 310–329.
• Prohibiting inverse scope: An experimental study of Chinese vs. English. C.-Y. E. Tsai, G. Scontras, K. Mai, and M. Polinsky. In Empirical Issues in Syntax and Semantics 10, 305–322.

2013

• A unified semantics for number marking, numerals, and nominal structure. G. Scontras. In Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 17, 545–562.
• Accounting for counting: A unified semantics for measure terms and classifiers. G. Scontras. In Proceedings of SALT 23, 549–569.

2012

• Comparing Pluralities. G. Scontras, P. Graff & N. D. Goodman. Cognition 123, 190–197.

2011

• A quantitative investigation of the imperative–and–declarative construction in English. G. Scontras & E. Gibson. Language 87, 817–829.
• How does who compose? A. Nicolae & G.Scontras. In Proceedings of AFLA 18, 125–139.