publications

Writing

Yu, Q., Schlotterbeck, F., Wang, H., Reichmann, N., Stolterfoht, B., Eckardt, R. & Butt, M. (2024). Ad Hoc Compounds for Stance Detection. Proceedings of the Joint Workshop on Multiword Expressions and Universal Dependencies (MWE-UD 2024) web
Ramotowska, S., Archambeau, K., Augurzky, P., Schlotterbeck, F., Berberyan, H., Van Maanen, L. & Szymanik, J. (2024). Testing two-step models of negative quantification using a novel machine learning analysis of EEG. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience doi: 10.1080/23273798.2024.2345302
Schlotterbeck, F. & Wang, H. (2023). An incremental RSA model for adjective ordering preferences in referential visual context. In Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics, 6(12). doi: 10.7275/1why-1g73
Schlotterbeck, F. & Augurzky, P. (2023). Reading times show effects of contextual complexity and uncertainty in comprehension of German universal quantifiers. In Knowlton, T. Schwarz, F. & Papafragou, A. (eds): Proceedings of Experiments in Linguistic Meaning 2. doi: 10.3765/elm.2.5392
Balbach, N., Schlotterbeck, F., Wang, H. & Bott, O. (2022). Disentangling semantic empty-set effects in quantifier comprehension. In Degano, M., Roberts, T., Sbardolini, G. & Schouwstra, M. (eds): Proceedings of the 23rd Amsterdam Colloquium.
Schlotterbeck, F., Augurzky, P. & Ulrich, R. (2022). Degree of incrementality is modulated by experimental context – ERP evidence from German quantifier restriction. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. doi: 10.1080/23273798.2022.2125541
Schlotterbeck, F., Ramotowska, S., Van Maanen, L. & Szymanik, J. (2020). Representational complexity and pragmatics cause the monotonicity effect. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pdf).
Augurzky, P., Schlotterbeck, F. & Ulrich, R. (2020). Most (but not all) quantifiers are interpreted immediately in visual context. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. doi: 10.1080/23273798.2020.1722846
Bott, O., Schlotterbeck, F. & Klein, U. (2019). Empty set effects in quantifier interpretation. Journal of Semantics, 36(1), 99–163. doi: 10.1093/jos/ffy015
Bott, O. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2018). Turning adults into children: Evidence for resource-based accounts of errors with universal quantification. In Katalin É. Kiss & Tamás Zétényi (eds.), Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, Vol. 47. Linguistic and Cognitive Aspects of Quantification (pp. 193–216). Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-91566-1
Schlotterbeck, F. (2017). From truth conditions to processes: how to model the processing difficulty of quantified sentences based on semantic theory. PhD thesis, University of Tübingen. doi:10.15496/publikation-18745
Franke, M., Schlotterbeck, F., & Augurzky, P. (2017). Embedded Scalars, Preferred Readings and Prosody: An Experimental Revisit, 34(1), 153–199, Journal of Semantics. doi:10.1093/jos/ffw007
Bott, O., & Schlotterbeck, F. (2015). The processing domain of scope interaction. Journal of Semantics, 32(1), 39–92. doi:10.1093/jos/fft015
Bott, O., Klein, U., & Schlotterbeck, F. (2013). Witness Sets, Polarity Reversal and the Processing of Quantified Sentences. Proceedings of the Amsterdam Colloquium 2013 (pp. 59–66).
Schlotterbeck, F., & Bott, O. (2013). Easy Solutions for a Hard Problem? The Computational Complexity of Reciprocals with Quantificational Antecedents. Journal of Logic, Language and Information, 22(4), 363–390. doi:10.1007/s10849-013-9181-9
Bott, O. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2012). Incremental truth value judgments. In B. Stolterfoht & S. Featherston (eds.): Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory - Studies in Meaning and Structure (pp. 3–28). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9781614510888.3
Bott, O., Schlotterbeck, F. & Szymanik, J. (2011). Interpreting tractable versus intractable reciprocal sentences. In J. Bos & S. Pullum (eds.): Proceedings of IWCS 9 (pp. 75–84, pdf from acl anthology)

Talks

Bott, B., Schlotterbeck, F., Klochowicz, T., Ramotowska, S. Aloni, M. (2024). Neglect-Zero Effects in the Interpretation of Quantifiers and Disjunction. Talk presented at Sinn und Bedeutung 29, Eastern Mediterranean University Consortium, Noto, Italy.
Bott, O. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2024). Variation in the processing of zero-models? Invited talk presented at the NihiL Workshop, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam.
Wang, H. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2023). A quantitative exploration of adjective ordering preferences with an incremental Rational Speech Act model. Talk presented at the Workshop on Procedural and Computational Models of Semantic and Pragmatic Processes; European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information; University of Ljubljana.
Ramotowska, S., Schlotterbeck, F. Investigation of semantic representations of quantifiers with the Diffusion Decision Models. Talk presented at the Workshop on Procedural and Computational Models of Semantic and Pragmatic Processes; European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information; University of Ljubljana.
Schlotterbeck, F. (2023). Empty-set effects in quantifier interpretation: current results and future directions. Invited talk presented at the NihiL Seminar, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam.
Yu, Q., Schlotterbeck, F., Eckardt, R. & Stolterfoht, B. (2022). An experimental study on ad hoc compounds in political discourse. 9th Experimental Pragmatics Conference. IUSS Pavia, Italy.
Schlotterbeck, F. (2022). Effects of linguistic meaning on decision processes in verification tasks. Invited talk presented at Colloquium for Empirical English Linguistics, Department of English and American Studies, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.
Schlotterbeck, F. (2022). Less than a Sentence is not Enough - An Eyetracking Study on the Incremental Interpretation of Negative Expressions. Invited talk presented at Department of English and American Studies, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.
Schlotterbeck, F. & Bott O. (2022). Less than a Sentence is not Enough - An Eyetracking Study on the Incremental Interpretation of Negative Expressions. Talk presented at Experiments in Linguistic Meaning 2, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Bott, O. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2021). Composition in Realtime – The Case of Quantifier Interpretation. Invited talk presented at the Closing Conference of the SFB 833.
Schlotterbeck, F., Ramotowska, S., Van Maanen, L. & Szymanik, J. (2020). Is the monotonicity effect due to covert negation or pragmatic bias? Talk presented at the Second Tsinghua Interdisciplinary Workshop on Logic, Language, and Meaning: Monotonicity in Logic and Language.
Schlotterbeck, F., Ramotowska, S., Van Maanen, L. & Szymanik, J. (2020). Is the monotonicity effect due to covert negation or pragmatic bias? Talk presented at the 33rd Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing.
Schlotterbeck, F. (2019). Decision processes in quantifier verification. Invited talk presented at the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS, Utrecht University.
Schlotterbeck, F. (2019). Decision processes in quantifier verification. Invited talk presented at the Knowledge Representation & Reasoning Group, Artificial Intelligence Department, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Schlotterbeck, F. (2019). Vagueness and competetition in the understanding of spatial prepositions. Invited talk presented at the Institute for Language, Logic and Computation, University of Amsterdam.
Schlotterbeck, F. (2019). Decision processes in quantifier verification.Invited talk presented at the Institute for Language, Logic and Computation, University of Amsterdam.
Schlotterbeck, F. & Bott, O. (2018). Is relative scope assigned incrementally? Talk presented at ESSLLI 2018, workshop on Quantity in Language and Thought, University “St. Kl. Ohridski”, Sofia.
Augurzky, P., Schlotterbeck, F. & Ulrich, R. (2018). Most (but not all) quantifiers are interpreted immediately in visual context. Talk presented at the workshop The Pragmatics of Quantifiers: Implicature and Presupposition – Experiment and Theory, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin.
Schlotterbeck, F. (2017). Processes involved in the verification of modified numerals. Invited talk presented at the kick-off workshop Cognitive Semantics and Quantities, University of Amsterdam.
Schlotterbeck, F. (2017). Towards a general model of the processing difficulty of quantified sentences. Invited talk presented at the Institute for Language, Logic and Computation, University of Amsterdam.
Schlotterbeck, F. (2017). Empirical evaluation of various approaches to the processing difficulty of quantified sentences and an integrated processing model of comparative modified numerals. Invited talk presented at the University of Amsterdam.
Bott, O., Klein, U. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2015). Processing difficulty in the interpretation and verification of empty set quantifiers. Talk presented at ESSLLI 2015, workshop on Experimental Approaches to Semantics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
Bott, O. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2015). Online processing at the syntax-semantics interface - Evidence from scope interaction in German. Talk presented at the Division of Labour (DoL) conference, University of Tübingen.
Schlotterbeck, F. (2015). The process of evaluating comparative quantifiers. Talk presented at ESSLLI 2015, workshop on Experimental Approaches to Semantics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Bott, O., Klein, U. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2013). Witness Sets, Polarity Reversal and the Processing of Quantified Sentences. Invited talk, University of Konstanz.
Schlotterbeck, F. & Bott, O. (2013). An easy solution for a hard problem? The computational complexity of reciprocal sentences with quantified antecedents. Talk presented at the Workshop on Artificial Grammar Learning, University of Tübingen.
Schlotterbeck, F. & Bott, O. (2012). Easy solutions for a hard problem? The computational complexity of reciprocals with quantificational antecedents. Talk presented at ESSLLI 2012, workshop on Logic and Cognition, University of Opole.
Bott, O. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2012). Bound variable interpretations under inverse scope. Talk presented at the workshop Variables at the Interface Between Form and Meaning, University of Tübingen.
Bott, O., Schlotterbeck, F. & Szymanik, J. (2011). Interpreting tractable versus intractable reciprocal sentences. Ninth International Workshop on Computational Semantics (IWCS 9), University of Oxford.
Schlotterbeck, F. (2011). Why is 'fewer than n' more difficult to falsify than 'more than n'? Third Workshop on Semantic Processing, Logic and Cognition, University of Tübingen.
Schlotterbeck, F. & Bott, O. (2010). Investigations into the Computational Complexity of Quantifying Expressions. CUNY 2010: Conference on Human Sentence Processing , New York University.
Bott, O. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2010). Incremental Truth Value Judgments. Fourth conference on Linguistic Evidence, University of Tübingen.

Poster

Schlotterbeck, F. & Berezovskaya, P. (2024). Less-comparatives must be less ambiguous than exactly-differentials, experimental data shows. Poster presented at Experiments in Linguistic Meaning, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Wang, H. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2024). Exploring Communicative Efficiency in Adjective Ordering Preferences in Visual Referential Contexts: An Experimental and Computational Approach. Poster presented at 2024 CORE Project Workshop: "Unpacking Efficient Communication: The Roles of Cognitive Bias and Extralinguistic Context in Referring Expression Choice", Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
Wang, H. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2022). Even with subjective adjectives precedence precedes dominance in preferred orderings. Poster presented at Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing, University of York.
Schlotterbeck, F. & Augurzky, P. (2022). Reading times show effects of contextual complexity and uncertainty in comprehension of German universal quantifiers. Poster presented at Experiments in Linguistic Meaning 2. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Ramotowska, S., Archambeau, K., Augurzky, P., Schlotterbeck, F., Berberyan, H., Van Maanen, L., Szymanik, J. (2022). Discovering stages of processing in quantified sentences. Poster presented at the 18th Winter Conference of the Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition.
Schlotterbeck, F. & Bott O. (2020). Less than a Sentence is not Enough - An Eyetracking Study on the Incremental Interpretation of Negative Expressions. Poster presented at Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing, University of Potsdam.
Schlotterbeck, F. (2019). Vagueness and competition in the understanding of spatial prepositions. Poster presented at “Rational Approaches in Language Science” 2019, Saarland University.
Berezovskaya, B., Schlotterbeck, F. & Bott, O. (2018). Processing of ambiguous degree constructions in German. Poster presented at Linguistic Evidence 2018, University of Tübingen.
Augurzky, P., Schlotterbeck, F. & Ulrich, R. (2018). Is it easier to think positive? An ERP study on quantifier processing in German. Poster presented at CUNY 2018, University of California, Davis.
Augurzky, P., Schlotterbeck, F. & Ulrich, R. (2016). Degree of incrementality is modulated by experimental context - ERP evidence from German quantifier restriction. Poster presented at AMLaP 2016, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, Bilbao.
Bott, O., Klein, U. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2014). Witness sets, polarity reversal and the processing of multiply quantified sentences. Poster presented at Linguistic Evidence 2014, University of Tübingen.
Bott, O., Klein, U. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2013). A processing model of quantificational complexity: Offline and online evidence. Poster presented at AMLaP 2013, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseilles.
Bott, O. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2012). Limits to the interpretation of reciprocal sentences with quantificational antecedents. Poster presented at Linguistic Evidence 2012, University of Tübingen.
Bott, O. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2011). The time course of quantifier-quantifier interaction. Poster presented at the AMLaP 2011, Paris Descartes University.
Bott, O. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2010). There is less scope ambiguity than is commonly assumed. Poster presented at CUNY 2010, University of New York.
Bott, O. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2009). The processing domain of scope interaction. Poster presented at CUNY 2009, University of California, Davis.
Bott, O. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2009). The processing domain of aspectual coercion. Poster presented at CUNY 2009, University of California, Davis.

Edited

Freitag, C. & Bott, O. & Schlotterbeck, F. (2017, eds.). Two perspectives on V2: The invited talks of the DGfS 2016 workshop “V2 in grammar and processing: Its causes and its consequences”. Konstanz: Universität Konstanz.