no code implementations • 26 Aug 2020 • Paul Egré, Benjamin Spector, Adèle Mortier, Steven Verheyen
Focusing on expressions of approximation such as "around", which are semantically vague, we show that they allow the speaker to convey indirect probabilistic information, in a way that can give the listener a more accurate representation of the information available to the speaker than any more precise expression would (intervals of the form "between").