Alternative Sets in Language Processing How Focus Alternatives are Represented in the Mind
This book presents a novel experimental approach to investigating the mental representation of linguistic alternatives. Combining theoretical and psycholinguistic questions concerning the nature of alternative sets, it sheds new light on the theory of focus and the cognitive mechanisms underlying th...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing
2017.
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| Colección: | Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition.
Springer eBooks. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b3570472x*spi |
| Sumario: | This book presents a novel experimental approach to investigating the mental representation of linguistic alternatives. Combining theoretical and psycholinguistic questions concerning the nature of alternative sets, it sheds new light on the theory of focus and the cognitive mechanisms underlying the processing of alternatives. In a series of language comprehension experiments, the author shows that intonational focus and focus particles such as ‘only’ shape the representation of alternatives in a listener’s mind in a fundamental way. This book is relevant to researchers interested in semantics, pragmatics, language processing and memory. Nicole Gotzner is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin, Germany. She is affiliated with the DFG Priority Programme Xprag.de zNew Pragmatic Theories Based on Experimental Evidencey. Her research combines semantic and pragmatic theory with language processing and child language acquisition. |
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| Descripción Física: | XIV, 162 p. : 15 il., 12 il. col |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9783319527611 |
