Accessing Noun Phrase Antecedents

Author : Mira Ariel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317933830

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Accessing Noun-Phrase Antecedents (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar) by Mira Ariel Pdf

Accessing Noun-Phrase Antecedents offers a radical shift in the analysis of discourse anaphora, from a purely pragmatic account to a cognitive account, in terms of processing procedures. Mira Ariel defines referring expressions as markers signalling the degree of Accessibility in memory of the antecedent. The notion of Accessibility is explicitly defined, the crucial factors being the Salience of the antecedent, and the Unity between the antecedent and the anaphor. This analysis yields an astonishing array of new results. The precise distribution of referring expressions in actual discourse is directly predicted. Several universals of anaphoric relations are stated. Thus, although not all languages necessarily have the same markers, and nor do they assign them precisely the same function, Ariel shows that they all obey the same Accessibility marking hierarchy. This book will be compulsory reading for anyone with an interest in the semantics and pragmatics of referring expressions, in the interaction of semantics and pragmatics, and more generally in the interaction between peripheral and central cognitive systems.

Author : Mira Ariel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : 7506214350

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Accessing Noun-phrase Antecedents by Mira Ariel Pdf

Author : Mira Ariel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317933823

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Accessing Noun-Phrase Antecedents (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar) by Mira Ariel Pdf

Accessing Noun-Phrase Antecedents offers a radical shift in the analysis of discourse anaphora, from a purely pragmatic account to a cognitive account, in terms of processing procedures. Mira Ariel defines referring expressions as markers signalling the degree of Accessibility in memory of the antecedent. The notion of Accessibility is explicitly defined, the crucial factors being the Salience of the antecedent, and the Unity between the antecedent and the anaphor. This analysis yields an astonishing array of new results. The precise distribution of referring expressions in actual discourse is directly predicted. Several universals of anaphoric relations are stated. Thus, although not all languages necessarily have the same markers, and nor do they assign them precisely the same function, Ariel shows that they all obey the same Accessibility marking hierarchy. This book will be compulsory reading for anyone with an interest in the semantics and pragmatics of referring expressions, in the interaction of semantics and pragmatics, and more generally in the interaction between peripheral and central cognitive systems.

Author : Christine Günther
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780415658263

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The Elliptical Noun Phrase in English by Christine Günther Pdf

This book presents a detailed analysis of structural as well as pragmatic aspects underlying the phenomenon of noun ellipsis in English. Here Günther examines the structure of elliptical noun phrases to account for the conditions on noun ellipsis and those on one-insertion, with special emphasis on the (oft-neglected) parallels between the two. She also examines the use of noun ellipsis with adjectives in order to shed light on this under-researched phenomenon, drawing on data from the British National Corpus.

Author : Stéphanie J. Bakker
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789047430667

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The Noun Phrase in Ancient Greek by Stéphanie J. Bakker Pdf

On the basis of a functional analysis of the order and articulation of noun phrase constituents in Herodotus, this book tries to answer the question as to which factors determine word order variation in the Greek NP.

Author : Marlyse Baptista,Jacqueline Guéron
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902725253X

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Noun Phrases in Creole Languages by Marlyse Baptista,Jacqueline Guéron Pdf

This volume offers a thorough examination of the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse properties of noun phrases in a wide variety of creole (and non-creole) languages including Cape Verdean Creole, Santome, Papiamentu, Guinea-Bissau Creole, Mindanao Chabacano, Réunionnais Creole, Lesser Antillean, Haitian Creole, Mauritian Creole, Seychellois, Sranan, Jamaican Creole, Berbice Dutch Creole and African American English. Comparative studies also consider the determiner systems of Middle and Modern French, European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Ewe, Fon and Gun. This compilation of 16 chapters brings together descriptive, theoretical, diachronic and synchronic studies that focus on the structure and interpretation of bare nouns in creoles. The contributions demonstrate the variety and complex nature of determiner systems in creoles and their widespread use of bare nouns in comparison to their source languages. This volume is evidence of the relevance of creole languages to theories of language creation, language change and linguistic theory in general.

Author : Lotte Sommerer,Evelien Keizer
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027258250

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English Noun Phrases from a Functional-Cognitive Perspective by Lotte Sommerer,Evelien Keizer Pdf

Despite a significant increase in interest over the last two decades in the English Noun Phrase, there are still many open questions and unexplored issues. The papers collected in this volume contribute to this ongoing research by addressing a range of topics concerning the internal structure, use and development of English Noun Phrases. The eleven chapters represent three main themes: 1. Determination, modification and complementation; 2. Shell nouns and the X-is construction; 3. Binominal constructions. These topics are approached in different ways: some chapters are synchronic in nature, others diachronic; and while most subscribe to functional-cognitive modelling, some take a more formal approach. In addition, different methodologies are employed, varying from qualitative and quantitative corpus analyses to experimental methods. As a result, the contributions to this volume represent both the main topics currently discussed in research on the English Noun Phrase, and the diversity in the way these topics are investigated.

Author : Kristin Bech,Alexander Pfaff
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961104673

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Noun phrases in early Germanic languages by Kristin Bech,Alexander Pfaff Pdf

On the premise that syntactic variation is constrained by factors that may not always be immediately obvious, this volume explores various perspectives on the nominal syntax in the early Germanic languages and the syntactic diversity they display. The fact that these languages are relatively well attested and documented allows for individual cases studies as well as comparative studies. Due to their well-observable common ancestry at the time of their earliest attestations, they moreover permit close-up comparative investigations into closely related languages. Besides the purely empirical aspects, the volume also explores the methodological side of diagnosing, classifying and documenting the details of syntactic diversity. The volume starts with a description by Alexander Pfaff and Gerlof Bouma of the principles underlying the Noun Phrases in Early Germanic Languages (NPEGL) database, before Alexander Pfaff presents the Patternization method for measuring syntactic diversity. Kristin Bech, Hannah Booth, Kersti Börjars, Tine Breban, Svetlana Petrova, and George Walkden carry out a pilot study of noun phrase variation in Old English, Old High German, Old Icelandic, and Old Saxon. Kristin Bech then considers the development of Old English noun phrases with quantifiers meaning ‘many’. Alexandra Rehn’s study is concerned with the inflection of stacked adjectives in Old High German and Alemannic. Old High German is also the topic of Svetlana Petrova’s study, which looks at inflectional patterns of attributive adjectives. With Hannah Booth’s contribution we move to Old Icelandic and the use of the proprial article as a topic management device. Juliane Tiemann investigates adjective position in Old Norwegian. Alexander Pfaff and George Walkden then take a broader view of adjectival articles in early Germanic, before Alexander Pfaff rounds off the volume with a study of a peculiar class of adjectives, the so-called positional predicates, which occur across the early Germanic languages.

Author : Matthew J. Traxler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781405198622

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Introduction to Psycholinguistics by Matthew J. Traxler Pdf

This textbook offers a cutting edge introduction to psycholinguistics, exploring the cognitive processes underlying language acquisition and use. Provides a step-by-step tour through language acquisition, production, and comprehension, from the word level to sentences and dialogue Incorporates both theory and data, including in-depth descriptions of the experimental evidence behind theories Incorporates a comprehensive review of research in bilingual language processing, sign language, reading, and the neurological basis of language production and comprehension Approaches the subject from a range of perspectives, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, neurology, and neurophysiology Includes a full program of resources for instructors and students, including review exercises, a test bank, and lecture slides, available online at www.wiley.com/go/traxler

Author : Sabine Schulte im Walde, Eva Smolka
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961101849

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The role of constituents in multiword expressions by Sabine Schulte im Walde, Eva Smolka Pdf

Multiword expressions (MWEs), such as noun compounds (e.g. nickname in English, and Ohrwurm in German), complex verbs (e.g. give up in English, and aufgeben in German) and idioms (e.g. break the ice in English, and das Eis brechen in German), may be interpreted literally but often undergo meaning shifts with respect to their constituents. Theoretical, psycholinguistic as well as computational linguistic research remain puzzled by when and how MWEs receive literal vs. meaning-shifted interpretations, what the contributions of the MWE constituents are to the degree of semantic transparency (i.e., meaning compositionality) of the MWE, and how literal vs. meaning-shifted MWEs are processed and computed. This edited volume presents an interdisciplinary selection of seven papers on recent findings across linguistic, psycholinguistic, corpus-based and computational research fields and perspectives, discussing the interaction of constituent properties and MWE meanings, and how MWE constituents contribute to the processing and representation of MWEs. The collection is based on a workshop at the 2017 annual conference of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS) that took place at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany

Author : Kees van Deemter,Emiel Krahmer,Albert Gatt,Roger P.G. van Gompel
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Communication
ISBN : 9782889451609

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Models of Reference by Kees van Deemter,Emiel Krahmer,Albert Gatt,Roger P.G. van Gompel Pdf

To communicate, speakers need to make it clear what they are talking about. Referring expressions play a crucial part in achieving this, by anchoring utterances to things. Examples of referring expressions include noun phrases such as “this phenomenon”, “it” and “the phenomenon to which this Topic is devoted”. Reference is studied throughout the Cognitive Sciences (from philosophy and logic to neuro-psychology, computer science and linguistics), because it is thought to lie at the core of all of communication. Recent years have seen a new wave of work on models of referring, as witnessed by a number of recent research projects, books, and journal Special Issues. The Research Topic “Models of Reference” in Frontiers in Psychology is a new milestone, focusing on contributions from Psycholinguistics and Computational Linguistics. The articles in it are concerned with such issues as audience design, overspecification, visual perception, and variation between speakers.

Author : Monika Schwarz-Friesel,Manfred Consten,Mareile Knees
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027292582

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Anaphors in Text by Monika Schwarz-Friesel,Manfred Consten,Mareile Knees Pdf

This volume contains a careful selection of papers concerned with actual research questions on anaphoric reference, a subject of current interest with various linguistic subdisciplines. This is reflected in this book as it methodically covers broadly invested approaches from cognitive, neurolinguistic, formal and computational perspectives, each contribution representing the respective ‘state of the art’ on a high theoretical and empirical level. The volume contains three thematic parts: Anaphors in Cognitive, Text- and Discourse Linguistics; The Syntax and Semantics of Anaphors; and Neurolinguistic Studies on the reception of anaphoric reference. The contributions investigate several Indo-European languages.

Author : Charles Clifton, Jr.,Lyn Frazier,Keith Rayner,Charles Clifton
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317780588

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Perspectives on Sentence Processing by Charles Clifton, Jr.,Lyn Frazier,Keith Rayner,Charles Clifton Pdf

One of the liveliest forums for sharing psychological, linguistic, philosophical, and computer science perspectives on psycholinguistics has been the annual meeting of the CUNY Sentence Processing Conference. Documenting the state of the art in several important approaches to sentence processing, this volume consists of selected papers that had been presented at the Sixth CUNY Conference. The editors not only present the main themes that ran through the conference but also honor the breadth of the presentations from disciplines including linguistics, experimental psychology, and computer science. The variety of sentence processing topics examined includes: * how evoked brain potentials reflect sentence comprehension * how auditory words are processed * how various sources of grammatical and nongrammatical information are coordinated and used * how sentence processing and language acquisition might be related. This distinctive volume not only presents the most exciting current work in sentence processing, but also places this research into the broader context of theorizing about it.

Author : Roberto R. Heredia,J. Altarriba
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0444508473

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Bilingual Sentence Processing by Roberto R. Heredia,J. Altarriba Pdf

This volume provides an overview of the literature on bilingual sentence processing from a psycholinguistic and linguistic perspective. Research focuses on both the visual and spoken modalities including specific areas ofresearch interest including an integrated review of methods and the utility of those methods which allows readers to have the appropriate background and context for the chapters that follow.

Author : Various
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 15061 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136158322

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Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics by Various Pdf

Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics brings together as one set, mini-sets, or individual volumes, a series of previously out-of-print classics from a variety of academic imprints. With titles ranging from Applied Linguistics and Language Learning to Experimental Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics Today: International Perspectives, this set provides in one place a wealth of important reference sources from a wide range of authors expert in the field.