Alternative Sets in Language Processing

Nicole Gotzner

ISBN 10: 3319527606 / ISBN 13: 9783319527604

Published by Springer Feb 2017, 2017

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -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.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 176 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alternative Sets in Language Processing
• Publisher: Springer Feb 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319527606
• ISBN 13: 9783319527604
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 15D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 348 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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 “New Pragmatic Theories Based on Experimental Evidence”. Her research combines semantic and pragmatic theory with language processing and child language acquisition.