Alternative Sets in Language Processing: How Focus Alternatives are Represented in the Mind (Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition) - Softcover

Gotzner, Nicole

 
9783319849799: Alternative Sets in Language Processing: How Focus Alternatives are Represented in the Mind (Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition)
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ISBN 10: 3319849794 ISBN 13: 9783319849799
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

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.

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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.

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

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3319849794
ISBN 13 
9783319849799
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
176

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