Alternative Sets in Language Processing

How Focus Alternatives are Represented in the Mind

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Reading, Phonetics & Phonics, Linguistics
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Author: Nicole Gotzner ISBN: 9783319527611
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: January 20, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Nicole Gotzner
ISBN: 9783319527611
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: January 20, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

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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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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