Understanding Word and Sentence (eBook)

G.B. Simpson (Herausgeber)

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1991 | 1. Auflage
399 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-086731-1 (ISBN)

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Research concerning structure and processing in the mental lexicon has achieved central prominence within cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics. Historically, however, much of the research on the lexicon focussed not on its role in language comprehension, but as a medium for studying semantic memory. This picture has changed in recent years, with much more research examining the role of lexical processes and output in language comprehension.

Gathered together in this volume is the work of some of those researchers who are responsible for this shift of emphasis. Chapters deal with the role of sentence contexts in word recognition, processes involved in the activation and enhancement of lexical information, and the interaction of lexical and syntactic information in sentence processing. A wide range of theoretical and empirical issues relating to language understanding are discussed.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Understanding Word and Sentence 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 10
Dedication 6
Preface 8
Acknowledgments 12
Contributors 14
Chapter 1. Understanding Words in Context 16
Chapter 2. Contextual Constraint and Lexical Processing 38
Chapter 3. Contextual Feature Activation and Meaning Access 62
Chapter 4. A Perspective on Sentence Context Research 88
Chapter 5. The Role of Suppression in Sentence Comprehension 112
Chapter 6. Electrophysiological Evidence for the Flexibility of Lexical Processing 144
Chapter 7. Comprehension Processes in Reading Ambiguous Sentences: Reflections from Eye Movements 190
Chapter 8. The Role of Knowledge in Comprehension: A Cognitive Control Perspective 214
Chapter 9. Understanding Idiomatic Expressions: The Contribution of Word Meanings 232
Chapter 10. On the Combinatorial Semantics of Noun Pairs: Minor and Major Adjustments to Meaning 256
Chapter 11. Making Sentences Make Sense, or Words to That Effect 300
Chapter 12. How is Verb Information Used During Syntactic Parsing? 320
Chapter 13. The Role of Lexical Representations in Sentence Processing 346
Chapter 14. The Resolution of Indeterminacy During Language Comprehension: Perspectives on Modularity in Lexical, Structural and Pragmatic Processing 382
Author Index 402
Subject Index 412

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.1.1991
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-08-086731-6 / 0080867316
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-086731-1 / 9780080867311