Alternative Sets in Language Processing
How Focus Alternatives are Represented in the Mind
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
Published:13th Feb '17
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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.
ISBN: 9783319527604
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 3342g
162 pages
1st ed. 2017