Empty-set effects in quantifier interpretation

O Bott, F Schlotterbeck, U Klein - Journal of Semantics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This paper proposes a novel, cognitively motivated theory of natural language quantification
and presents experimental evidence for it. Taking into account recent findings from number …

Towards a model of incremental composition

S Beck, S Tiemann - Proceedings of sinn und bedeutung, 2018 - ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de
This paper reviews some recent psycholinguistic results on semantic processing and
explores their consequences for a cognitively plausible model of incremental composition …

Ciri Morfosemantik Afiks Derivasional {ber-} dalam Konstruksi Verba Denumeralia Bahasa Indonesia (Morphosemantic Features of Derivational Affix {ber-} in …

DS Nugraha - Indonesian Language Education and Literature, 2022 - syekhnurjati.ac.id
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Incremental generation of answers during the comprehension of questions with quantifiers

O Bott, P Augurzky, W Sternefeld, R Ulrich - Cognition, 2017 - Elsevier
The paper presents a study on the online interpretation of quantified questions involving
complex domain restriction, for instance, are all triangles blue that are in the circle. Two …

Telescoping by continuations

W Sternefeld - Reconstruction effects in relative clauses, 2019 - degruyter.com
These cases are not handled by standard theories of dynamic binding (cf. Groenendijk &
Stokhof 1991), although the conditions on binding can be relaxed (and assimilated to the …

Native and non-native idiom processing: Same difference

SD Beck - 2020 - ub01.uni-tuebingen.de
This dissertation looks at idiom processing in native (L1) and non-native (L2) speakers. The
duality of meaning represented by idioms (eg, the idiom piece of cake means figuratively …

An incremental RSA model for adjective ordering preferences in referential visual context

F Schlotterbeck, H Wang - Society for …, 2023 - openpublishing.library.umass.edu
We report data from a preference rating experiment that tested for conflicting effects of
subjectivity and discriminatory strength on adjective ordering preferences in referential …

[PDF][PDF] Dynamic semantics with static types

D Bumford, S Charlow - 2022 - lingbuzz.net
Semantic analyses of natural language typically rely on variables for the interpretation of
binding relationships. This is true of standard static setups, where sentences might denote …

Active Assignment of Quantifier Scope Guides Language Processing

WJ Orth - 2023 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation investigates how scope relations are constructed and evaluated during real-
time human sentence processing. Theoretical approaches to processing scope relations …

[PDF][PDF] Incrementally Interpreting Presuppositions

S Tiemann, S Beck - 2022 - tobias-lib.ub.uni-tuebingen.de
Evidence from processing indicates that presuppositions (PSPs) can be interpreted very
quickly (eg Sedivy et al., 1999). We put together a body of evidence centering around the …