The emergence of richly organized semantic knowledge from simple statistics: A synthetic review
As adults, we draw upon our ample knowledge about the world to support such vital
cognitive feats as using language, reasoning, retrieving knowledge relevant to our current …
cognitive feats as using language, reasoning, retrieving knowledge relevant to our current …
Zombie intuitions
E Fischer, J Sytsma - Cognition, 2021 - Elsevier
In philosophical thought experiments, as in ordinary discourse, our understanding of verbal
case descriptions is enriched by automatic comprehension inferences. Such inferences …
case descriptions is enriched by automatic comprehension inferences. Such inferences …
[HTML][HTML] Experimental ordinary language philosophy: A cross-linguistic study of defeasible default inferences
E Fischer, PE Engelhardt, J Horvath, H Ohtani - Synthese, 2021 - Springer
This paper provides new tools for philosophical argument analysis and fresh empirical
foundations for 'critical'ordinary language philosophy. Language comprehension routinely …
foundations for 'critical'ordinary language philosophy. Language comprehension routinely …
[图书][B] Experimental investigations on the syntax and usage of fragments
R Lemke - 2021 - library.oapen.org
This book investigates the syntax and usage of fragments (Morgan 1973), apparently
subsentential utterances like" A coffee, please!" which fulfill the same communicative …
subsentential utterances like" A coffee, please!" which fulfill the same communicative …
[HTML][HTML] Inappropriate stereotypical inferences? An adversarial collaboration in experimental ordinary language philosophy
E Fischer, P E. Engelhardt, J Sytsma - Synthese, 2021 - Springer
This paper trials new experimental methods for the analysis of natural language reasoning
and the (re) development of critical ordinary language philosophy in the wake of JL Austin …
and the (re) development of critical ordinary language philosophy in the wake of JL Austin …
Not all arguments are processed equally: a distributional model of argument complexity
This work addresses some questions about language processing: what does it mean that
natural language sentences are semantically complex? What semantic features can …
natural language sentences are semantically complex? What semantic features can …
Vocabulary size influences spontaneous speech in native language users: Validating the use of automatic speech recognition in individual differences research
Previous research has shown that vocabulary size affects performance on laboratory word
production tasks. Individuals who know many words show faster lexical access and retrieve …
production tasks. Individuals who know many words show faster lexical access and retrieve …
Modeling the influence of verb aspect on the activation of typical event locations with BERT
Prior studies on event knowledge in sentence comprehension have shown that the aspect of
the main verb plays an important role in the processing of non-core semantic roles, such as …
the main verb plays an important role in the processing of non-core semantic roles, such as …
[HTML][HTML] Rational adaptation in using conceptual versus lexical information in adults with aphasia
The information theoretic principle of rational adaptation predicts that individuals with
aphasia adapt to their language impairments by relying more heavily on comparatively …
aphasia adapt to their language impairments by relying more heavily on comparatively …
[HTML][HTML] Constructional associations trump lexical associations in processing valency coercion
The paper investigates the interaction of lexical and constructional meaning in valency
coercion processing, and the effect of (in) compatibility between verb and construction for its …
coercion processing, and the effect of (in) compatibility between verb and construction for its …