Predicting while comprehending language: A theory and review.

MJ Pickering, C Gambi - Psychological bulletin, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Researchers agree that comprehenders regularly predict upcoming language, but they do
not always agree on what prediction is (and how to differentiate it from integration) or what …

[图书][B] Eye tracking in second language acquisition and bilingualism: A research synthesis and methodological guide

A Godfroid - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Eye Tracking in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism provides foundational
knowledge and hands-on advice for designing, conducting, and analysing eye-tracking …

[图书][B] Explain me this: Creativity, competition, and the partial productivity of constructions

AE Goldberg - 2019 - books.google.com
Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrained We use words and phrases
creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language …

What do we mean by prediction in language comprehension?

GR Kuperberg, TF Jaeger - Language, cognition and neuroscience, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
We consider several key aspects of prediction in language comprehension: its
computational nature, the representational level (s) at which we predict, whether we use …

Prediction during language comprehension: Benefits, costs, and ERP components

C Van Petten, BJ Luka - International journal of psychophysiology, 2012 - Elsevier
Because context has a robust influence on the processing of subsequent words, the idea
that readers and listeners predict upcoming words has attracted research attention, but …

The communicative function of ambiguity in language

ST Piantadosi, H Tily, E Gibson - Cognition, 2012 - Elsevier
We present a general information-theoretic argument that all efficient communication
systems will be ambiguous, assuming that context is informative about meaning. We also …

[HTML][HTML] Using the visual world paradigm to study language processing: A review and critical evaluation

F Huettig, J Rommers, AS Meyer - Acta psychologica, 2011 - Elsevier
We describe the key features of the visual world paradigm and review the main research
areas where it has been used. In our discussion we highlight that the paradigm provides …

Incremental interpretation at verbs: Restricting the domain of subsequent reference

GTM Altmann, Y Kamide - Cognition, 1999 - Elsevier
Participants' eye movements were recorded as they inspected a semi-realistic visual scene
showing a boy, a cake, and various distractor objects. Whilst viewing this scene, they heard …

Scale structure, degree modification, and the semantics of gradable predicates

C Kennedy, L McNally - Language, 2005 - JSTOR
In this article we develop a semantic typology of gradable predicates, with special emphasis
on deverbal adjectives. We argue for the linguistic relevance of this typology by …

Probabilistic word pre-activation during language comprehension inferred from electrical brain activity

KA DeLong, TP Urbach, M Kutas - Nature neuroscience, 2005 - nature.com
Despite the numerous examples of anticipatory cognitive processes at micro and macro
levels in many animal species, the idea that anticipation of specific words plays an integral …