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Memory Limitations in Sentence Comprehension

Author : Sabrina Gerth
Publisher : Universitätsverlag Potsdam
ISBN 13 : 3869563214
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (695 download)

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Book Synopsis Memory Limitations in Sentence Comprehension by : Sabrina Gerth

Download or read book Memory Limitations in Sentence Comprehension written by Sabrina Gerth and published by Universitätsverlag Potsdam. This book was released on 2015 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation addresses the question of how linguistic structures can be represented in working memory. We propose a memory-based computational model that derives offline and online complexity profiles in terms of a top-down parser for minimalist grammars (Stabler, 2011). The complexity metric reflects the amount of time an item is stored in memory. The presented architecture links grammatical representations stored in memory directly to the cognitive behavior by deriving predictions about sentence processing difficulty. Results from five different sentence comprehension experiments were used to evaluate the model's assumptions about memory limitations. The predictions of the complexity metric were compared to the locality (integration and storage) cost metric of Dependency Locality Theory (Gibson, 2000). Both metrics make comparable offline and online predictions for four of the five phenomena. The key difference between the two metrics is that the proposed complexity metric accounts for the structural complexity of intervening material. In contrast, DLT's integration cost metric considers the number of discourse referents, not the syntactic structural complexity. We conclude that the syntactic analysis plays a significant role in memory requirements of parsing. An incremental top-down parser based on a grammar formalism easily computes offline and online complexity profiles, which can be used to derive predictions about sentence processing difficulty.

Sentence Processing

Author : Roger P. G. van Gompel
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135047278
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Sentence Processing written by Roger P. G. van Gompel and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-09-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the psychological processes involved in comprehending sentences? How do we process the structure of sentences and how do we understand their meaning? Do children, bilinguals and people with language impairments process sentences in the same way as healthy monolingual adults? These are just some of the many questions that sentence processing researchers have tried to answer by conducting ever more sophisticated experiments, making this one of the most productive and exciting areas in experimental language research in recent years. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of this important field. It contains 10 chapters written by world-leading experts, which discuss influential theories of sentence processing and important experimental evidence, with a focus on recent developments in the area. The chapters also analyse research that has investigated how people process the structure and meaning of sentences, and how sentences are understood within their context. This comprehensive and authoritative work will appeal to students and researchers in the field of sentence processing, as well anyone with an interest in psychology and linguistics.

Sentence Comprehension as a Cognitive Process

Author : Shravan Vasishth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009064207
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Sentence Comprehension as a Cognitive Process by : Shravan Vasishth

Download or read book Sentence Comprehension as a Cognitive Process written by Shravan Vasishth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sentence comprehension - the way we process and understand spoken and written language - is a central and important area of research within psycholinguistics. This book explores the contribution of computational linguistics to the field, showing how computational models of sentence processing can help scientists in their investigation of human cognitive processes. It presents the leading computational model of retrieval processes in sentence processing, the Lewis and Vasishth cue-based retrieval mode, and develops a principled methodology for parameter estimation and model comparison/evaluation using benchmark data, to enable researchers to test their own models of retrieval against the present model. It also provides readers with an overview of the last 20 years of research on the topic of retrieval processes in sentence comprehension, along with source code that allows researchers to extend the model and carry out new research. Comprehensive in its scope, this book is essential reading for researchers in cognitive science.

The On-line Study of Sentence Comprehension

Author : Manuel Carreiras
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135423938
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Book Synopsis The On-line Study of Sentence Comprehension by : Manuel Carreiras

Download or read book The On-line Study of Sentence Comprehension written by Manuel Carreiras and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004-09-13 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses important findings, assumptions, problems, hopes, and future guidelines on the use of advanced research techniques to study the moment-by-moment mental processes that occur while a reader or listener is understanding language. The core techniques are eye tracking and ERPs, with some extensions to others such as fMRI. The On-line Study ofSentence Comprehension has been written by top researchers in the field of psycholinguistics, who are also leading experts in the use of eye tracking and ERPs. This book combines comprehensive overviews of the state of the art on theoretical progress, the latest on assumptions behind the use of eye movements (reading and visual world) and ERPs methods with papers that address specific research questions. This work covers not only methodological issues but also discusses the theoretical progress in understanding language processing using temporally fine-grained methods.

The Origins of Grammar

Author : James R. Hurford
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199207879
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Grammar written by James R. Hurford and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second in James Hurford's acclaimed two-volume exploration of the biological evolution of language explores the evolutionary and cultural preconditions and consequences of humanity's great leap into language.

Reanalysis in Sentence Processing

Author : J. Fodor
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401590702
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Reanalysis in Sentence Processing written by J. Fodor and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topic addressed in this volume lies within the study of sentence processing, which is one of the major divisions of psycholinguistics. The goal has been to understand the structure and functioning of the mental mechanisms involved in sentence comprehension. Most of the experimental and theoretical work during the last twenty or thirty years has focused on 'first-pass parsing', the process of assigning structure to a sentence as its words are encountered, one at a time, 'from left to right' . One important guiding idea has been to delineate the processing mechanisms by studying where they fai!. For this purpose we identify types of sentences which perceivers have trouble assigning structure to. An important class of perceptually difficult senten ces are those which contain temporary ambiguities. Since the parsing mechanism cannot tell what the intended structure is, it may make an incorrect guess. Then later on in the sentence, the structure assignment process breaks down, because the later words do not fit with the incorrect structural analysis. This is called a 'garden path' situation. When it occurs, the parsing mechanism must somehow correct itself, and find a different analysis which is compatible with the incoming words. This reanalysis process is the subject of the research reported here.

The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Science

Author : Susan F. Chipman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199842191
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Science written by Susan F. Chipman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Science emphasizes the research and theory most central to modern cognitive science: computational theories of complex human cognition. Additional facets of cognitive science are discussed in the handbook's introductory chapter.

Constraints on Language: Aging, Grammar, and Memory

Author : Susan Kemper
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0306469022
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)

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Book Synopsis Constraints on Language: Aging, Grammar, and Memory by : Susan Kemper

Download or read book Constraints on Language: Aging, Grammar, and Memory written by Susan Kemper and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan Kemper A debate about the role of working memory in language processing has become center-most in psycholinguistics (Caplan & Waters, in press; Just & Carpenter, 1992; Just, Carpenter, & Keller, 1996; Waters & Caplan, 1996). This debate concerns which aspects of language processing are vulnerable to working memory limitations, how working memory is best measured, and whether compensatory processes can offset working memory limitations. Age-comparative studies are particularly relevant to this debate for several reasons: difficulties with language and communication are frequently mentioned by older adults and signal the onset of Alzheimer's dementia and other pathologies associated with age; older adults commonly experience working memory limitations that affect their ability to perform everyday activities; the rapid aging of the United States population has forced psychologists and gerontologists to examine the effects of aging on cognition, drawing many investigators to the study of cognitive aging. Older adults constitute ideal population for studying how working memory limitations affect cognitive performance, particularly language and communication. Age-comparative studies of cognitive processes have advanced our understanding of the temporal dynamics of cognition as well as the working memory demands of many types of tasks (Kliegl, Mayr, & Krampe, 1994; Mayr & Kliegl, 1993). The research findings reviewed in this volume have clear implications - for addressing the practical problems of older adults as consumers of leisure ti- reading, radio and television broadcasts, as targets of medical, legal, and financial documents, and as participants in a web of service agencies and volunteer activities.

The Handbook of Language Emergence

Author : Brian MacWhinney
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119075386
Total Pages : 651 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Language Emergence written by Brian MacWhinney and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative handbook explores the latest integrated theory for understanding human language, offering the most inclusive text yet published on the rapidly evolving emergentist paradigm. Brings together an international team of contributors, including the most prominent advocates of linguistic emergentism Focuses on the ways in which the learning, processing, and structure of language emerge from a competing set of cognitive, communicative, and biological constraints Examines forces on widely divergent timescales, from instantaneous neurolinguistic processing to historical changes and language evolution Addresses key theoretical, empirical, and methodological issues, making this handbook the most rigorous examination of emergentist linguistic theory ever

Acquired Aphasia

Author : Martha Taylor Sarno
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080525903
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Acquired Aphasia written by Martha Taylor Sarno and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1998-09-09 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With chapters containing up to 50 percent new coverage, this book provides a thorough update of the latest research and development in the area of acquired aphasia. Coverage includes the symptoms of aphasia, assessment, neuropsychology, the specific linguistic deficits associated with aphasia, related disorders, recovery, and rehabilitation. This comprehensive compilation, written by some of the most knowledgeable workers in the field, provides an authoritative text and reference for graduate students, clinicians, and researchers. Chapters include up to 50 percent new coverage Provides update of latest research in the field Includes writings by the most knowledgeable workers in the field Comprehensive, exhaustive reference tool

Uncommon Understanding

Author : Dorothy V. M. Bishop
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780863775017
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Uncommon Understanding written by Dorothy V. M. Bishop and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique book integrating research in language aquisition, psycholinguistics and neuropsychology to give a comprehensive picture of the process we call 'comprehension'. The empahsis of the book is on children with specific language impairments.

Bilingual Sentence Processing

Author : Roberto Heredia
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080500096
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bilingual Sentence Processing written by Roberto Heredia and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-07-25 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bilingual Sentence Processing

German Sentence Processing

Author : B. Hemforth
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401596182
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book German Sentence Processing written by B. Hemforth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German language offers a variety of possibilities for asking and answering new questions in psycholinguistic sentence comprehension research. The collection of papers in this volume contributes to the increasingly relevant crosslinguistic comparison of mechanisms of human sentence processing. The topics covered are incremental structure assembly, on-line ambiguity resolution, and phonological, contextual, and working memory aspects of reanalysis. The new theoretical and experimental insights presented in this volume should be of great interest to linguists and psychologists working on human language comprehension. The introductory information provided by the authors makes the volume easily accessible to advanced students.

Neurobiology of Language

Author : Gregory Hickok
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0124078621
Total Pages : 1188 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Neurobiology of Language written by Gregory Hickok and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neurobiology of Language explores the study of language, a field that has seen tremendous progress in the last two decades. Key to this progress is the accelerating trend toward integration of neurobiological approaches with the more established understanding of language within cognitive psychology, computer science, and linguistics. This volume serves as the definitive reference on the neurobiology of language, bringing these various advances together into a single volume of 100 concise entries. The organization includes sections on the field's major subfields, with each section covering both empirical data and theoretical perspectives. "Foundational" neurobiological coverage is also provided, including neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, genetics, linguistic, and psycholinguistic data, and models. Foundational reference for the current state of the field of the neurobiology of language Enables brain and language researchers and students to remain up-to-date in this fast-moving field that crosses many disciplinary and subdisciplinary boundaries Provides an accessible entry point for other scientists interested in the area, but not actively working in it – e.g., speech therapists, neurologists, and cognitive psychologists Chapters authored by world leaders in the field – the broadest, most expert coverage available

Lexical Representations and Sentence Processing

Author : Maryellen C. MacDonald
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780863779626
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book Lexical Representations and Sentence Processing written by Maryellen C. MacDonald and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this special issue reflect the increased status on lexical representations in sentence processing research.

Understanding Language

Author : Dominic W. Massaro
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1483258289
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Language written by Dominic W. Massaro and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Language: An Information-Processing Analysis of Speech Perception, Reading, and Psycholinguistics focuses on the progress of approaches, principles, and practices involved in speech perception, reading, and psycholinguistics. The selection first offers information on language and information processing, articulatory and acoustic characteristics of speech sounds, and acoustic features in speech perception. Discussions focus on vowel and consonant recognition, production of speech sounds, general acoustic properties and occurrence of speech sounds, vowel phonemes of English, and information, auditory, and visual information processing. The text then examines preperceptual images, processing time, and perceptual units in speech perception, theories of perception, and visual features, preperceptual storage, and processing time in reading. Topics include processing time, visual features, summary of information-processing analysis of speech perception, role of linguistic structure in model building, and preperceptual images and processing time. The manuscript takes a look at an analysis of psychological studies of grammar, word and phrase recognition in speech processing, and linguistic theory and information processing, including psychological function of certain transformation rules, psychological reality of constituent structure, and linguistics and psychology. The selection is a vital source of data for researchers interested in speech perception, reading, and psycholinguistics.

Japanese Sentence Processing

Author : Reiko Mazuka
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1134770146
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Sentence Processing written by Reiko Mazuka and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a direct result of the International Symposium on Japanese Sentence Processing held at Duke University. The symposium provided the first opportunity for researchers in three disciplinary areas from both Japan and the United States to participate in a conference where they could discuss issues concerning Japanese syntactic processing. The goals of the symposium were three-fold: * to illuminate the mechanisms of Japanese sentence processing from the viewpoints of linguistics, psycholinguistics and computer science; * to synthesize findings about the mechanisms of Japanese sentence processing by researchers in these three fields in Japan and the United States; * to lay foundations for future interdisciplinary research in Japanese sentence processing, as well as international collaborations between researchers in Japan and the United States. The chapters in this volume have been written from the points of view of three different disciplines, with various immediate objectives -- from building usable speech understanding systems to investigating the nature of competence grammars for natural languages. All of the papers share the long term goal of understanding the nature of human language processing mechanisms. The book is concerned with two central issues -- the universality of language processing mechanisms, and the nature of the relation between the components of linguistic knowledge and language processing. This volume demonstrates that interdisciplinary research can be fruitful, and provides groundwork for further research in Japanese sentence processing.