Semantics and Pragmatics

From Experiment to Theory
2009. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-57906-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 325 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition

This volume comprises thirteen original research papers and three overview papers presenting new work using a number of experimental techniques from psycho- and neurolinguistics in the three key areas of current semantics and pragmatics: implicature, negation and presupposition.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Breheny, R.

Sauerland, Uli

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors PART I: IMPLICATURE Implicatures; M.Krifka Changes in Activation Levels with Scalar Implicatures; L.Bott A Large-Scale Investigation of Scalar Implicature; P.Hendriks, J.Hoeks, H.De Hoop, I.Krämer, E-J.Smits, J.Spenader & H.De Swart Evaluating Under-Informative Utterances with Context-Dependent and Context-Independent Scales: Experimental and Theoretical Implications; N.Katsos Distinguishing the SAID from the IMPLICATED Using a Novel Experimental Paradigm; M.Larson, R.Doran, Y.Mcnabb, R.Baker, M.Berends, A.Djalali ,& G.Ward Experiments on QUD and Focus as a Contextual Constraint on Scalar Implicature Calculation; A.Zondervan PART II: NEGATION Meaning and Inference Linked to Negation: An Experimental Pragmatic Approach; I.A.Noveck The DE-Blocking Hypothesis: The Role of Grammar in Scalar Reasoning; A.Bezuidenhout, R.Morris & C.Widmann Experimental Pragmatics and Parsimony: The Case of Scopally Ambiguous Sentences Containing Negation; A.Gualmini How are Pragmatic Differences Between Positive and Negative Sentences Captured in the Processes and Representations in Language Comprehension; B.Kaup Brain Potentials For Logical-Semantics/-Pragmatics; J.E.Drury & K.Steinhauer PART III: PRESUPPOSITION Presupposition: From Theory to Experiment; U.Sauerland The Real-Time Use of Information about Common Ground in Restricting Domains of Reference; D.Heller, D.Grodner & M.K.Tanenhaus An Experimental Approach of Adverbial Modification; E.Chemla Weak Definite Noun Phrases: Rich, But Not Strong, Special, But Not Unique; N.M.Klein, W.M.Gegg-Harrison, R.S.Sussman, G.N.Carlson & M.K.Tanenhaus The Neuropragmatics of 'Simple' Utterance Comprehension an Erp Review; J.J.A.Van Berkum Index

Über Autor(innen)

RACHEL BAKER, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA
MATTHEW BERENDS, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA
JOS J.A. VAN BERKUM, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The Netherlands
ANNE BEZUIDENHOUT, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, USA
LEWIS BOTT, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK
GREG N. CARLSON, Department of Linguistics, University of Rochester, USA
EMMANUEL CHEMLA, Ecole Normale Supérieure, France
ALEX DJALALI, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA
RYAN DORNA, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA
JOHN E. DRURY, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, Canada
WHITNEY M. GREGG-HARRISON, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, USA
DANIEL GRODNER, Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College, USA
ANDREA GUALMINI, Institute of Linguistics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
DAPHNA HELLER, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, USA
PETRA HENDRIKS, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
JOHN HOEKS, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
HELEN DE HOOP, Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands
NAPOLEON KATSOS, Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics, UK
BARBARA KUAP, Department of Psychology, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
NATALIE M. KLEIN, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, USA
IRENE KRÄMER,Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands
MANFRED KRIFKA, Institut für deutsche Sprache und Linguistik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
MEREDITH LARSON, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA
YARON McNABB, Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago, USA
ROBIN MORRIS, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, USA
IRA A. NOVEK, L2C2/Institut des Sciences Cognitives, France
ERIK-JAN SMITS, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
JENNIFER SPENADER, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
KARSTEN STEINHAUER, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, Canada
RACHEL S. SUSSMAN, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, USA
HENRIËTTE DE SWART, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS, The Netherlands
MICHAEL K. TANENHAUS, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, USA
CINTIA WIDMANN, Department of Linguistics, University of South Carolina, USA
GREGORY WARD, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA
ARJEN ZONDERVAN, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS, The Netherlands