Reaching sentence and reference meaning
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Paul E. Engelhardt
Abstract
This chapter focuses on how people establish reference to objects in the external world and the meaning of sentences more broadly. The review proceeds from psychological and computational models of semantic memory up to how people establish reference to particular objects in the environment via pre- and post-nominal (linguistic) modification. We also briefly touch upon the interpretation of events and enriched composition. A distinction is drawn between meaning activation pre-lexical access and meaning activation that results from the combinatorial process of integrating multiple words together into structured constituents and phrases. Many of the reviewed studies used the Visual World Paradigm, and thus, eye movements are the primary outcome measure.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on how people establish reference to objects in the external world and the meaning of sentences more broadly. The review proceeds from psychological and computational models of semantic memory up to how people establish reference to particular objects in the environment via pre- and post-nominal (linguistic) modification. We also briefly touch upon the interpretation of events and enriched composition. A distinction is drawn between meaning activation pre-lexical access and meaning activation that results from the combinatorial process of integrating multiple words together into structured constituents and phrases. Many of the reviewed studies used the Visual World Paradigm, and thus, eye movements are the primary outcome measure.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Towards a situated view of language 1
- Perception of the visual environment 31
- Attention and eye movement metrics in visual world eye tracking 67
- The role of syntax in sentence and referential processing 83
- Reaching sentence and reference meaning 127
- Discourse level processing 151
- Figurative language processing 185
- The role of affordances in visually situated language comprehension 205
- Characterising visual context effects 227
- Visual world studies of conversational perspective taking 261
- Visual environment and interlocutors in situated dialogue 291
- Coordinating action and language 323
- Index 357
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Towards a situated view of language 1
- Perception of the visual environment 31
- Attention and eye movement metrics in visual world eye tracking 67
- The role of syntax in sentence and referential processing 83
- Reaching sentence and reference meaning 127
- Discourse level processing 151
- Figurative language processing 185
- The role of affordances in visually situated language comprehension 205
- Characterising visual context effects 227
- Visual world studies of conversational perspective taking 261
- Visual environment and interlocutors in situated dialogue 291
- Coordinating action and language 323
- Index 357
