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An Exploration of the Relationship Between Event Meaning and Syntactic Structure
Gruberg, Nicholas. - : eScholarship, University of California, 2017
In: Gruberg, Nicholas. (2017). An Exploration of the Relationship Between Event Meaning and Syntactic Structure. UC San Diego: Psychology. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9s09j34r (2017)
Abstract: In this dissertation we investigate the relationships between syntactic structures and the meanings of the events they are used to describe, how such relationships may develop within language, and how they may be acquired by language learners. We employ a novel paradigm to assess these relationships through an effect termed syntactic entrainment. Over the course of 9 experiments we explore the possibility that syntactic entrainment reflects a process by which these relationships may be introduced into natural languages, and acquired by children learning language. Study 1 demonstrates syntactic entrainment. In Experiment 1, we show that when a speaker hears an event described with a particular syntactic structure they will tend to use the same structure when subsequently describing the same event. In Experiment 2, we demonstrate that this effect is equally likely to be present when speaking to the same or a different interlocutor. However, in Experiment 3 we demonstrate a small but significant partner specific component of the syntactic entrainment effect, but only when subjects are given four identical descriptions of the same picture. This result suggests that speakers are creating enduring, primarily partner independent associations between syntactic structures and event content. In Study 2 we show that the associations reflected in syntactic entrainment apply not just to the particular depictions of events, but also to visually distinct depictions of the same events (Experiment 2), and even to larger categories of events defined by specific event semantic features (Experiment 3). This suggests that syntactic entrainment could reflect the mechanism by which language users learn about the associations between syntactic structures and particular event meanings, which we find in natural language. Finally, in Study 3 we show that for children – but not adults – the magnitude of the syntactic entrainment effect is sensitive to the main verb used in the encoding sentences and their target descriptions. These results suggest that 4–6 year old children may still be using the identity of verbs to learn about associations between syntactic structures and event meaning features found in natural language, whereas adults may no longer rely on this information for grammatical language use.
Keyword: Cognitive psychology; Experimental psychology; Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Psychology
URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9s09j34r
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Processing Speaker Variability in Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from Mandarin Chinese
In: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1497455092009666 (2017)
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Data for: Of False Friends and Familiar Foes: Comparing native and non-native understanding of figurative phrases ...
Carrol, Gareth. - : Mendeley, 2017
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A dual standard framework for competent judgment ...
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Data for: Of False Friends and Familiar Foes: Comparing native and non-native understanding of figurative phrases ...
Carrol, Gareth. - : Mendeley, 2017
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Tracking the early stages of child and adult comprehension of L2 morphosyntax: A pilot study
In: Journal of the European Second Language Association; Vol 1, No 1 (2017); 113-125 ; 2399-9101 (2017)
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Subject encodings and retrieval interference ...
Arnett, Nathan; Wagers, Matthew. - : Open Science Framework, 2017
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Retuning of lexical-semantic representations: Repetition and spacing effects in word-meaning priming. ...
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Wait a second! Delayed impact of argument roles on on-line verb prediction ...
Chow, Wing Yee; Lau, Ellen; Wang, Suiping. - : PsyArXiv, 2017
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Information integration in modulation of pragmatic inferences during online language comprehension ...
Ryskin, Rachel; kurumada, chigusa; Brown-Schmidt, Sarah. - : Open Science Framework, 2017
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Effects of Subject-Case Marking on Agreement Processing: ERP evidence from Basque ...
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The Timing of Lexical Memory Retrievals in Language Production ...
Cole, Jeremy; Reitter, David. - : PsyArXiv, 2017
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The Malleability of Linguistic Representations Poses a Challenge to the Priming-based Experimental Approach. Commentary on Branigan & Pickering (2017) ...
Ryskin, Rachel; Brown-Schmidt, Sarah. - : PsyArXiv, 2017
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Is infant-directed speech interesting because it is surprising? – Linking properties of IDS to statistical learning and attention at the prosodic level ...
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Language Science Meets Cognitive Science: Categorization and Adaptation ...
Heffner, Christopher Cullen. - : Digital Repository at the University of Maryland, 2017
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Opposing and following responses in sensorimotor speech control: Why responses go both ways ...
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What is in a name? The Development of Cross-Cultural Differences in Referential Intuitions ...
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Real-time lexical comprehension in young children learning American Sign Language ...
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Production planning and comprehension are not carried out in parallel ...
Fairs, Amie; Bögels, Sara; Meyer, Antje. - : PsyArXiv, 2017
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The effect of prominence and cue association in retrieval processes: A computational account ...
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