1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910163141703321

Autore

Gotzner Nicole

Titolo

Alternative Sets in Language Processing : How Focus Alternatives are Represented in the Mind / / by Nicole Gotzner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9783319527611

3319527614

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv,162 pages) : 15 illustrations,  12 illustrations in color.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition, , 2946-2584

Disciplina

410

Soggetti

Linguistics

Psycholinguistics

Semiotics

Pragmatics

Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology

Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar

Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics

Phonology and Phonetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Theoretical and empirical background -- Chapter 3. Long-term representation of the entire alternative set -- Chapter 4. The mechanisms of activation and competitive inhibition -- Chapter 5. What's included in the set of alternatives? -- Chapter 6. Contrastive pitch accents and focus particles -- Chapter 7. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a novel experimental approach to investigating the mental representation of linguistic alternatives. Combining theoretical and psycholinguistic questions concerning the nature of alternative sets, it sheds new light on the theory of focus and the cognitive mechanisms underlying the processing of alternatives. In a series of language comprehension experiments, the author shows that



intonational focus and focus particles such as 'only' shape the representation of alternatives in a listener's mind in a fundamental way. This book is relevant to researchers interested in semantics, pragmatics, language processing and memory. Nicole Gotzner is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin, Germany. She is affiliated with the DFG Priority Programme Xprag.de "New Pragmatic Theories Based on Experimental Evidence". Her research combines semantic and pragmatic theory with language processing and child language acquisition.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910158984803321

Autore

Tepper Julian

Titolo

Ark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

La Vergne : , : Dzanc Books, , 2016

©2016

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (124 pages)

Classificazione

FIC019000

Disciplina

813.6

Soggetti

FICTION / Literary

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Chapter 01 LIQUIDATION SALE -- Chapter 02 THANKS FOR LUNCH -- Chapter 03 APRÈS LE DÉLUGE -- Chapter 04 FILIAL PIETY -- Chapter 05 GET THE POLICE -- Chapter 06 IT'S ALL GONE -- Chapter 07 OLD LOVE -- Chapter 08 MOTHER HELP ME -- Chapter 09 IN-COMING -- Chapter 10 TRUST -- Chapter 11 REFRIGERATION -- Chapter 12 ESCAPE -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments.

Sommario/riassunto

Ben Arkin, patriarch of the family, is an artist who has never sold a piece. His children, Sondra, Doris, and Oliver run a record label which has never produced a hit, and which Ben and his wife have bankrolled. When Doris strikes out to form her own label, Sondra sues the entire Arkin family, setting about a series of events that ultimately lead to their demise. The story is told primarily from the perspective of Oliver's



daughter, Rebecca, an attorney who might be the only redeeming member of the Arkin family. Rebecca attempts to keep the family from collapsing, while trying desperately to extricate herself from their grasp.