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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457867803321

Autore

Kess Joseph F

Titolo

Ambiguity in psycholinguistics [[electronic resource] /] / Joseph F. Kess & Ronald A. Hoppe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Benjamins B.V., 1981

ISBN

1-283-35970-7

9786613359704

90-272-8081-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0166-6258 ; ; 2:4

Altri autori (Persone)

HoppeRonald A

Disciplina

410

Soggetti

Psycholinguistics

Language and languages

Ambiguity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

AMBIGUITY IN PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; 0. INTRODUCTION; 1. ISSUES IN AMBIGUITY RESEARCH; 2. PRODUCTION OF AMBIGUITY; 3. AMBIGUITY IN LINGUISTIC THEORY; 4. ACOUSTIC CUES:ORAL DISAMBIGUATION; 5. MULTIPLE READING HYPOTHESIS; 6. SINGLE READING HYPOTHESIS; 7. SINGLE READING BY CLAUSE END; 8. THE ORDERED ACCESS APPROACH; 9. THE ROLE OF CONTEXT; 10. LEXICAL AMBIGUITY AS A SPECIAL CLASS; 11. THEME CONSTRAINTS; 12. BIAS; 13. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LEVELS; 14. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; REFERENCES

Sommario/riassunto

The authors present a comprehensive overview of past research in ambiguity in the field of psycholinguistics. Experimental results have often been equivocal in allowing a choice between the single-reading hypothesis and the multiple-reading hypothesis of processing of ambiguous sentences. This text reviews the arguments and experimental results in support of each of these views, and further investigates the contributions of context and thematic constraints in the process of ambiguity resolution. Commentary is also made on the possible hierarchical ordering of difficulty in the treatment of amb