Processing of Tense Psycholinguistic Studies on the Interpretation of Tense and Temporal Relations

Name: Processing of Tense Psycholinguistic Studies on the Interpretation of Tense and Temporal Relations
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ISBN: 9781402001857

ISBN-10: 1402001851

ISBN-13: 9781402001857

Edition: 2001

Authors: Michael Walsh Dickey

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This book presents an in-depth study of the processing of tense, more specifically the English past tense. Against a detailed theoretical background, it presents a number of psycholinguistic studies examining how and when the language processor assigns an interpretation to tense morphology. In so doing, it looks at several specific topics: temporal anaphora resolution, adverb preposing and discourse relations, and the sequence-of-tense ambiguity. The picture which emerges is one in which the processor is not guided by preceding context in making interpretive decisions regarding tense, as previous work has suggested. Rather, sentence-level linguistic structure appears to cue the processor in…

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List price: $169.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 12/31/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 310
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword




Introduction



The Problem: The Processing of Tense



Empirical Phenomena



Temporal anaphora



Temporal adverbs and adverb preposing



The Sequence-of-Tense ambiguity



Structure and Interpretation of Tense



Quantificational versus referential views of tense



Bringing together quantificational and referential properties: The ambiguity of the English simple past



Formal representation of the semantic content of tense



Summary and implications for the processing of tense



Structure of the Language Processor and Hypotheses



Assumptions regarding the HSPM



Simplicity versus Parsimony



Predictions and hypotheses



Contents of the Book



Interpreting Aspectp



Introduction



The Special Role of Preposed Adverbials in Temporal Interpretation



Temporal adverbials



Preposed adverbials as Reference Time providers



Preposed adverbials as sentence-external elements



The Discourse Function of Adverb Preposing and the Adverbial Domains Hypothesis



Preposed adverbials as discourse segment markers



The Adverbial Domains Hypothesis



Aspect and the Role of Rhetorical Relations



The contribution of rhetorical relations to temporal interpretation



Implications for the ADH



Study 1-Preposing and Aspect Interpretation



Introduction



Study



Discussion



Study 2--Preposing and Aspect Interpretation Redux



Introduction



Study



Discussion



General Discussion and Conclusions



Interpreting TenseP



Introduction



Representing Temporal Anaphora



TP and temporal anaphora



Alternative approaches to tense and temporal anaphora



Summary and implications for processing of tense



Anaphora Resolution



Definite NPs and pronouns



Other types of anaphora resolution



Temporal anaphora--an indirect test



Summary



Hypotheses Regarding the Interpretation of TP



Study 3--Temporal Context Clash



Introduction



Study



Discussion



Study 4--Minimal Events and TP Interpretation



Introduction



Study



Discussion



General Discussion and Conclusions



Sequence of Tense and Simplicity



Introduction



Representing the SOT Ambiguity



The facts of SOT phenomena



Representing SOT



Alternative approaches to SOT



Summary and implications for resolving the ambiguity



Previous Results



Hypotheses Regarding the Resolution of SOT Ambiguities



Study 5--Pilot SOT Questionnaire Study



Introduction



Study



Discussion



Study 6--SOT Questionaire Study: Adverb Effects



Introduction



Study



Discussion



Study 7--SOT On-Line



Introduction



Study



Discussion



General Discussion and Conclusions



Conclusions and Remaining Questions



The Questions



Implications for Models of the Processor: Structure-Driven or Discourse-Driven?



Implications for the Representation of Tense and Temporal Relations: One Interpretive Step or Two?



Questions for Further Research



Interpreting TenseP



Interpreting AspectP



Different methodologies



Larger issues


Appendices



Materials for Study 1, Preposing and Aspect Interpretation



Materials for Study 2, Preposing and Aspect Interpretation Redux



Materials for Study 3, Temporal Context Clash



Materials for Study 4, Minimal Events and TP Interpretation



Materials for Study 5, SOT Pilot Questionnaire



Materials for Study 6, SOT Questionnaire: Adverb Effects



Materials for Study 7, Sot On-Line


References


Index