Semantics and Pragmatics: From Experiment to Theory

by R. Breheny (Editor), Uli Sauerland (Editor), Kenneth A. Loparo (Editor)

Overview

This volume comprises thirteen original research papers and three overview papers presenting new work using a number of experimental techniques from psycho- and neurolinguistics in the three key areas of current semantics and pragmatics: implicature, negation and presupposition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230579064
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/22/2009
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	325
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

RACHEL BAKER, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA MATTHEW BERENDS, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA JOS J.A. VAN BERKUM, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The Netherlands ANNE BEZUIDENHOUT, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, USA LEWIS BOTT, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK GREG N. CARLSON, Department of Linguistics, University of Rochester, USA EMMANUEL CHEMLA, Ecole Normale Supérieure, France ALEX DJALALI, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA RYAN DORNA, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA JOHN E. DRURY, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, Canada WHITNEY M. GREGG-HARRISON, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, USA DANIEL GRODNER, Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College, USA ANDREA GUALMINI, Institute of Linguistics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands DAPHNA HELLER, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, USA PETRA HENDRIKS, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands JOHN HOEKS, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands HELEN DE HOOP, Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands NAPOLEON KATSOS, Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics, UK BARBARA KUAP, Department of Psychology, Berlin University of Technology, Germany NATALIE M. KLEIN, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, USA IRENE KRÄMER, Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands MANFRED KRIFKA, Institut für deutsche Sprache und Linguistik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany MEREDITH LARSON, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA YARON McNABB, Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago, USA ROBIN MORRIS, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, USA IRA A. NOVEK, L2C2/Institut des Sciences Cognitives, France ERIK-JAN SMITS, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands JENNIFER SPENADER, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands KARSTEN STEINHAUER, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, Canada RACHEL S. SUSSMAN, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, USA HENRIËTTE DE SWART, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS, The Netherlands MICHAEL K. TANENHAUS, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, USA CINTIA WIDMANN, Department of Linguistics, University of South Carolina, USA GREGORY WARD, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA ARJEN ZONDERVAN, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS, The Netherlands

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors PART I: IMPLICATURE Implicatures; M.Krifka Changes in Activation Levels with Scalar Implicatures; L.Bott A Large-Scale Investigation of Scalar Implicature; P.Hendriks , J.Hoeks , H.De Hoop , I.Krämer , E-J.Smits , J.Spenader & H.De Swart Evaluating Under-Informative Utterances with Context-Dependent and Context-Independent Scales: Experimental and Theoretical Implications; N.Katsos Distinguishing the SAID from the IMPLICATED Using a Novel Experimental Paradigm; M.Larson , R.Doran , Y.Mcnabb , R.Baker , M.Berends , A.Djalali ,& G.Ward Experiments on QUD and Focus as a Contextual Constraint on Scalar Implicature Calculation; A.Zondervan PART II: NEGATION Meaning and Inference Linked to Negation: An Experimental Pragmatic Approach; I.A.Noveck The DE-Blocking Hypothesis: The Role of Grammar in Scalar Reasoning; A.Bezuidenhout , R.Morris & C.Widmann Experimental Pragmatics and Parsimony: The Case of Scopally Ambiguous Sentences Containing Negation; A.Gualmini How are Pragmatic Differences Between Positive and Negative Sentences Captured in the Processes and Representations in Language Comprehension; B.Kaup Brain Potentials For Logical-Semantics/-Pragmatics; J.E.Drury & K.Steinhauer PART III: PRESUPPOSITION Presupposition: From Theory to Experiment; U.Sauerland The Real-Time Use of Information about Common Ground in Restricting Domains of Reference; D.Heller , D.Grodner & M.K.Tanenhaus An Experimental Approach of Adverbial Modification; E.Chemla Weak Definite Noun Phrases: Rich, But Not Strong, Special, But Not Unique; N.M.Klein , W.M.Gegg-Harrison , R.S.Sussman , G.N.Carlson & M.K.Tanenhaus The Neuropragmatics of 'Simple' Utterance Comprehension an Erp Review; J.J.A.Van Berkum Index