Working Memory in Sentence Comprehension - Processing Hindi Center Embeddings

Informationen zum Autor Shravan Vasishth Klappentext The first-ever investigation of sentence processing in Hindi, Working Memory in Sentence Comprehension studies the predictions of three existing, wide-coverage sentence processing models. In experiments that apply these models to Hindi, Shravan Vasishth develops a new sentence processing model that builds on existing theories and overcomes their empirical problems. Advancing the understanding of human parsing processes, this book is a landmark in cross-linguistic research, presenting a challenging set of sentence processing facts that will impact future theories. Zusammenfassung This book provides the first-ever investigation of sentence processing in Hindi, Working Memory in Sentence Comprehension studies the predictions of three existing, wide coverage sentence processing models. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, Shravan Vasishth; Chapter 1 Introduction, Shravan Vasishth; Chapter 2 Three models of sentence processing, Shravan Vasishth; Chapter 3 The effect of identical case marking, Shravan Vasishth; Chapter 4 Distance effects or similarity- based interference?, Shravan Vasishth; Chapter 5 Increasing distance can facilitate processing, Shravan Vasishth; Chapter 6 Word length, position, and reading time, Shravan Vasishth; Chapter 7 Concluding remarks, and a new sentence processing model, Shravan Vasishth Stimuli for the experiments, Shravan Vasishth;

Product details

• Authors: Shravan Vasishth, Vasishth Shravan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.2015
• EAN: 9781138868335
• ISBN: 978-1-138-86833-5
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Psycholinguistics, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics