Alternative Sets in Language Processing : How Focus Alternatives are Represented in the Mind

• Main Author: Gotzner, Nicole. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Phonology.; Psycholinguistics.; Semantics.; Pragmatics.; Cognitive grammar.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319527611
• Physical Description: XIV, 162 p. 15 illus., 12 illus. in color. online resource.

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 th...