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

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...

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Main Author Gotzner, Nicole (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
SeriesPalgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319527611
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-52761-1
Physical DescriptionXIV, 162 p. 15 illus., 12 illus. in color. online resource.

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