Dynamic Aspects of Language Processing: Focus and Presupposition (Springer Series in Language and Communication, Band 16) - Softcover

Engelkamp, Johannes; Zimmer, H. D.

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ISBN 10: 3642691188 ISBN 13: 9783642691188

Verlag: Springer, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

This book deals with the conditions and the consequences of the production of different syntactic sentence structures. During the sixties the syntactic structure of sentences was one of the most intensively studied topics in psycholinguistic research. The dominant interest did not, however, lie in the function of syntactic structures but in the ability to understand and to utter them. Later, in the seventies the interest shifted to the semantic structure of sentences. Many studies centred around the structural aspects of the repre­ sentation of knowledge. The leading question was: how can the meaning of an utterance be described? The widely accepted answer was: the central unit of meaning is the proposition. From this point of view, the aim of an utter­ ance is to transmit propositional meaning, and syntactic structure is of inter­ est only insofar as it influences the comprehension of propositional meaning. In this book both aspects, i. e. the syntactic and the semantic structure of sentences have been considered. The dynamic aspects of knowledge use and its relationship to the syntactic structure of sentences are thoroughly analysed and studied empirically. The main question is how semantic knowledge is communicated through syntactic structure. Syntactic structure has causes and consequences. In general we assume that the syntactic structure reflects dynamic aspects of the knowledge base of the speaker and determines dynamic states in the listener.

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Joachim Hoffmann ist Professor für Kognitive Psychologie im Ruhestand. Seine Forschung beschäftigte sich vor allem mit der Bildung von Konzepten und dem Erwerb von Handlungskompetenz. Er ist Autor mehrerer Bücher, u. a. auch Mitherausgeber des Bandes "Lernen" der Enzyklopädie der Psychologie. Johannes Engelkamp ist Professor für Kognitionspsychologie im Ruhestand. Sein besonderes Interesse in der Forschung galt den Fragen: Welche Informationen werden durch Sprache vermittelt und wie werden sie verarbeitet und wie funktioniert das Erinnern.

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• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3642691188
• ISBN 13: 9783642691188
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 116
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