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Effects of world knowledge on the prediction of upcoming verbs: an eye-tracking study

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    Identifier: imarina:9271522
    Authors:
    Vela-Candelas, JuanCatala, NataliaDemestre, Josep
    Abstract:
    Some theories of sentence processing make a distinction between two kinds of meaning: a linguistic meaning encoded at the lexicon (i.e., selectional restrictions), and an extralinguistic knowledge derived from our everyday experiences (i.e., world knowledge). According to such theories, the former meaning is privileged over the latter in terms of the time-course of its access and influence during on-line language comprehension. The present study aims to examine whether world knowledge anomalies (that do not violate selectional restrictions) are rapidly detected during online sentence processing. In an eye-tracking experiment, we used materials in which the likelihood of a specific verb (entrevistar or secuestrar, the Spanish translations for to interview and to kidnap) depended on the agent of the event (periodista or terrorista, the Spanish translations for journalist and terrorist). The results showed an effect of typicality in regression path duration and total reading times at both the verb region and the spillover region, thus providing evidence that world knowledge is rapidly accessed and used during on-line sentence comprehension.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Vela-Candelas, Juan; Catala, Natalia; Demestre, Josep
    Department: Psicologia Filologies Romàniques
    URV's Author/s: Català Torres, Natàlia / Demestre Viladevall, Josep
    Keywords: World knowledge Sentence comprehension Selectional restrictions Eye-tracking Event knowledge violations sentence comprehension selectional restrictions movements eye-tracking event knowledge
    Abstract: Some theories of sentence processing make a distinction between two kinds of meaning: a linguistic meaning encoded at the lexicon (i.e., selectional restrictions), and an extralinguistic knowledge derived from our everyday experiences (i.e., world knowledge). According to such theories, the former meaning is privileged over the latter in terms of the time-course of its access and influence during on-line language comprehension. The present study aims to examine whether world knowledge anomalies (that do not violate selectional restrictions) are rapidly detected during online sentence processing. In an eye-tracking experiment, we used materials in which the likelihood of a specific verb (entrevistar or secuestrar, the Spanish translations for to interview and to kidnap) depended on the agent of the event (periodista or terrorista, the Spanish translations for journalist and terrorist). The results showed an effect of typicality in regression path duration and total reading times at both the verb region and the spillover region, thus providing evidence that world knowledge is rapidly accessed and used during on-line sentence comprehension.
    Thematic Areas: Psychology, experimental Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all) Psicología Linguistics and language Linguistics Language and linguistics Language & linguistics General psychology Filologia, lingüística i sociolingüística Experimental and cognitive psychology Educação física Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Applied linguistics
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: josep.demestre@urv.cat natalia.catala@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0001-9221-066X 0000-0002-4092-6313
    Record's date: 2024-09-07
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10936-022-09900-9
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Journal Of Psycholinguistic Research. 51 (6): 1335-1345
    APA: Vela-Candelas, Juan; Catala, Natalia; Demestre, Josep (2022). Effects of world knowledge on the prediction of upcoming verbs: an eye-tracking study. Journal Of Psycholinguistic Research, 51(6), 1335-1345. DOI: 10.1007/s10936-022-09900-9
    Article's DOI: 10.1007/s10936-022-09900-9
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2022
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Applied Linguistics,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,Language & Linguistics,Language and Linguistics,Linguistics,Linguistics and Language,Psychology (Miscellaneous),Psychology, Experimental
    World knowledge
    Sentence comprehension
    Selectional restrictions
    Eye-tracking
    Event knowledge
    violations
    sentence comprehension
    selectional restrictions
    movements
    eye-tracking
    event knowledge
    Psychology, experimental
    Psychology (miscellaneous)
    Psychology (all)
    Psicología
    Linguistics and language
    Linguistics
    Language and linguistics
    Language & linguistics
    General psychology
    Filologia, lingüística i sociolingüística
    Experimental and cognitive psychology
    Educação física
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciencias humanas
    Applied linguistics
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