Scales in the Interpretation of Words, Sentences, and Texts  

Oleh:

Jarvella, Robert J. ; Lundquist, Lita

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Semantics (Sebagian Full Text) vol. 11 no. 3 (Mar. 1994), page 171-198.
Topik: ambiguous expressions; scalar interpretation
Fulltext: vol 11, no 3, p 171-198.pdf (1.36MB)

Isi artikel

Scales implicit in the interpretation of words, sentences, and texts were studied in a series of five experiments in French. In Experiments 1 and 2, readers chose an arrow pointing upwards or downwards as corresponding, or being contrary to, the meaning of scalar expressions and sentences drawn from texts about competitions. A large degree of consensus among these judgments was obtained at both word and sentence levels; in judging sentences, a speed advantage was found when a high level of performance was implied and when a sentence described a leading or winning position. In Experiments 3-5, readers were shown texts which contained similar scalar predications oriented towards a positive or a negative outcome. Sentence orientation was found to affect the interpretation of ambiguous expressions in the texts and also reading time.

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