PSY374H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Metonymy, Idiom, Hyperbole
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One of the main tasks facing the comprehender is to understand how words encountered in an unfolding sentence fit together. Assigning various kinds of labels to words and phrases. To date, we have been approaching sentence processing as a question of how to deal with incoming input. But do processing systems take a more visionary view. The man will ride the eyes become focused on the motorcycle or. The girl will ride eyes become fixated on the carousel (not simple activation of words, they are integrating words that they heard earlier in the sentence) What this shows: listeners can predict upcoming referents based on a combination of semantic information provided by the verb and sentence subject (girl +ride ) Is it possible to predict specific words? (delong et al. Use an when the next word starts with a consonant and use a when the next word starts with a vowel. Suggests the anticipation of specific words forms is possible.
