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Dell, Gary S.; Oppenheim, Gary M.; Kittredge, Audrey K. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2008
Retrieving a word in a sentence requires speakers to overcome syntagmatic, as well as paradigmatic interference. When accessing "cat" in "The cat chased the string", not only are similar competitors such as "dog" and "cap" activated, but also other words in the planned sentence, such as "chase" and "string". We hypothesise that both types of…
Descriptors: Sentences, Language Processing, Inhibition, Vocabulary
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Pylkkanen, Liina; Oliveri, Bridget; Smart, Andrew J. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2009
Humans have knowledge about the properties of their native language at various levels of representation; sound, structure, and meaning computation constitute the core components of any linguistic theory. Although the brain sciences have engaged with representational theories of sound and syntactic structure, the study of the neural bases of…
Descriptors: Semantics, Syntax, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Semiotics
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Burgess, Curt; Lund, Kevin – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1997
Presents a model of high-dimensional context space, the Hyperspace Analogue to Language (HAL), with a series of simulations modelling human empirical results. Proposes that HAL's context space can be used to provide a basic categorization of semantic and grammatical concepts; model certain aspects of morphological ambiguity in verbs; and provide…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Computational Linguistics, Context Clues, Language Processing