Sentence Comprehension as a Cognitive Process
Sentence Comprehension as a Cognitive Process
Sentence comprehension - the way we process and understand spoken and written language - is a central and important area of research within psycholinguistics. This book explores the contribution of computational linguistics to the field, showing how computational models of sentence processing can help scientists in their investigation of human cognitive processes. It presents the leading computational model of retrieval processes in sentence processing, the Lewis and Vasishth cue-based retrieval mode, and develops a principled methodology for parameter estimation and model comparison/evaluation using benchmark data, to enable researchers to test their own models of retrieval against the present model. It also provides readers with an overview of the last 20 years of research on the topic of retrieval processes in sentence comprehension, along with source code that allows researchers to extend the model and carry out new research. Comprehensive in its scope, this book is essential reading for researchers in cognitive science.
- Develops a systematic computational framework for investigating retrieval processes in sentence comprehension
- Demonstrates the unique advantages of interdisciplinary work spanning artificial intelligence, computer science, linguistics, psychology, and statistics
- Gives the field a broad cognitive science perspective on theoretical questions relating to sentence processing
Product details
February 2024Paperback
9781107589773
250 pages
228 × 151 × 14 mm
0.38kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Dependencies in Sentence Comprehension
- 3. The Core ACT-R Based Model of Retrieval Processes
- 4. Extension: Prominence and Multi-Associative Cues
- 5. Extension: Eye-Movement Control and Parsing
- 6. Reanalysis and Underspecification
- 7. Competing Accounts of Interference in Sentence Processing
- 8. Modelling Sentence Comprehension Deficits in Aphasia
- 9. Future Directions.
