Date: 17-Oct-2010 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: The Processing of Events: Bott E-mail this message to a friend
Title: The Processing of Events
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 162
Published: 2010
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Author: Oliver Bott
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027287977 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027287977 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255457 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 105.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255457 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255457 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 111.30
Abstract:
Synthesizing ideas from event semantics and psycholinguistics, this monograph provides a new perspective on the processing of linguistic aspect and aspectual coercion. Confronting alternative semantic accounts with experimental evidence, the author develops a comprehensive model of online aspectual interpretation. The first part of the book critically reviews competing theoretical accounts of aspectual coercion. As an analytical tool the author introduces a computational model based on the event calculus by Hamm & van Lambalgen (2005) which makes use of planning formalisms from artificial intelligence. Detailed predictions from this framework are then tested in the experimental work reported in the second part. The focus here is on such questions as: Is aspectual coercion a uniform phenomenon or must we distinguish different types? Is aspect processed incrementally or is it computed only at the clause boundary? And finally, what insights can event related potentials yield about how the brain resolves local aspectual mismatch?
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