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| Presentation | 2019-07-28 10:30 Comprehension of underspecified iterative meaning in Japanese Yao-Ying Lai, Michiru Makuuchi (National Rehabilitation Center), Maria Pinango (Yale Univ.), Hiromu Sakai (Waseda Univ.)  TL2019-31 |
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| Abstract | (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| (in English) | This study examines the processing of sentences like "The athlete jumped for 20 minutes", which involve an iterative meaning that is morpho-syntactically absent yet well understood by comprehenders (vs. "jogged for 20 minutes" that involves no iteration) in Japanese. We cross two Verb Types, Punctual (e.g., jump) vs. Durative (e.g., jog), and two Intervals denoted by for-adverbials, Short (e.g., 10 minutes) vs. Long (e.g., 1 year), in a naturalness rating experiment and a self-paced reading experiment. Ex: "The athlete [jumped/jogged] for [20 minutes/1 year] at the gym...." In addition, we investigate the impact of individuals' autistic traits, measured by Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ), on real-time meaning comprehension. Results show that sentence with underspecified iterative meaning, regardless of verb type, engendered additional processing cost, argued to reflect a search of lexical conceptual representation and context for the underspecified meaning. Also, sentence comprehension is subject to individuals' processing styles indexed by autistic traits: individuals with high AQ spent significantly longer times at the sentence-final region than those with low AQ, likely reflecting a propensity for deliberation or a difficulty in meaning integration. |
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| Keyword | (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| (in English) | aspectual coercion / sentence processing / underspecification / partition measure / lexical semantics / autism / Japanese / self-paced reading | |
| Reference Info. | IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 119, no. 151, TL2019-31, pp. 101-106, July 2019. | |
| Paper # | TL2019-31 | |
| Date of Issue | 2019-07-20 (TL) | |
| ISSN | Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 | |
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| Conference Information | |
| Committee | TL |
| Conference Date | 2019-07-27 - 2019-07-28 |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Hirao Seminar House, Konan University |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Human Language Processing and Learning |
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| Registration To | TL |
| Conference Code | 2019-07-TL |
| Language | English |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Comprehension of underspecified iterative meaning in Japanese |
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| Keyword(1) | aspectual coercion |
| Keyword(2) | sentence processing |
| Keyword(3) | underspecification |
| Keyword(4) | partition measure |
| Keyword(5) | lexical semantics |
| Keyword(6) | autism |
| Keyword(7) | Japanese |
| Keyword(8) | self-paced reading |
| 1st Author's Name | Yao-Ying Lai |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (National Rehabilitation Center) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Michiru Makuuchi |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (National Rehabilitation Center) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Maria Pinango |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Yale University (Yale Univ.) |
| 4th Author's Name | Hiromu Sakai |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Waseda University (Waseda Univ.) |
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| Speaker | Author-1 |
| Date Time | 2019-07-28 10:30:00 |
| Presentation Time | 30 minutes |
| Registration for | TL |
| Paper # | TL2019-31 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.119 |
| Number (no) | no.151 |
| Page | pp.101-106 |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2019-07-20 (TL) |
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