Sentence Comprehension as a Cognitive Process
A Computational Approach
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Sentence Comprehension as a Cognitive Process
A Computational Approach
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Foreword by Richard L. Lewis
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Dependencies in Sentence Comprehension
- 3 The Core ACT-R-Based Model of Retrieval Processes
- 4 An Extension of the Core Model: Modelling Prominence and Multi-associative Cues
- 5 An Extension of the Core Model: Modelling the Interaction of Eye-Movement Control and Parsing
- 6 Reanalysis and Underspecification in Sentence Comprehension: Modelling Eye Movements
- 7 Competing Accounts of Interference in Sentence Processing
- 8 Modelling Sentence Comprehension Deficits in Aphasia
- 9 Future Directions
- Bibliography
- Index