"Looking at" Negation: Faster Processing for Symbolic Rather than Iconic Representations

Autor/in	Orenes, Isabel
Titel	"Looking at" Negation: Faster Processing for Symbolic Rather than Iconic Representations
Quelle	In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 50 (2021) 6, S.1417-1436 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-6905
DOI	10.1007/s10936-021-09797-w
Schlagwörter	Language Processing; Psycholinguistics; Eye Movements; Morphemes; Sentence Structure; Language Research; Attribution Theory; Linguistic Theory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverarbeitung; Psycholinguistik; Augenbewegung; Morphem; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Sprachforschung; Linguistische Theorie
Abstract	Many studies have shown the double processing of negation, suggesting that negation integration into sentence meaning is delayed. This contrasts with some researches that have found that such integration is rather immediate. The present study contributes to this debate. Affirmative and negative compound sentences (e.g., "because he was "not" hungry, he did "not" order a salad") were presented orally in a visual world paradigm while four printed words were on the screen: salad, no salad, soup, and no soup. The eye-tracking data showed two different fixation patterns for negative causal assertions, which are linked to differences in the representation and inferential demands. One indicates that negation is integrated immediately, as people look at the explicit negation (e.g., no salad) very early. The other, in which people look at the alternate (e.g., soup) much later, indicates that what is delayed in time is the representation of the alternate. These results support theories that combine iconic and symbolic representations, such as the model theory. (As Provided).
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