On the scope of presupposition in discourse reading comprehension.
Contextual sensitivity
Discourse marker
Distance
Hierarchy
Multiple referents
Presupposition
Scope
Journal
Acta psychologica
ISSN: 1873-6297
Titre abrégé: Acta Psychol (Amst)
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0370366
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2023
Jul 2023
Historique:
received:
19
11
2022
revised:
14
02
2023
accepted:
30
05
2023
medline:
26
6
2023
pubmed:
17
6
2023
entrez:
16
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
referential relationships can be communicated through presupposition. The presupposition trigger (also) in Jiayan also bought eggs exerts a pragmatic constraint that besides the object, the verb constrains additional and alternative referents. Our study provided a novel set of evidence that the reader preferred larger- over smaller-sized sets for the scope of presupposition in discourse comprehension. The structural hierarchy in smaller-sized sets and the earlier-mentioned structural details in larger-sized sets drove higher preference. Furthermore, readers' difference in their preference reflected their tendency to attend to discourse structural information. These findings are consistent with the multiple constraints hypothesis/the presupposition maximization principle hypothesis, rather than the local bias hypothesis. The present study enlightened the understanding of structural constraints on processing the number and the identity of presupposed referential information in discourse reading comprehension.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37327659
pii: S0001-6918(23)00131-2
doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103955
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
103955Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest None.