Comprehending anaphoric presuppositions involves memory retrieval too

We investigate the memory retrieval mechanism that underlies the realtime comprehension of anaphoric presupposition triggers. Using the Drift Diffusion Model, we offer a new experimental argument for the anaphoric view of presuppositions with evidence from the memory retrieval processes associated w...

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Main Authors: Chen, S, Husband, E
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Published: Linguistic Society of America 2018
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description We investigate the memory retrieval mechanism that underlies the realtime comprehension of anaphoric presupposition triggers. Using the Drift Diffusion Model, we offer a new experimental argument for the anaphoric view of presuppositions with evidence from the memory retrieval processes associated with the trigger too. We show that the memory representation of the antecedent content that satisfies the presupposition is retrieved via a direct access mechanism, suggesting that anaphoric triggers such as too share the same processing signature of many anaphoric expressions, such as pronouns and VP ellipses.
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Comprehending anaphoric presuppositions involves memory retrieval too
title Comprehending anaphoric presuppositions involves memory retrieval too
title_full Comprehending anaphoric presuppositions involves memory retrieval too
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title_full_unstemmed Comprehending anaphoric presuppositions involves memory retrieval too
title_short Comprehending anaphoric presuppositions involves memory retrieval too
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