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Author Bott, Oliver, 1973-

Title The processing of events / Oliver Bott.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 383 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 162
Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 162.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Events in cognitive psychology and linguistics -- Hypotheses and predictions -- The access to lexical aspectual information -- Processing different types of coercion -- The processing domain of Aktionsart -- The processing of temporality in the brain -- The specified processing model of aspectual reanalysis -- Summary and conclusions.
Summary Synthesizing ideas from event semantics and psycholinguistics, this monograph provides a new perspective on the processing of linguistic aspect and aspectual coercion. Confronting alternative semantic accounts with experimental evidence, the author develops a comprehensive model of online aspectual interpretation. The first part of the book critically reviews competing theoretical accounts of aspectual coercion. As an analytical tool the author introduces a computational model based on the event calculus by Hamm & van Lambalgen (2005) which makes use of planning formalisms from artificial inte.
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect.
Psycholinguistics.
Psycholinguistics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Bott, Oliver, 1973- Processing of events. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010 9789027255457 (DLC) 2010021313 (OCoLC)637036689
ISBN 9789027287977 (electronic book)
902728797X (electronic book)
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9789027255457
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