PP-2008-49: Comprehension of Simple Quantifiers. Empirical Evaluation of a Computational Model

PP-2008-49: Szymanik, Jakub and Zajenkowski, Marcin (2008) Comprehension of Simple Quantifiers. Empirical Evaluation of a Computational Model. [Report]

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Abstract

We compare time needed for understanding different types of
quantifiers. In the first study, we show that the distinction between
quantifiers recognized by finite-automata and push-down automata is
psychologically relevant. In the second study, we compare
comprehension of push-down quantifiers in universes with randomly
placed objects and those where objects were ordered in some specific
way simplifying (with respect to memory resources) computational
task. The reaction time in the second case is significantly shorter
than in the first case.

Item Type: Report
Report Nr: PP-2008-49
Series Name: Prepublication (PP) Series
Year: 2008
Uncontrolled Keywords: language comprehension; computational semantics of natural language; finite- and push-down automata; generalized quantifiers; working memory
Subjects: Language
Date Deposited: 12 Oct 2016 14:37
Last Modified: 12 Oct 2016 14:37
URI: https://eprints.illc.uva.nl/id/eprint/323

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