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The Interaction of Visual and Linguistic Saliency during Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution
No full textPsycholinguistic research using the visual world paradigm has shown that the processing of sentences is
constrained by the visual context in which they occur. Recently, there has been growing interest in the
interactions observed when both language and vision provide relevant information during sentence processing.
In three visual world experiments on syntactic ambiguity resolution, we investigate how visual
and linguistic information influence the interpretation of ambiguous sentences. We hypothesize that (1)
visual and linguistic information both constrain which interpretation is pursued by the sentence processor,
and (2) the two types of information act upon the interpretation of the sentence at different
points during processing. In Experiment 1, we show that visual saliency is utilized to anticipate the
upcoming arguments of a verb. In Experiment 2, we operationalize linguistic saliency using intonational
breaks and demonstrate that these give prominence to linguistic referents. These results confirm prediction
(1). In Experiment 3, we manipulate visual and linguistic saliency together and find that
both types of information are used, but at different points in the sentence, to incrementally update
its current interpretation. This finding is consistent with prediction (2). Overall, our results suggest
an adaptive processing architecture in which different types of information are used when they
become available, optimizing different aspects of situated language processing
Scan Patterns Predict Sentence Production in the Cross-Modal Processing of Visual Scenes
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Transient storage of photoassimilates in leaves
No full textDietz K-J, Keller F. Transient storage of photoassimilates in leaves. In: Pessarakli M, ed. Handbook of Photosynthesis. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker; 1996: 717-737
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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