Integration of Social Context vs. Linguistic Reference During Situated Language Processing.

ABSTRACT: Research findings on language comprehension suggest that many kinds of non-linguistic cues can rapidly affect language processing. Extant processing accounts of situated language comprehension model these rapid effects and are only beginning to accommodate the role of non-linguistic emotional, cues. To begin with a detailed characterization of distinct cues and their relative effects, three visual-world eye-tracking experiments assessed the relative importance of two cue types (action depictions vs. emotional facial expressions) as well as the effects of the degree of naturalness of social (facial) cues (smileys vs. natural faces). We predicted to replicate previously reported rapid effects of referentially mediated actions. In addition, we assessed distinct world-language relations. If ho

SUBMITTER: Maquate K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8365155 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature