Peter C Gordon
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 835098 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Peter C Gordon |
| NOMBRES | Peter C |
| APELLIDO | Gordon |
| FIRMA | GORDON P C |
| AFILIACIONES | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5845-0763 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 66 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1983 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Sentence processing by humans and machines
Thematic Roles, Markedness Alignment and Processing Complexity
Acquiring diglossia
There are differences and similarities between Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and spoken varieties of Arabic, in all language domains. To obtain preliminary insights into interactions between the acquisition of spoken and standard varieties of a language in a diglossic situation, we employed forced-choice grammaticality judgments to investigate morphosyntactic knowledge of MSA and the local variant of Palestinian Colloquial Arabic (PCA), in 60 Arab…
Complex Sentence Processing
A major goal of psycholinguistics is to gain a better understanding of how syntactically complex sentences are processed. Pursuit of this goal has frequently focused on the contrast between object‐ and subject‐extracted relative clauses (RCs). Although a large body of literature demonstrates that comprehension is more difficult for object RCs than for subject RCs, the proposed explanations for this processing asymmetry are diverse and hotly debat…
Commentary on Evans and Levinson, the myth of language universals
Cognitive and linguistic factors affecting subject/object asymmetry
Object relatives (ORs) have been reported to cause heavier processing loads than subject relatives (SRs) in both pre- and postnominal position (prenominal relatives: Miyamoto & Nakamura 2003, Kwon 2008, Ueno & Garnsey 2008; postnominal relatives: King & Just 1991, King & Kutas 1995, Traxler et al. 2002). In this article, we report the results of two eye-tracking studies of Korean prenominal relative clauses that confirm a processing advantage for…
Processing of the Korean Eojoel Ambiguity
Pronouns in Marital Interaction
Recent studies in social psychology have found that the frequency of certain words in people's speech and writing is related to psychological aspects of their personal health. We investigated whether counts of “self” and “other” pronouns used by 59 couples engaged in a problem-solving discussion were related to indices of marital health. One spouse in each couple had a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder or panic disorder with agoraphobia;…
Relativization, Ergativity, and Corpus Frequency
July 01 2005 Relativization, Ergativity, and Corpus Frequency In Special Collection: CogNet Peter C. Gordon, Peter C. Gordon University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Randall Hendrick Randall Hendrick University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Peter C. Gordon University of North Carolina Randall Hendrick Univer…
Numerical Cognition Without Words
Members of the Pirahã tribe use a “one-two-many” system of counting. I ask whether speakers of this innumerate language can appreciate larger numerosities without the benefit of words to encode them. This addresses the classic Whorfian question about whether language can determine thought. Results of numerical tasks with varying cognitive demands show that numerical cognition is clearly affected by the lack of a counting system in the language. P…
Effects of noun phrase type on sentence complexity
Poverty in Albania
No AccessWorld Bank Technical Papers12 Aug 2013Poverty in AlbaniaA Qualitative AssessmentAuthors/Editors: Hermine De Soto, Peter Gordon, Ilir Gedeshi, Zamira SinoimeriHermine De Soto, Peter Gordon, Ilir Gedeshi, Zamira Sinoimerihttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5109-5SectionsAboutPDF (12.6 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:This qualitative assessment of poverty in Albania seeks to deepe…
The Processing of Coreference for Reduced Expressions in Discourse Integration
Comprehending referential expressions during reading
Two eye‐tracking experiments investigated how referential expressions, consisting of proper names and pronouns, influence reading comprehension. Experiment 1 showed that repeated names caused elevated reading times compared to pronouns, a finding that has been called the repeated‐name penalty in studies using self‐paced reading (Gordon, Grosz, & Gilliom, 1993). Consistent with these previous studies, Experiment 1 also showed that the repeated‐nam…
Lexical Access in Speech Production
Pronouns, Names, and the Centering of Attention in Discourse
Centering theory, developed within computational linguistics, provides an account of ways in which patterns of interutterance reference con promote the local coherence of discourse. It states that each utterance in a coherent discourse segment contains a single semantic entity—the backward‐looking center—that provides a link to the previous utterance, and an ordered set of entities—the forward‐looking centers—that offer potential links to the nex…
Coming to terms with stress
Disambiguation of Segmental Dependencies by Extended Phonetic Context
This research investigated listeners' ability to recognize adjacent vowels and consonants that are conveyed in part by a common temporal cue – vowel duration. The stimuli consisted of a large sample of natural speech containing nonsense syllables made by combining four vowels that differed in inherent duration (/i/, /ε/, /i/, /e/) with two syllable-final consonants that differed in phonological voicing (/z/ and /s/), a distinction that is partial…
Learnability and feedback
Bohannon and Stanowicz (1988) have claimed that contrary to popular belief, children do receive negative evidence about the ungrammaticality of their utterances in the form of recasts, expansions, and repetitions. Bohannon and Stanowicz argue that given such negative evidence, learnability theory shows that natural languages can be learned and that there is no need to postulate innate knowledge based on such arguments. The present article establi…
Count/mass category acquisition
The count/mass distinction represents a categorical differentiation of nouns into count nouns which can be individuated when quantified (e.g. a car, several tables ) and mass nouns which may not (cf. *a water, *several sands ). The emergence of this distinction was examined in the longitudinal speech data of two children. In the first analysis, use of count nouns and mass nouns was compared in noun phrase contexts that require count nouns (e.g. a…
Implicit learning and generalization of the "mere exposure" effect
Two experiments are reported in which the generalization of the mere effect is examined. Both experiments demonstrated that positive affect, produced by repeated viewing of a set of stimuli, generalizes to previously unseen stimuli that are similar along certain abstract dimensions to the exposed stimuli. The first experiment used letter strings constructed according to a complex rule system. Positive affect attributable to exposure generalized t…
Social reference points
The authors performed two experiments in which subjects were asked to makesimilarity judgments about social concepts, varying the direction of the compar-ison specified by the question. Asymmetries in rated similarity were used todiagnose concepts that function as habitual reference points. In Experiment 1subjects rated a friend as more similar to themselves than vice versa along bothsocial and physical dimensions, suggesting that the self served…
Social reference points
The authors performed two experiments in which subjects were asked to makesimilarity judgments about social concepts, varying the direction of the compar-ison specified by the question. Asymmetries in rated similarity were used todiagnose concepts that function as habitual reference points. In Experiment 1subjects rated a friend as more similar to themselves than vice versa along bothsocial and physical dimensions, suggesting that the self served…
Implicit learning and generalization of the "mere exposure" effect
Two experiments are reported in which the generalization of the mere effect is examined. Both experiments demonstrated that positive affect, produced by repeated viewing of a set of stimuli, generalizes to previously unseen stimuli that are similar along certain abstract dimensions to the exposed stimuli. The first experiment used letter strings constructed according to a complex rule system. Positive affect attributable to exposure generalized t…
Cognitive and linguistic factors affecting subject/object asymmetry
Object relatives (ORs) have been reported to cause heavier processing loads than subject relatives (SRs) in both pre- and postnominal position (prenominal relatives: Miyamoto & Nakamura 2003, Kwon 2008, Ueno & Garnsey 2008; postnominal relatives: King & Just 1991, King & Kutas 1995, Traxler et al. 2002). In this article, we report the results of two eye-tracking studies of Korean prenominal relative clauses that confirm a processing advantage for…
Comprehending referential expressions during reading
Two eye‐tracking experiments investigated how referential expressions, consisting of proper names and pronouns, influence reading comprehension. Experiment 1 showed that repeated names caused elevated reading times compared to pronouns, a finding that has been called the repeated‐name penalty in studies using self‐paced reading (Gordon, Grosz, & Gilliom, 1993). Consistent with these previous studies, Experiment 1 also showed that the repeated‐nam…
Learnability and feedback
Bohannon and Stanowicz (1988) have claimed that contrary to popular belief, children do receive negative evidence about the ungrammaticality of their utterances in the form of recasts, expansions, and repetitions. Bohannon and Stanowicz argue that given such negative evidence, learnability theory shows that natural languages can be learned and that there is no need to postulate innate knowledge based on such arguments. The present article establi…
The Processing of Coreference for Reduced Expressions in Discourse Integration
Relativization, Ergativity, and Corpus Frequency
July 01 2005 Relativization, Ergativity, and Corpus Frequency In Special Collection: CogNet Peter C. Gordon, Peter C. Gordon University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Randall Hendrick Randall Hendrick University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Peter C. Gordon University of North Carolina Randall Hendrick Univer…
Coming to terms with stress
Commentary on Evans and Levinson, the myth of language universals
Implicit learning and generalization of the "mere exposure" effect
Two experiments are reported in which the generalization of the mere effect is examined. Both experiments demonstrated that positive affect, produced by repeated viewing of a set of stimuli, generalizes to previously unseen stimuli that are similar along certain abstract dimensions to the exposed stimuli. The first experiment used letter strings constructed according to a complex rule system. Positive affect attributable to exposure generalized t…
Social reference points
The authors performed two experiments in which subjects were asked to makesimilarity judgments about social concepts, varying the direction of the compar-ison specified by the question. Asymmetries in rated similarity were used todiagnose concepts that function as habitual reference points. In Experiment 1subjects rated a friend as more similar to themselves than vice versa along bothsocial and physical dimensions, suggesting that the self served…
Count/mass category acquisition
The count/mass distinction represents a categorical differentiation of nouns into count nouns which can be individuated when quantified (e.g. a car, several tables ) and mass nouns which may not (cf. *a water, *several sands ). The emergence of this distinction was examined in the longitudinal speech data of two children. In the first analysis, use of count nouns and mass nouns was compared in noun phrase contexts that require count nouns (e.g. a…
Learnability and feedback
Bohannon and Stanowicz (1988) have claimed that contrary to popular belief, children do receive negative evidence about the ungrammaticality of their utterances in the form of recasts, expansions, and repetitions. Bohannon and Stanowicz argue that given such negative evidence, learnability theory shows that natural languages can be learned and that there is no need to postulate innate knowledge based on such arguments. The present article establi…
Disambiguation of Segmental Dependencies by Extended Phonetic Context
This research investigated listeners' ability to recognize adjacent vowels and consonants that are conveyed in part by a common temporal cue – vowel duration. The stimuli consisted of a large sample of natural speech containing nonsense syllables made by combining four vowels that differed in inherent duration (/i/, /ε/, /i/, /e/) with two syllable-final consonants that differed in phonological voicing (/z/ and /s/), a distinction that is partial…
Pronouns, Names, and the Centering of Attention in Discourse
Centering theory, developed within computational linguistics, provides an account of ways in which patterns of interutterance reference con promote the local coherence of discourse. It states that each utterance in a coherent discourse segment contains a single semantic entity—the backward‐looking center—that provides a link to the previous utterance, and an ordered set of entities—the forward‐looking centers—that offer potential links to the nex…
Coming to terms with stress
Lexical Access in Speech Production
Comprehending referential expressions during reading
Two eye‐tracking experiments investigated how referential expressions, consisting of proper names and pronouns, influence reading comprehension. Experiment 1 showed that repeated names caused elevated reading times compared to pronouns, a finding that has been called the repeated‐name penalty in studies using self‐paced reading (Gordon, Grosz, & Gilliom, 1993). Consistent with these previous studies, Experiment 1 also showed that the repeated‐nam…
The Processing of Coreference for Reduced Expressions in Discourse Integration
Poverty in Albania
No AccessWorld Bank Technical Papers12 Aug 2013Poverty in AlbaniaA Qualitative AssessmentAuthors/Editors: Hermine De Soto, Peter Gordon, Ilir Gedeshi, Zamira SinoimeriHermine De Soto, Peter Gordon, Ilir Gedeshi, Zamira Sinoimerihttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5109-5SectionsAboutPDF (12.6 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:This qualitative assessment of poverty in Albania seeks to deepe…
Numerical Cognition Without Words
Members of the Pirahã tribe use a “one-two-many” system of counting. I ask whether speakers of this innumerate language can appreciate larger numerosities without the benefit of words to encode them. This addresses the classic Whorfian question about whether language can determine thought. Results of numerical tasks with varying cognitive demands show that numerical cognition is clearly affected by the lack of a counting system in the language. P…
Effects of noun phrase type on sentence complexity
Pronouns in Marital Interaction
Recent studies in social psychology have found that the frequency of certain words in people's speech and writing is related to psychological aspects of their personal health. We investigated whether counts of “self” and “other” pronouns used by 59 couples engaged in a problem-solving discussion were related to indices of marital health. One spouse in each couple had a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder or panic disorder with agoraphobia;…
Relativization, Ergativity, and Corpus Frequency
July 01 2005 Relativization, Ergativity, and Corpus Frequency In Special Collection: CogNet Peter C. Gordon, Peter C. Gordon University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Randall Hendrick Randall Hendrick University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Peter C. Gordon University of North Carolina Randall Hendrick Univer…
Processing of the Korean Eojoel Ambiguity
Commentary on Evans and Levinson, the myth of language universals
Cognitive and linguistic factors affecting subject/object asymmetry
Object relatives (ORs) have been reported to cause heavier processing loads than subject relatives (SRs) in both pre- and postnominal position (prenominal relatives: Miyamoto & Nakamura 2003, Kwon 2008, Ueno & Garnsey 2008; postnominal relatives: King & Just 1991, King & Kutas 1995, Traxler et al. 2002). In this article, we report the results of two eye-tracking studies of Korean prenominal relative clauses that confirm a processing advantage for…
Acquiring diglossia
There are differences and similarities between Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and spoken varieties of Arabic, in all language domains. To obtain preliminary insights into interactions between the acquisition of spoken and standard varieties of a language in a diglossic situation, we employed forced-choice grammaticality judgments to investigate morphosyntactic knowledge of MSA and the local variant of Palestinian Colloquial Arabic (PCA), in 60 Arab…
Complex Sentence Processing
A major goal of psycholinguistics is to gain a better understanding of how syntactically complex sentences are processed. Pursuit of this goal has frequently focused on the contrast between object‐ and subject‐extracted relative clauses (RCs). Although a large body of literature demonstrates that comprehension is more difficult for object RCs than for subject RCs, the proposed explanations for this processing asymmetry are diverse and hotly debat…
Thematic Roles, Markedness Alignment and Processing Complexity
Sentence processing by humans and machines
Psychology (17 obras) · Computer Science (16 obras) · Linguistics (16 obras) · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (10 obras) · Cognitive psychology (8 obras) · Natural language processing (8 obras) · Artificial Intelligence (6 obras) · Cognition (6 obras) · Philosophy (6 obras) · Reading and Literacy Development (6 obras)